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Philippe Zdar, a member of French electronic duo Cassius and a prominent producer, has died, Pitchfork reports and his management confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 52. His management said in a statement to Rolling Stonethat the musician died after a tragic “accident at his home in Paris” on Wednesday …

Update:The purchaser of the Black Strat and the Martin D-35 was Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. Thew New YorkPost reports Irsay spent $5.245 million at the auction yesterday, accounting for approximately 24% of its total sales. He celebrated the purchases on Twitter: “The incomparable David Gilmour.. the greatest ‘phrasing’ guitarist …

Willie Nelson & Family welcomed the Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh to the stage on Sunday night to sing a set-closing medley of early country-gospel standards “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” and “I’ll Fly Away.” The performance took place at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, as part of the …

At her best, Kesha can skillfully balance irreverence and savagery. Songs like “Blah, Blah, Blah,” “Sleazy” and “Woman” have shown her at the pinnacle of that talent, with the punk of pop meshing biting lyrical jabs with a brilliant sense of humor about herself and whomever or whatever she’s roasting. …

Mark Ronson appeared on The Late Show to perform his recent single “Late Night Feelings,” a track off his new solo album of the same name. Lykke Li, who appears on the song, joined Ronson for the stylish performance, which saw all the musicians clad in white under a heart-shaped …

Seated behind the wheel of an antique Ford truck in a red rhinestone suit, Scott Avett stretches his arms across the cab and out the window, singing high and proud about being a “high steppin’, high bettin’, love givin’, love gettin’” kind of man. It’s not long, though, before he …

Steve Miller will place his biggest hits alongside a slew of previously unreleased tracks on a new box set, Welcome to the Vault, out October 11th via Sailor/Capitol/UMe. The three-disc, one DVD collection will span Miller’s six-decade career and boast 38 previously unreleased recordings including demos, rehearsals, outtakes and live …

In 1980, two of the biggest country-to-pop crossover acts, Ronnie Milsap and Dolly Parton, recorded for Nashville’s RCA label. Both had major hits that year — Parton with the Donna Summer-penned “Starting Over Again,” and the movie smash “9 to 5,” and Milsap with the Number One singles “My Heart,” …

A lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair, which the composer cut off himself and gave to a pianist in 1826, will hit the auction block this Tuesday. Sotheby’s will auction off the unique item, an oval frame containing a “substantial” lock of Beethoven’s gray and brown hair. The hair has …

From the rough, spontaneous energy of the rehearsals that open this box to the set’s barely-tamed-tornado climax, on stage in Montreal, Bob Dylan‘s Rolling Thunder Revue barely lasted a season: seven weeks in the frenzied autumn of 1975. And no song captures the distance and velocity of Dylan’s legendary touring …