Norman Whitfield, one of the most noted songwriters and producers for Motown Records in the early years, died on Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre. It is not known at the moment what the cause of death was for Whitfield, aged 65, but it is know that he suffered from diabetes and other illnesses.
Whitfield may not [...]
Mtv’s long running series TRL is going to be laid to rest, Mtv has announced. After ten years on the air TRL will finally stop playing one minute clips of music videos with people talking over them. What’s that? I think I hear Tokio Hotel and Jonas Brothers fans laying down their swords and having [...]
A founding member of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright has died at the age of 65. A spokesman for the band said he died after a short battle with cancer and said that is all the details they are willing to disclose requesting some privacy for the family.
Wright was never in the spotlight like other members [...]
Steve Foley, touring drummer for the Minneapolis-based The Replacements died of an overdose this past weekend. Foley replaced Replacement drummer Chris Mars in 1990 and never actually recorded an album with band, serving only as a touring drummer. Foley was also the drummer in Tommy Stinson’s post-Replacements act Bash & Pop, as well as several [...]
Rockcritics.com critic Scott Woods has posted a muxtape of some pretty fantastic interviews. (I know this isn’t news, but it’s a pretty fantastic muxtape)
The interviews include two very interesting interviews with Bob Dylan (both from 1966), one with Marshall McLuhan, two audio clips from new broadcasts the night that John Lennon was assassinated, and two [...]
The legendary soul singer and composer Isaac Hayes died today at age 65. He was found at his home in Memphis unconscious next to his still running treadmill. He was taken to the hospital and died shortly after. An official cause of death has not yet been released.
Hayes had an intensely prolific career. Starting off [...]
