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Santana

Posted on 09 January 2025 by Brian Walsh

Santana has postponed their upcoming Las Vegas residency after their leader Carlos Santana accidentally fell in his Hawaii home.

The residency was set to kick off on January 22 and run through February 2 at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas as part of Santana’s residency there.

“I am sorry to say that Carlos was out taking a walk at his vacation home in Kauai, [and] he took a hard fall, and he broke his little finger on his left hand,” Santana’s management said in a press statement. “He had to have pins inserted in the finger. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to play guitar for approximately six weeks. Doctors do say that he will recuperate fully.” “Carlos is doing well and is anxious to be back onstage soon. He just needs to heal,” they added. “Santana profoundly regrets these postponements of his upcoming performances, but accidents happen, and his health is our number one concern. He is looking forward to seeing all of his fans very soon.”

Rescheduled residency shows will be announced at a later date.

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Peter Yarrow

Posted on 09 January 2025 by Brian Walsh

Peter Yarrow, the American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.

Yarrow, who battled bladder cancer for the last four years, breathed his last Tuesday in New York at the age of 86.

His death leaves Paul Stookey, 87, as the last surviving member of the group; Mary Travers died in 2009, aged 72.

Peter, Paul and Mary gained popularity shortly after forming in 1961. During the rest of the decade, six of the group’s singles reached the Billboard Top 10, and they released two No. 1 albums. Peter, Paul and Mary won five Grammy awards.

Yarrow co-wrote one of the group’s best known hits, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” with Lenny Lipton. He was also a political activist and supported causes that ranged from opposition to the Vietnam War to school anti-bullying programs.

Yarrow co-wrote and produced “Torn Between Two Lovers,” a No. 1 hit for Mary McGregor. As a member of the trio, he earned a 1996 Emmy nomination for the Great Performances special LifeLines Live, a highly acclaimed celebration of folk music.

Yarrow was instrumental in founding the New Folks Concert series at both the Newport Folk Festival and the Kerrville Folk Festival.

Yarrow and his daughter, Bethany Yarrow, often performed together. Together with cellist Rufus Cappadocia, they formed the trio Peter, Bethany, and Rufus.

“Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last chapter of his magnificent life. The world knows Peter Yarrow the iconic folk activist, but the human being behind the legend is every bit as generous, creative, passionate, playful, and wise as his lyrics suggest,” Bethany Yarrow said in a statement.

In 1970, Yarrow was convicted of “taking indecent liberties” with a 14-year-old girl and served three months of a 1-3 year prison sentence. He was later pardoned by President Jimmy Carter in 1981.

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Malcom and Angus Young Home

Posted on 09 January 2025 by Brian Walsh

Developers say they accidentally demolished the childhood home of AC/DC’s Malcolm and Angus Young in Australia.

Burwood Square Pty Ltd, who bought the No. 4 house on Burleigh Street in Sydney’s inner west in February 2023 for $5.8 million, bulldozed it in recent weeks.

The developers say they were never informed of the cultural significance of the property, which was listed on the National Trust List of Historic Homes and attracted many fans.

“We regret that the previous long-term owner did not share this vital part of the property’s background with us,” Burwood Square Pty Ltd general manager Leon Kmita said in a statement to the media. “Learning about this connection after our plans were already underway has shocked us. We are genuinely sorry for this oversight.”

He added that his team now plans to create a “special space” with materials salvaged from the demolished building, such as a cafe or bar where AC/DC fans could “gather to celebrate the band’s enduring legacy.”

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Doobie Brothers

Posted on 05 January 2025 by Brian Walsh

The Doobie Brothers have announced that their new album will be released in 2025.

It will mark the rock band’s first album with Michael McDonald in four decades.

Doobie Brothers founding member Pat Simmons revealed the title of the album – Walk This Road – in a Facebook post, but did not disclose when will it come out other than saying, “sometime after the first of the year”.

“Season’s Greetings to all our fans out there. It’s hard to believe another year just shot by like a rocket! We’re currently celebrating almost 56 years together as a band. 55 years since we released our very first self-titled album The Doobie Brothers. It’s been a long winding road since those early days but we’re still working together, doing our best to remain creative, and looking forward to bringing our music to you folks out there again next year,” Simmons wrote. “2024 was very good to us,” Simmons added. “We were so lucky to start our touring season opening shows in The United Kingdom with the Eagles. When we returned home we jumped right into our usual tour schedule working with our wonderfully talented friends Robert Cray and later Steve Winwood on a musical journey that took us all over the country from one end to the other. Finally we finished out the year up in Canada where we were met with a warm welcome from our friends in the north.”

Speaking specifically about the upcoming album’s details, Simons said, “We have 10 new songs sung by Tom [Johnston], Michael [McDonald], and Pat [Simmons]. The three of us wrote songs and collaborated together. We had a lot of fun recording it and we feel very proud of the results. John McFee added his incredible musical talents as well. Once more we turned to the amazing John Shanks who produced, wrote, and played on the tracks with us. Fortunately we’re back working with our friends at Warner Brothers/Rhino Records on this release. We’ll probably debut a song soon after the first of the year and the full album will follow sometime in the Spring/Summer.”

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Led Zeppelin

Posted on 28 December 2024 by Brian Walsh

A full-length trailer for the upcoming Led Zeppelin documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin, has been unveiled.

Sony Pictures Classics will release the first official docu-concert movie about the rock band on February 14, 2025.

A week before, IMAX is holding an exclusive one-night-only early access screenings in 18 cities on February 7.

The film traces the journeys of the four members of the “Stairway To Heaven” rockers through the music scene of the 1960s and their meeting in the summer of 1968, culminating in 1970.

The story is told exclusively by interviews with the band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul. The late John Bonham is represented by previously unheard audio interviews. The film features full performances, never-before-seen footage of the band’s early U.S. and British concerts and unseen material from the band’s personal archives. Becoming Led Zeppelin was directed, researched and written by Bernard MacMahon with the support of screenwriter and producer Allison McGourty.

“We spent five years flying back and forth across the Atlantic scouring attics and basements in pursuit of rare and unseen film footage, photographs and music recordings,” said McGourty. “Then we transferred each piece of media with custom techniques, so that in IMAX, these 55-year-old clips and music would look and sound like they came out of the lab yesterday.”

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Bob Dylan

Posted on 28 December 2024 by Brian Walsh

BBC4 will run a series of programs that will dive into Dylan’s career on January 10 – a week ahead of the film’s release.

The celebrations will begin at 10:20 pm GMT with a broadcast of Bob Dylan: No Direction Home, a 2005 documentary film by Martin Scorsese that explores the period between Dylan’s arrival in New York in January 1961 and his “retirement” from touring following his motorcycle accident in July 1966.

BBC4 will also air Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom, a live concert film shot in California in 2021, while Dylan’s Never Ending Tour was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A synopsis reads, “Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.”

A Complete Unknown was directed by James Mangold. The movie also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, and Nick Offerman as Alan Lomax.

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