Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" Is The Ultimate Anti-Jam Of The Summer

This month, to celebrate the Internet's unbridled love for wallowing in nostalgia and even greater relishing of talking about why certain cultural artifacts are horrible, Sound of the City presents First Worsts, a series in which our writers remember the first time... they ever hated a song enough t ... More >>

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 >>

Bon Iver: Super, Natural

Stretching Justin Vernon's sound into the widescreen format

Nikon at Jones Beach 2010 Summer Schedule Proves, Once Again, That All Under-40 Adult New Yorkers Are Drunks

Jones Beach With the Rihanna/Ke$ha bill already announced for Nikon at Jones Beach Theater this summer, a pop-superheroine double-threat that Nicki Minaj sadly abandoned, there was a momentary glimmer of possibility that the Lon Guyland outdoor amphitheater's other bookings would give metropolitan ... More >>

Ron Wood Up on Assault Charges

​if you've got "Wood" in your name, maybe you should just take the week off. Following the affairs L'Tiger, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones has been arrested for assault in Claygate, UK. Cops -- 'scuse us, constables -- say the 62-year-old Wood's arrest was "in connection with a domestic incide ... More >>

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 >>

Billie in a Bottle

On Xtina's noble but knuckleheaded plea for diva greatness

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