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Eric Clapton

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Lil Wayne, Skrillex, And Others Fire Up Austin On Day Two Of SXSW

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in this planet's many happenings, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To break down the chaos, a few of Village ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 7, 2012

    The Allman Brothers Band

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in this planet's many happenings, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To break down the chaos, a few of Village ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 15, 2012

    'Howlin' for Hubert'

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in this planet's many happenings, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To break down the chaos, a few of Village ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Paul McCartney Opens The Book Of Love Songs With Kisses On The Bottom

    What do you do when you are the Cute Beatle approaching 70? Age—and those decades of inhaling herb—is finally catching up to those pipes, yet vanity or stubbornness prevents you from simply clipping on that capo to sing your classics in a lower key. Oh, and your name is Sir Paul and you' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order

    53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 9, 2011

    'Concert for Bangladesh Revisited'

    53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 2, 2011

    Buddy Guy

    53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Live: Jon Brion Concocts A Slew Of Sounds At (Le) Poisson Rouge

    ​Jon Brion (le) poisson rouge Tuesday, October 4 Better than: Practicing Universal Interconnectivity. "As you might have noticed already, I'm OK with stupid." Jon Brion—the Grammy nominated film score composer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist—had just teased the crow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Live: Boubacar Traore Brings His Brand Of The Blues To Brooklyn

    Antoine Pratt​ Boubacar Traore w/Zongo Junction The Bell House Tuesday, September 27 Better than: Eric Clapton's probably inevitable African blues record. Sly Stone offers one possible method for dealing with celebrity: get famous, sell your royalties and squander your money, drop out of sig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Betty Ford, R.I.P.

    ​In recent years, people holding the vice-presidential seat have had complicated, if not vaguely hostile, relationships with pop music. Before Al Gore became Bill Clinton's veep in 1992, his wife Tipper founded the PMRC. In 2002, six years before taking his seat to the back-left of Barack Obam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Live: African Guitar Superstars Bring The Fireworks To BB King's

    Quoc Pham​ "Acoustic Africa" featuring Haibib Koite, Oliver Mtikudzi and Afel Boucoum BB King Blues Club Wednesday, April 6 Better than: Buying a plane ticket to Mali. Western listeners (that's us, if you were wondering) often need comparisons to dig deeper into "world music." If that's w ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 30, 2011

    Eric Clapton & Wynton Marsalis

    Quoc Pham​ "Acoustic Africa" featuring Haibib Koite, Oliver Mtikudzi and Afel Boucoum BB King Blues Club Wednesday, April 6 Better than: Buying a plane ticket to Mali. Western listeners (that's us, if you were wondering) often need comparisons to dig deeper into "world music." If that's w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Photos: Japanther (And/Or Their Crazed Fans) Shut Down Night One Of The Rock And Roll Circus at Lincoln Center

    Clownsurfing is a real thing. Pics by Rebecca, more below.​The Rock and Roll Circus, a two-night spectacle at Lincoln Center that started Monday, was billed as a homage to the Rolling Stones' 1968 event by the same name, a multi-ring extravaganza scattering big-top attractions among sets in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Live: Dipset Stage An Egalitarian Reunion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom

    Ay! All photos by Jesse Serwer​The Diplomats Hammerstein Ballroom Friday, November 27 Better Than: Byrd Gang, Skull Gang, Purple City, U.N., Dipset West It seems a little silly, really, this Dipset revival. When times grew lean for the Cam'ron-led crew a few years back, the support staff--f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Live: Tom Petty Looks Like an Anorexic Monkey, Sounds Like a Champ at Madison Square Garden

    Another time at MSG Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Buddy Guy Madison Square Garden July 28, 2010 Tom Petty looks like an anorexic monkey, and his voice is so nasal it makes Bob Dylan sound like a death-metal grunter. But he's a hell of a songwriter, and the Heartbreakers are one of the two or thre ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 6, 2010

    Guitar Shorty

    Another time at MSG Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Buddy Guy Madison Square Garden July 28, 2010 Tom Petty looks like an anorexic monkey, and his voice is so nasal it makes Bob Dylan sound like a death-metal grunter. But he's a hell of a songwriter, and the Heartbreakers are one of the two or thre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker -- Cream Plays NYC

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 5, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 51 Cream: They Play Blues, Not Superstar By Richard Goldstein It's Saturday night at the Village Theatre, New York's sad-eyed answer to the Fillmore-Avalon scene. Under the marquee, Slavs gape and Ratner' ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 9, 2010

    Allman Brothers Band

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 5, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 51 Cream: They Play Blues, Not Superstar By Richard Goldstein It's Saturday night at the Village Theatre, New York's sad-eyed answer to the Fillmore-Avalon scene. Under the marquee, Slavs gape and Ratner' ... More >>

  • Music

    February 23, 2010

    Oh, Yoko Ono

    BAM throws a cheerfully random, surreally star-studded tribute to the Plastic Ono Band

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Tonight! Plastic Ono Band (For Real This Time), Wavves, Lightspeed Champion, and Bear Hands

    ​Today, Yoko Ono is busy assembling the year's most disparate backing group. After yesterday's "dress rehearsal," her reincarnated Plastic Ono Band will be performing at BAM, with guests ranging from Eric Clapton to Sean Lennon to ... the Scissor Sisters? Also included in the lineup are Mark R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Yoko Ono Reforms Plastic Ono Band For One Ridiculous New York Show

    ​Last September's Between My Head and the Sky was Yoko Ono's first record as Plastic Ono Band since 1973's Feeling the Space. John Lennon produced the first; his son Sean handled the second, and now comes word that the Plastic Ono Band will once again perform as well. So far, it's just two dat ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2009

    'Deep See Presents Todd Terry'

    ​Last September's Between My Head and the Sky was Yoko Ono's first record as Plastic Ono Band since 1973's Feeling the Space. John Lennon produced the first; his son Sean handled the second, and now comes word that the Plastic Ono Band will once again perform as well. So far, it's just two dat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Live: Even Lou Reed Gets Sentimental At Rock Hall MSG Blowout #2 (Featuring U2, The Boss, The Black Eyed Peas, And Some Dude Named Mick)

    Ooooh plus "Iron Man" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration Madison Square Garden Friday, October 30 "When we were down, rock 'n' roll lifted us up," says Tom Hanks in his introductory remarks for the final night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's benefit-concert extravaganza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Tonight! Gil, Elvis, and, If You Must, the Decemberists

    The poetry of Gil Scott-Heron spoke for the wretched of the earth-- his concocted third-world revolution was fearsome enough to stand in for the real thing. Since denying the addictive properties of cocaine in 2001, the spoken-word artist has been in and out of prison on drug-related charges, resu ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 29, 2009

    METHOD TO THE MADNESS

    Star-studded electronica makes a comeback

  • Books

    December 31, 2008

    Reviving Lead Belly

    A hefty collection of articles and photos plumps up the legacy of the blues great

  • Music

    June 10, 2008

    Solomon Burke's Like a Fire

    Soul titan sounds a bit bored, justifiably

  • Music

    May 27, 2008

    Dr. John and the Lower 911's City That Care Forgot

    Crucial, caustic postcards from New Orleans

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    The Grammys' Award-Winning Moments

    Crucial, caustic postcards from New Orleans

  • Music

    March 20, 2007

    Edge of 38

    John Roderick seeks life partner, mega-band status

  • Music

    January 16, 2007

    Faux '70s Yawps for Analog Simpletons

    John Roderick seeks life partner, mega-band status

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2006

    Live: Vince Gill, the Most Unpretentiously Pretentious Guy Ever

    John Roderick seeks life partner, mega-band status

  • Music

    August 15, 2006

    The Great Cover-Up, Part 1

    John Roderick seeks life partner, mega-band status

  • Music

    August 8, 2006

    Welsh Guitar God Gets Loose and Philisophical

    John Roderick seeks life partner, mega-band status

  • NYC Life

    June 27, 2006

    Neighborhood Watch

    Simplicity is key at Brooklyn Heights newcomer

  • Music

    March 28, 2006

    Phisloshophy Majors

    Hellbound barbecue boozers rock out against temperance

  • Books

    May 17, 2005

    Fooled Britannia

    Mind the gap: Coe's latest finds his Rotters' Club stars all grown up in Blair's Britain

  • Music

    November 30, 2004

    Against Interpretation

    Rod Stewart finds a brand-new batch of catchy and literate songs he can put his mark on

  • Music

    November 9, 2004

    White Freedom

    The angstiest wigga alive exercises privilege, bears cross, rallies flock, begs forgiveness

  • Music

    August 3, 2004

    Looking Past Differences

    Don't let the young Republicans put you in jail or the restless hipsters scare you away

  • Music

    December 30, 2003

    Not Just Art

    Comp shows off Japanese composer's Dragnet romanticism

  • Film

    September 30, 2003

    Film

    Comp shows off Japanese composer's Dragnet romanticism

  • News

    May 1, 2001

    Labels and Labeling

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Music

    January 23, 2001

    Music

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Dining

    October 10, 2000

    Country Matters

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • Music

    August 15, 2000

    Marketing Over Make-It-Funky

    Five Corporations Cope With Content

  • News

    September 7, 1999

    September Song

    The Silly Symphony of the Fall Fashion Magazines

  • Music

    February 23, 1999

    God Is in the Details

    The Silly Symphony of the Fall Fashion Magazines

  • Music

    November 10, 1998

    Mall of Blues

    The Silly Symphony of the Fall Fashion Magazines

  • Music

    April 21, 1998

    Consumer Guide

    The Silly Symphony of the Fall Fashion Magazines

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