Turns out Peter Hook's Freebass may not be the only Stone Roses/Smiths collaboration afoot: Ex-Roses vocalist Ian Brown this week told the BBC he's planning to write and record an album with Johnny Marr, the Smiths' erstwhile guitarist. According to Brown, he and Marr hope to write soundtrack music for ...
Christie & Paul
Roy Orbison singin for the lonely....
In 1958, Merle Haggard saw Johnny Cash play in San Quentin, and went on to sing honest country songs for country outlaws. In 1982, future Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello saw Joe Strummer play with The Clash in Chicago and went on to play angry righteous rock for angry punks. Open Culture, openculture.com
Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin
Though Feist’s worldwide tour of Metals won’t wrap up until next March, Leslie, tourmates Mountain Man and the gang took some time out to document the first leg with a Polaroid camera and film supplied to us by the Impossible Project. Special thanks to Graeme Flegenheimer for facilitating the project. Check out Leslie’s shots and […]
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