More great news for music documentary fans! Word broke last week that Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will produce an authorized documentary about the Grateful Dead on the occasion of their 50th anniversary.
I recently came across Ben Marks' excellent piece on the history of the psychedelic rock poster.
Not that we felt it was necessary — I love free music and appreciated the gesture — but Bono (and, presumable, the rest of U2) officially issued an apolgy to all those who were offended by the band's stunt of placing a free download of their new album into their iTunes account.
Today, "Five Questions" are put to Jake Brown, whose new book is Nashville Songwriter: The Inside Stories Behind Country Music's Greatest HIts.
Dear David Letterman,
Today, "Five Questions" are put to Deborah Feingold, whose new book Music came out last week.
There was an excellent review of Marlon James' new book
Ken Sharp is taking a novel approach — no pun intended — in selling his upcoming book Play On: Power Pop Heroes. Sharp, a New York Times best-selling writer who has authored or co-authored over fifteen music books, is
