Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Roger Daltrey says he'd "love to have a go" at writing a new Who album with Pete Townshend
Rick Guest/Interscope RecordsPerhaps there will be a new Who album after all. In a new interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, frontman Roger Daltrey said, "I'd like to see if [Pete Townshend and I] c...
Apr 29, 2021
Pete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen among stars taking part in online celebration of music author Dave Marsh
Ollie Millington/Redferns; Danny ClinchPete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen and Jackson Browne are among a variety of well-known music artists taking part in a series of online sessions focusing on the w...
Apr 28, 2021
Watch The Edge, Brian Johnson, Flea & more in new clip from Dave Grohl's 'What Drives Us' doc
The Coda CollectionA new clip from What Drives Us, the upcoming documentary directed by Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, has premiered via RollingStone.com. The snippet includes artists such as U2's The Edge...
Apr 28, 2021
Asia celebrating 40th anniversary with box set featuring band's 2000s reunion albums
BMG RecordsBritish prog-rock supergroup Asia formed 40 years ago, and to commemorate the milestone, a box set gathering the work that the band did when its original lineup reunited during the 2000s wi...
Apr 28, 2021
Al Schmitt, who won more Grammys than any other studio engineer, dead at 91
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesLauded and prolific studio engineer Al Schmitt, who worked on more than 150 RIAA gold- or platinum-certified albums, died Monday, April 26, at age 91, Grammy.com reports. "...
Apr 28, 2021
New track featuring David Gilmour and the late Peter Green being released as part of new Green photo book
Rufus Stone Limited Editions Ltd.Pink Floyd's David Gilmour plays guitar on a newly created version of the 1955 Little Willie John song "Need Your Love So Bad," featuring an archival vocal recording o...
Apr 28, 2021
Songs by The Cars, Paul Simon and more turned into illustrated children's books
Jon Resh/Courtesy of Akashic Books LyricPop, a new line of children's illustrated books that launched last year, is back with some new selections based on more classic songs. Last year saw the release...
Apr 28, 2021
Mark Farner says Chilean audience at concert captured for his new live DVD "showed me the love"
Artwork: Mark Cramer Former Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner recently released a new live DVD called From Chile with Love that features footage of a concert he played with his solo band a few ...
Apr 28, 2021
Van Morrison on criticism for his anti-lockdown stance: "Freedom of speech used to be OK. Why not now?"
Mike Marsland/WireImageVan Morrison stirred up controversy last year when he urged his fellow artists to "fight the pseudoscience," meaning end the COVID-19 lockdown and return to performing live. He ...
Apr 27, 2021
Definitive ELP book, edited by Carl Palmer, coming later this year
Hans J. Hoffmann/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesAn official illustrated book about Emerson, Lake & Palmer, told in their own words, is due out later this year. The book, titled Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ...
Apr 27, 2021