George Harrison

10 Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Who Never Topped Their First Album

I was watching the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony the other day. I usually don't watch a lot of made-for-TV rock and roll stuff, mainly because they try to be everything to everybody, but I couldn't resist tuning in to watch the RRHOF rectify the biggest of many head-shaking omi ... More >>

Serene Dominic Hits TheRecordingArtist.com

In this week's issue of Phoenix New Times, writer and musician Serene Dominic details the reality TV-style site TheRecordingArtist.com, which features bands recording tracks in realtime. Here, he dives into the studio, and journals the process for Up on the Sun. I will admit to being somewhat skep ... More >>

The Donkeys, Yucca Tap Room, 5/14/12

The Donkeys Yucca Tap Room Monday, May 14, 2012 It's hard to tell your friends "I'm going to the Donkeys show" with a straight face. No, not some perverted freak-show in Mexico. I mean the psychedelic San Diegan blues rockers The Donkeys, who tore the Yucca Tap Room apart with their '60s-inspired p ... More >>

10 Record Store Day Exclusives You'll Have to Fight Me For

It's almost here: Record Store Day. The day the industry bands together and does its best to shine a light on the independent record stores that dot neighborhoods in cities all over the U.S. Now, I could take this opportunity to lecture about how music fans should treat normal days like Record Store ... More >>

Five Amazing Pieces of Music Memorabilia Up for Online Auction Starting Today

www.gottahaverockandroll.comA 1960s jacket signed by George Harrison​Starting today, you can bid on historic music memorabilia, like the strap from the guitar Jimi Hendrix burned on stage at the Monterrey Pop Festival in 1967 and a glove Michael Jackson wore at a 1997 concert in London -- provide ... More >>

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan: The Seven Best "New Dylans"

​ Bob Dylan turns 70 today. The man who gave us "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the man who wrote "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "With God On Our Side." Over the years, he's influenced and remained busy. He inspired Sam Cook to write "A Change is Gonna Come," and even gave his ... More >>

Leon Russell

Leon Russell

Now Trending: Indie Supergroups

Middle Brother, a new potential indie powerhouse​Holiday cover songs were popular this season, but there's something else that has been getting just as much attention. It seems to be that the latest and greatest trend among rock bands, particularly indie bands, is forming supergroups.Ben Harper, D ... More >>

Shawn Phillips Is Stranger Than Fiction

Meet Navy rescuer and true rock and roll Zelig

Ranking The Beatles: 40 Years Later

​This week marks 40 years since the release of Let It Be, the 12th and final studio album produced by The Beatles. A lot has happened in almost a half-century, but the music of the Fab Four is standing the test of time and John, Paul, George and Ringo are just as popular now as they were in May 19 ... More >>

Dave Mason

George Harrison's Solo Songs Collected on Career-Spanning Disc

George Harrison Let It Roll - Songs by George Harrison (Capitol/Apple/Dark Horse) A great band is always more than the sum of its individual parts and, perhaps, no band illustrates that adage better than The Beatles, arguably the greatest band of all time. You could cherry pick the best songs f ... More >>

June 17 In Blogs: Al Sharpton, Ignite Phoenix, George Harrison, Supermercado and Light-Rail

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Rev. Al Sharpton and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Meet Behind Closed Doors for Battle Royale Up on the ... More >>

Richie Havens

Local Beatles Tribute Band Will Re-Enact Beatles' Final Concert

Were you too young to see the final Beatles concert 40 years ago or, perhaps, you simply missed it? It did take place in London, after all. Well, don't fret. Arizona Beatles tribute band AZ Beats will re-create the legendary band's final performance, which took place in London on Jan. 30, 1969. Th ... More >>

The Valley's Top 10 Local Guitarists

Phoenix teems with guitar players, and some of them are actually pretty good. A handful of them are exceptional.

Return of the Crow

On Niños Héroes and Blinging Out Your Astrovan with Stickers

Sheryl Crow

Detours
(A&M)

A sports doc for geeks? The King of Kong brings it on, now on DVD

Top 20 Songs to Play in a Quiet Office to Annoy Your Coworkers

Boxing Match

Record companies get greedy with repackaging excess

Cellar Beware

They obviously should not have gone in the basement

Siouxsie

Mantaray
(Decca)

Of Montreal

Psychedelicatessen

George Harrison

The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992
(Capitol)

Panjabi MC

Beware (Sequence)

The Apples in Stereo

Velocity of Sound(Elephant 6/SpinArt)

Sitars in Her Eyes

Anoushka Shankar is her father's little raga muffin

Jools Holland

Big Band Rhythm & Blues (Warner Music)

Dark Horse

Though defined by the Beatles, George Harrison's greatest musical breakthroughs were very much his own

Book 'Em

Taking a look at some of the best music literature from the past few months

Richmond Sluts

Richmond Sluts (Disaster/Bomp Records)

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Rhino DVD)

Rainer

Live at the Performance Center (Glitterhouse Records, German import)

Pot Shots

Who said if you can remember the '60s, you weren't there? Photographer Henry Diltz was, does and has the pictures to prove it.

The Shazam

Rev 9 (Not Lame Records)

Green Day

Warning (Reprise)

Death Cab for Cutie

Forbidden Love EP (Barsuk Records)

Lou Ford

Alan Freed's Radio (Headhunter/Cargo)

Baby, Get Back

'Autobiography' and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album

(Capitol Video/DVD)

Beatles for Cels

With the resurfacing of Yellow Submarine, can the rerelease of the original Beatles cartoons be far behind?

Kiss the Culprit

Did Kiss rip off an old Alice Cooper anthem, or is this just a case of sincere homage?

Holy Rollers

New compilation spotlights the growing underground force of the local Christian rock scene

Unfortunate Son

After a lost decade of legal wrangling, John Fogerty pulls himself out of the swamp

When Paul Met Gerry

What would have happened to rock'n'roll if Lennon and McCartney had never been properly introduced?

Recordings

Sixty-One Things to Know About Bob Dylan