Stevie Nicks

Up on the Sun: The Buzzards Have Elvis

Props to Our Peeps: The Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards on Sept. 23

Fame, Shmame: Overlooked AZ Hall of Fame Nominees

COVER ME

HAVING SUNG EVERYONE ELSE'S SONGS, YO LA TENGO NOW WRITES ITS OWN

RANDOM REVIEWS

HAVING SUNG EVERYONE ELSE'S SONGS, YO LA TENGO NOW WRITES ITS OWN

Mac Daddies

Fleetwood Mac writes a new chapter in its endless musical psychodrama

Letters

Fleetwood Mac writes a new chapter in its endless musical psychodrama

Repackaged Goods

The boxed-set dilemma: When are four CDs too little and three CDs too much respect?

Love Connection

Why the current, slick Courtney Love actually rings truer than the disheveled baby doll of the past

Flashes

Why the current, slick Courtney Love actually rings truer than the disheveled baby doll of the past

Arizona Premiere Living's List of Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians Kinda Blows

We recently ran across this list of the "Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians" from Arizona Premiere Living. Some of the choices are obvious: Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Jordin Sparks, Gin Blossoms, Alice Cooper, and Linda Ronstadt almost always make the "top" lists of Arizona musicians.

Pittsburgh's 10 Greatest Musicians

The PovertyNeck Hillbillies are the official band of the Pittsburgh Steelers -- yes, really. Last week we brought you a debate over the best Arizona musicians of all time after Arizona Premiere Living put out a list that includes Mr. Mister but not Stevie Nicks. Turns out, there are so many great mu ... More >>

The Sea and Cake

Car Alarm
(Thrill Jockey)

Jorma Kaukonen

Car Alarm
(Thrill Jockey)

The Tao of Stevie

Car Alarm
(Thrill Jockey)

The Back of Love

Lindsey Buckingham has big, big love for his work

Back Country

Original spin

Charlie Sexton, and Shannon McNally

A little bit country

Calexico

The Tucson band performs in Tempe

Subpoena Me!

The record industry thinks I'm a criminal. Here's the evidence.

Moth and Flame

Fleetwood Mac remains a troubled, resilient love affair

Nicks of Time

Pop's gold-dust woman bounces back from drugs, depression and sluggish sales

Tally How

Pregnant chads and butterfly ballots abound as we sort through the latest batch of local CD submissions

Laura Nyro

Time and Love: The Essential Masters (Columbia/Legacy) and Live From Mountain Stage (Blue Plate)

Y2 Chaos

Looking back at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of local music in 2000

Night & Day

June 11 - 17, 1998

STOP DRAGGING THAT SHAWL AROUND!PHOENIX'S FAVORITE MYSTICAL CHILD COMES BACK FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR TO GET REAL

June 11 - 17, 1998

Lindsay Lohan in Steve Nicks’ Life Story?

June 11 - 17, 1998

Lindsay Lohan in Steve Nicks’ Life Story?

June 11 - 17, 1998

AZ Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Hosts Benefit

​Grab a Stetson and your autograph pad: The AZ Music & Entertainment Hall Of Fame is holding a benefit concert on September 6 at Handlebar J in Scottsdale, a great little honky-tonky type bar just north Shea and Scottsdale Roads. Heard of the institution we lovingly know by it's overly-compl ... More >>

Arizona Apparently A Hotbed for Aspiring Yodelers

Tiffany Jo doing her best Stevie Nicks impression.​Yahoo! is looking for a new voice to it's iconic YahooooOOOoooOOO and Arizonans seem to be cleaning up. Right now the competition is being won by a girl named Tiffany Jo Allen from "Tuscan" Arizona (which is very near "Tucson") and a localish guy ... More >>

The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Carry on a Tradition of Music-Making Exes

Tiffany Jo doing her best Stevie Nicks impression.​Yahoo! is looking for a new voice to it's iconic YahooooOOOoooOOO and Arizonans seem to be cleaning up. Right now the competition is being won by a girl named Tiffany Jo Allen from "Tuscan" Arizona (which is very near "Tucson") and a localish guy ... More >>

Swell Band, Bad Relationship

The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Carry on a Tradition of Music-Making Exes

Artists for Action Voter Registration Concert and Rally at Marquee Theatre Last Night

​Artists For Action featuring Calexico w/ Miniature Tigers, Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, Big Son featuring Sam Means of The Format and Jeff and Chris of Reubens Accomplice, Sand Rubies, Salvador Duran, Kinch, and more...August 27, 2010Marquee Theatre About 1,500 people showed up at the Marquee T ... More >>

Ratatat at The Venue Scottsdale Last Night

​RatatatSeptember 25, 2010The Venue ScottsdaleWhen does an electronic rock concert make a person feel like Danny Glover's irritable geezer cop in Lethal Weapon? The answer: When the concert in question is Saturday's all-ages Ratatat show at the Venue of Scottsdale, and the person in question is ol ... More >>

Eli Escobar @ Bar Smith

​RatatatSeptember 25, 2010The Venue ScottsdaleWhen does an electronic rock concert make a person feel like Danny Glover's irritable geezer cop in Lethal Weapon? The answer: When the concert in question is Saturday's all-ages Ratatat show at the Venue of Scottsdale, and the person in question is ol ... More >>

Incoming: Katy Perry, Murs, Stevie Nicks, Rush, The Dodos, Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart ca. 1984Rod Stewart is the leader in the clubhouse for this week's just announced shows. He's 66-years-old and is the former lead singer of the Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. People who know of his non-solo work appreciate it, but the majority of folks cherish the Brit for his solo caree ... More >>

Quick PHX: Nightlife

Rod Stewart ca. 1984Rod Stewart is the leader in the clubhouse for this week's just announced shows. He's 66-years-old and is the former lead singer of the Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. People who know of his non-solo work appreciate it, but the majority of folks cherish the Brit for his solo caree ... More >>

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks

Rod Stewart ca. 1984Rod Stewart is the leader in the clubhouse for this week's just announced shows. He's 66-years-old and is the former lead singer of the Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. People who know of his non-solo work appreciate it, but the majority of folks cherish the Brit for his solo caree ... More >>

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks @ US Airways Center

Rod Stewart ca. 1984Rod Stewart is the leader in the clubhouse for this week's just announced shows. He's 66-years-old and is the former lead singer of the Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. People who know of his non-solo work appreciate it, but the majority of folks cherish the Brit for his solo caree ... More >>

Lil Wayne, David Hernandez, Stevie Nicks, Black Keys and More in This Week's Issue

​Is Weezy sober as good as the Weezy who was getting blazed and freestyling about Al Sharpon in a 9 minute song? Now that Lil Wayne is out of jail and on probation he's supposed to stay straight, which is bound to have an impact on his work. So is it for the better or not? Ben Westhoff tackles tha ... More >>

Stevie Nicks' In Your Dreams: Yes, It Really Is Her Best Album in Years

​Phoenix resident Stevie Nicks' new album, In Your Dreams, was released today. Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield has already given the album rave reviews, calling it Nicks' best album in a decade. It's hard to argue with that, especially considering that Nicks hasn't released an album in a deca ... More >>

Stevie Nicks Turns 63 Tomorrow; We Look Back at Her Birthdays through the Years

Wikimedia CommonsStevie Nicks​Pop chanteuse Stevie Nicks turns 63 tomorrow. Though Nicks is no longer a Valley resident (she sold her home in Paradise Valley in 2007 for more than $3 million), she was born here at Good Samaritan Hospital and we still count her among Arizona's most famous rock resi ... More >>

Final Stretch

Wikimedia CommonsStevie Nicks​Pop chanteuse Stevie Nicks turns 63 tomorrow. Though Nicks is no longer a Valley resident (she sold her home in Paradise Valley in 2007 for more than $3 million), she was born here at Good Samaritan Hospital and we still count her among Arizona's most famous rock resi ... More >>

Feast of Beasts

Wikimedia CommonsStevie Nicks​Pop chanteuse Stevie Nicks turns 63 tomorrow. Though Nicks is no longer a Valley resident (she sold her home in Paradise Valley in 2007 for more than $3 million), she was born here at Good Samaritan Hospital and we still count her among Arizona's most famous rock resi ... More >>

Lollapalooza: "It Was 20 Years Ago Today..."

​It's kind of hard to imagine that Lallapalooza is 20 years-old. I wasn't in attendance in 1991, but the event still feels like a cultural touchstone for me (due in no small part to the "Homerpalooza" episode of The Simpsons, which introduced me to Sonic Youth, and cemented my growing love for The ... More >>

Celebrate Your Favorite Undead Rock Star at Bar Smith's Memoriam Starting August 30

Yeah, they're right. This guy definitely looks like he's about to die. ​​There's really no gentle way to say it. People were expecting Amy Winehouse to die young. Even her own parents were prepared for her death.  Celebrity deaths impact the public in varying ways, but there will always be ... More >>

Duos With More Chemistry Than Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher

​ Last week's season premiere of Two and a Half Men had nearly 28 million viewers due to sheer curiosity. It played out like a revenge fantasy of Chuck Lorre killing off Charlie Sheen without the gore or entertainment of Kill Bill. Alan (Jon Cryer) wasn't the least bit upset about his brother ... More >>

Angela Ellsworth and Rebecca Campbell's Dual Exhibition Re-Creates History

​ Last week's season premiere of Two and a Half Men had nearly 28 million viewers due to sheer curiosity. It played out like a revenge fantasy of Chuck Lorre killing off Charlie Sheen without the gore or entertainment of Kill Bill. Alan (Jon Cryer) wasn't the least bit upset about his brother ... More >>

100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona

​ Last week's season premiere of Two and a Half Men had nearly 28 million viewers due to sheer curiosity. It played out like a revenge fantasy of Chuck Lorre killing off Charlie Sheen without the gore or entertainment of Kill Bill. Alan (Jon Cryer) wasn't the least bit upset about his brother ... More >>