TATE MODERN EXHIBITION Andy Warhol 12 Mar – 6 Sep 2020 A new look at the extraordinary life and work of the pop art superstar Andy Warhol  was the son of immigrants who became an American icon. A shy gay man who became the hub of New York’s social scene. An artist who...

I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag / Country Joe and the Fish / When the Tigers Broke Free / Pink Floyd / Run to the Hills / Iron Maiden / Masters of War / Bob Dylan / War Pigs / Black Sabbath / The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down / The Band / War / Edwin Starr /...

Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down-Alicia Keys, Autumn in New York-Billie Holiday, Downtown-Petula Clark, The Boxer-Simon & Garfunkel, The Rising-Bruce Springsteen, New York State of Mind-Billy Joel, I’m Waiting for the Man-Velvet Underground, No Sleep Til...

Hal Blaine is the accompanist to Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” and one of the most sought-after session drummers in L.A. He has played on forty Number One singles.Blaine, who was born Harold Simon Belsky in 1929, became a professional drummer in 1948. In 2000, Blaine...

Roger Hawkins, Muscle Shoals Drummer on Aretha Franklin Classics, Dead at 75. Hawkins was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008. Aretha Franklin "Respect" , Wilson Pickett "Land of 1000 Dances" , Percy Sledge "Whe...

Legendary singer Tony Bennett dies aged 96. Bennett was born in Queens, New York, in 1926, the grandson of immigrants from the impoverished Italian province of Calabria. He has enjoyed a glorious career since first finding success in the 1950s, performing traditional...