Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

'60s Supergroup The Rascals Bury The Hatchet For Some "Groovin'"

Rush to Judgment, and the Rock Hall of Fame

Rush fans have been very angry for a very long time. Not at the long-lived Canadian prog-rock trio--no, they worship them unequivocally. The "world's biggest cult band" has a fanatical following heavily composed of dudes, and in the last decade, those dudes have been pissed, ranting about the Rock a ... More >>

Yoko Ono And Sean Lennon Rewrite "The Times They Are a-Changin'" To Protest Fracking; Rock And Roll Officially Dead

Rock and roll, 62-ish, died Friday at 30 Rockefeller Center in Manhattan after a courageous battle with poor taste. At the time of its death, rock and roll was surrounded by friends, family, and comedian Jimmy Fallon, as Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon -- the former wife and son (respectively) of Beatle Jo ... More >>

This Week in The Voice: 'Gay Inc.' and Free Speech

This week in the Voice, out today, Steven Thrasher wants to know whether "Gay Inc." believes in free speech: "Today's movement is quite unlike ACT UP, the Gay Liberation Front, or the Mattachine Society. In their use of confrontation, those groups looked far more like Occupy Wall Street than the Hum ... More >>

10 No-Brainer Rock Legends Never Nominated For The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

This weekend, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its class of 2012, which consists of Donovan, the Beastie Boys, the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, the Small Faces and the Faces, blues guitarist Freddie King, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Guns N' Roses, although not lead singer Axl Rose, wh ... More >>

Paul Simon (2) Takes On Slick Rick (15) As Round One Of Our Quintessential New York Musician Tournament Continues

The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—is under way, and you get to help choose who makes it to Round Two. Today we pit Garfunkel's better half Paul Simon ... More >>

Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.

Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

Metallica And Lou Reed Just Finished Recording A Bunch Of Songs Together [UPDATED]

via Metallica.com​ This is going to make for one heck of a Chance card: A few months ago our own Kirk Hammett hinted at a new Metallica project that's "not really 100 percent a Metallica record." While Kirk may have jumped the gun a little (and has since been properly punished with a series o ... More >>

Ride The Free Parking: Suggested Modifications For The Metallica Monopoly Game

​ Given that Metallica themselves have raised the question, "Can you ever really have enough money? Can you possess enough beachfront properties and Fifties-style hot rods?", it makes sense that the band will have its own Monopoly game, which goes on sale in the band's online store next week. ... More >>

American Idol Season 10: The Kids Honor People Who Are A Bazillion Years Old

Michael Becker/FOXC'mon, dude, you probably never even had detention. ​ Gwen Stefani was on this week's American Idol because somebody paid somebody so she could hawk the clothing line that she apparently still has. But this wasn't Ska Week or New Wave Week or Neptunes Week, as awesome as eve ... More >>

Eric Clapton & Wynton Marsalis

SEASON OF LOVE

Pop’s constant crooner comes to Times Square

Jerry Lee Lewis

Red Hook Lobster Pound Gets a New Dining Area

More for lobsters to worry aboutAlex Van Buren​ Good news for lobster lovers and cranky Yelpers: Red Hook Lobster Pound, the popular crustacean-slinging shop on the Red Hook waterfront, is expanding its sit-down area by 40 seats in about two weeks. Seating at the Pound, which sells wholesale l ... More >>

KING BERRY

Rock's originator reunites with B.B. King—the club, anyway

This Week's Voice: Fixing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Gorillaz, Bob Blank, Liars, SXSW Cheat Sheet, and More

The Liars, acting out a scene from the sequel to The Hangover. Photo by Zen Sekizawa​In this week's Village Voice, Jason Gross on how to fix--or blow up--the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Miles Marshall Lewis plays around with Gorillaz, Andy Beta talks with space-disco-and-beyond-producer Bob Bl ... More >>

How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Tips on how to expand its reach—or blow it up entirely

Riot, Girls! Stooges Enter Rock Hall of Fame; ABBA, Genesis, Cliff, Hollies Also In

​The Stooges, who patiently rocked behind Iggy while beer bottles flew at the Michigan Theater in the late 60s and early 70s, have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rendering the honor bittersweet is guitarist Ron Asheton's death earlier this year, and music in general. Also ... More >>

THRILL ‘EM ALL

Hall of Famers Metallica return to MSG

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 >>

Bruce! Sam! Billy! Bonnie! Live From The Ludicrously Star-Studded MSG Rock Hall Extravaganza

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration Madison Square Garden Thursday, October 29 The first half of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's two-night benefit concert and 25th-anniversary celebration lasted six hours, ended at 1:30 a.m. and featuring star-studded sets by curators Bruce S ... More >>

'25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Benefit Concert'

News Roundup: Bob Dylan, Aerosmith, Yacht, Michael Jackson, R.I.P. John E. Carter

​--Bob Dylan is considering becoming the voice of a car navigation system. On the latest episode of his satellite radio show Theme Time Radio Hour, Dylan said: "I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system. I think it would be good if you are looking for ... More >>

Good Lord, This Warp Records 20th-Anniversary Thing Is Bananas (and the Rock Hall 25th-Anniversary Thing, If Aphex Twin Doesn't Do It for You)

Just a few hours after my fifth "when the hell is the new Battles record coming out?" conversation comes the answer: No idea, but you can hear scraps of it for the first time anywhere, as the press release boldly states, early in September at none other than Terminal 5. Brace yourselves for Warp20 ... More >>

L.A. Times Writer Comes to New York, Browbeats Citizens, Goes to Union Pool

Like Robert Burns said, it's a gift to see ourselves as others see us. What Los Angeles Times travel writer Mark Milian sees on a recent visit is Soho and Williamsburg and some punks who won't give him good information. Milian, who comes from Jersey and whose usual beat is technology, starts by comp ... More >>

"This Skeleton on a Motorcycle Is a Bong": A Guided Tour of David Byrne's Studio/Office

Just a few more SOTC posts on this dude and he'll pass Asher Roth! The Fader, as part of their Icon Issue devoted to Mr. Byrne, is offering a two-part guided-tour of his studio digs/"insane office," wherein religious pamphlets commingle with mushy peas, scalp splashes, and Dave's Rock 'n' Roll H ... More >>

BOOK IT

A soul giant comes back to center stage

Jack Shit

Monday's Headlines: Times plays catch-up on our Rikers Fight Club story

[HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart Asset]Your Monday New York headlines...Times catching up on the Rikers Fight Club story that the Voice's Graham Rayman has been reporting for nearly two years.More AIG drama: Bailout money went to foreign firms and other big banks that AIG owed in derivative gam ... More >>

Little Anthony & The Imperials, Run-D.M.C. to Rock Hall

We know it's silly, but we're excited for homeboys Little Anthony & The Imperials and Run-D.M.C., who have just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Imperials began in Brooklyn -- Little Anthony, aka Jerome Anthony Gourdine, grew up in the Fort Greene projects -- and Run-D.M.C. i ... More >>

Reviving Lead Belly

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

Kill Worthless Punk Nostalgia: 'Punk Shrine' CBGB

Make Obama's Inauguration a People's Celebration

ROCK, NYC-STYLE

New York finally gets a piece of the pie

VHI and Slick Rick, Together at Last at Hip-Hop Honors

The channel's cheerfully confounding tribute to rap's golden oldies

Domino Effect

The resurgence of Fats Domino mirrors his hometown's

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gets It Right, Sort Of

The 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: A Report Card

The Great Cover-Up, Part 1

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Good Times!

Big Night

Dance music's all grown up at the Dance Music Hall of Fame

Music

Ray Charles 1930—2004

An r&b genius who turned pop polymath just kept on going

Björking For The Weekend

Rallying the Troupes

Young Directors Take Charge

Dee Dee Ramone, 1952-2002

Manifest Destiny

The Return of the Dictators

Sports

Woody Guthrie's Second Life

Folksinger, Wordslinger, Start Me a Song

Dusty in Heaven

Dusty Springfield, 1939­1999