“Spunk-stiffened tresses!” How an avant-metal band made Scott more accessible...

The former REM frontman wrote: "I am proud to be who I am"...

Nonesuch Records are releasing a live album inspired by the Coen Brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis. The record, entitled Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of Inside Llewyn Davis, will feature contributions from Jack White, Conor Oberst, The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, Carey Mulligan and more.

The band will release First Demo on November 18...

On the morning of July 29, 1966 Bob Dylan became distracted while out riding his Triumph motorbike. Writing about the incident later in Chronicles Volume 1, Dylan rather gnomically recalled, “I had been in a motorcycle accident and I’d been hurt, but I recovered.” Of course, there is more to Dylan’s accident than that. After a period of retreat and convalescence at his Woodstock home, he began recording songs with his touring band, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Levon Helm.

The Basement Tapes Complete will be released on November 4...

Another step forward for this stately, down-home duo
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Young plays two nights at annual benefit concert...

Bob Dylan, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Genesis and Sharon Van Etten all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated December 2014 (Take 211) and out tomorrow (October 28).

Letter among 350 items of rock memorabilia sold at Boston auction...