Green Day have been confirmed to introduce Guns N’ Roses into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Check out a full article on the news here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More.”[[MORE]] There’s now one less mystery surrounding Guns N’ Roses’ entrance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Green Day will deliver their induction speech. While Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum and Dizzy Reed have all indicated they’ll be present at the April 14th ceremony in Cleveland, Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin have yet to publicly confirm their ...

I jagten på rock’n rollens udspring kommer man ikke uden om Fats Domino. I 1949 udsendte han kendingsmelodien “The Fat Man” på plademærket Imperial. Nummeret blev indspillet i New Orleans, Louisiana, i Cosimo Matassas J&M; studio på Rampart Street. Den var B-side til “Detroit City Blues” og var en opdatering af et bluesnummer, “Junker’s Blues“, [...]

Cesare Deve Morire, di Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, con Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri, Antonio Frasca, Juan Dario Sonetti, Vincenzo Gallo, Rosario Majorana. Musiche: Giuliano Taviani & Carmelo Travia. Italia, 2012, 76 minuti. 3 out of 5 stars Il Cinema italiano finalmente esce dal letargo e vince alla grande l’Orso d’Oro al Festival di [...]

When we look back at the music trends that have developed over the first decade-plus of the new century, one of the big stories will undoubtedly be reunion-mania, with bands from across all genres deciding it was time to give it another go. Well, that may be well and good for acts like Pavement, Van Halen and God Street Wine, but at least one band plans to buck the trend and stay retired – The White Stripes. In the latest issue of NME , which features Jack White on the cover, the singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer-record label owner told the venerable music mag, “Absolutely no ...

I thought I’d consider a few tunes from the HOTG perspective in remembrance of Etta James , one of soul music’s most expressive singers, who passed away last Friday at 73. She was preceded just a few days earlier by the great Johnny Otis , who had discovered her in San Francisco in 1954 and brought her down to Los Angeles to record for Modern Records, the first session resulting in a hit, “The Wallflower”. Though not a New Orleans artist by any means; Etta did record there a couple of times, starting in 1956-57, when Modern brought her in ...

Happy New Year, y’all. Rob Bowman’s extensive notes to the 1999 box set, Malaco Records: The Last Soul Company , revealed a lot to me when it first came out about Wardell Quezergue’s years working out of the company’s Jackson, MS studio, including the exact line-up of vocalists he and his partner, Elijah Walker, brought up from New Orleans on May 17, 1970 to wrap up their first big production project there. That trustworthy account, backed up by Knight’s recollections to Jeff Hannusch in The Soul of New Orleans , have Knight, King Floyd, Bonnie & Sheila, the Barons, and Joe Wilson all tracking vocals on songs which were eventually released on singles by various labels. Since I covered the Barons’ Malaco sessions in the prior post (just scroll down, if you missed it), this installment focuses on the rest of the slate and examples of records they made at the studio under Big Q’s direction. Most of the contingent took that first trip up in a funky, old, un-air-conditioned school bus that Walker arranged for, an appropriate conveyance in a sense, when you consider the way Wardell schooled singers and musicians for his sessions, and the poly-rhythmic grooves to be found on many of the resulting tracks. What he presided over during his tenure at Malaco was actually a unique re-allignment of the funk feel, first expressed by his arrangement of King Floyd’s “Groove Me” . Since the song is fairly well-known and easily accessible, I’m not featuring the audio here; but how ...

The cramped New Orleans space that once housed the original J&M; Studio later became a laundromat When owner Cosimo Matassa moved his studio to other locations around the French Quarter he never bothered to finish the build-out Wall studs were left exposed and the floors were a tangle of cables...

Guns N’ Roses, the Beastie Boys (pictured) and Red Hot Chili Peppers will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in April in Cleveland. Also honoured will be late singer-songwriter Nyro">Laura Nyro, British folkie Donovan, influential British band Small Faces/Faces, late US bluesman Freddie King, late TV producer Don Kirshner and three record producers – the late Tom Dowd, Glyn Johns and New Orleans R&B; legend Cosimo Matassa. Among the nominees who missed out on the final cut this year ...

Guns N Roses has been announced as part of the 2012 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The complete list of inductees is as follows: Performer Category:Beastie BoysDonovanGuns N’ RosesLaura NyroRed Hot Chili PeppersThe Small Faces/The Faces Early Influence:Freddie King Ahmet Ertegun (non performer) Award:Don Kirshner The Award for Musical Excellence:Cosimo MatassaTom [...]

Hoy mismo la fundación responsable del Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ha dado a conocer quiénes serán los artistas que se incluirán en 2012 en este salón del rock. A la cabeza están los grupos más famosos: Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers y Beastie Boys. Sin embargo, completan la lista de ganadores Donovan, Nyro">Laura Nyro, The Small Faces, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd y Glyn Johns. Ahora es cuando comenzarán las discusiones sobre por qué los nominados que se han quedado fuera (entre ellos...

Guns N Roses has been announced as part of the 2012 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. The complete list of inductees is as follows: Performer Category: Beastie Boys Donovan Guns N’ Roses Nyro">Laura Nyro Red Hot Chili Peppers The Small Faces/The Faces Early Influence: Freddie King Ahmet Ertegun (non performer) Award: Don Kirshner The Award for Musical Excellence: Cosimo Matassa Tom Dowd Glyn Johns The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony returns to Cleveland April 14, 2012.

The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame recently announced their list of the 2012 inductees, which include: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Guns N’ Roses, Donovan, Nyro">Laura Nyro, The Small Faces/The Faces, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Mattasa, Tom Dowd, and Glyn Johns. Congratulations to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys [...]

Robert Smith was robbed! Read the full story at Rolling Stone : The votes are in and next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class will include Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, the Small Faces/Faces, Donovan and Nyro">Laura Nyro. Freddie King will enter the Hall of Fame as an Early Influence, while the late producer and TV host Don Kirshner will receive the Ahmet Ertegun (nonperformer) Award and producers Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns will receive the Award for Musical Excellence. The ceremony will be held April 14th at Cleveland’s ...

The late '80s have finally been absorbed into the classic rock canon: Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Beastie Boys will join Donovan, Nyro">Laura Nyro, and the Small Faces/Faces as this year's class of Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductees. Also receiving recognition are blues guitarist Freddie King, who will enter the hall as an Early Influence, producer Don Kirshner (recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award) and producers Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd, and Glyn Johns (recipients of the Award For Musical Excellence.) The ceremony takes place April 14 in Cleveland, and will air on ...

The times they have a-changed. For arguably the first time, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony won't be synonymous with classic rock radio and dad's record collection: Guns N' Roses, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Beastie Boys have all been voted into the Cleveland shrine. The Class of 2012 will also include psychedelic rocker/Beatles drug buddy Donovan, the Steve Marriot-led Small Faces and their Rod Stewart-fronted offshoot Faces, singer-songwriter Nyro">Laura Nyro, famed TV presenter/music publisher Don Kirshner, and producers Glyn Johns (Ryan Adams' Ashes & Fire , among other more classic albums ...