Dave Chappelle generated loads of controversy recently with his jokes about trans people in his new Netflix special. But on Saturday night, he took a break from being canceled to induct Jay-Z into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Chappelle has been a Jay-Z fan going back decades, and …
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On October 2nd, 1995, weeks after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors in Cleveland, Ohio, Rolling Stone founder and then-Hall of Fame chairman Jann Wenner sent a letter to CBS disc jockey Norm N. Nite. “With all the hoopla past us, I just want to take …
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Twenty-nine different men have been in the Doobie Brothers during the past 50 years, but only one of them has been there the entire time: Patrick Simmons. And while Tom Johnston may be the face of the band and Michael McDonald the one that went on to huge success outside …
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The Zombies revisited their idiosyncratic psych-pop at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday night.The surviving members of the Zombies’Oddessey and Oracle lineup reunited after giving speeches for a rousing performance, which leaned heavily on songs from that landmark 1968 album. Singer Colin Blunstone, keyboardist Rod …
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Killers frontman Brandon Flowers had a big night at Saturday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. His band opened the show with a passionate rendition of “American Girl” in tribute to the late Tom Petty, and later, he did the honors of inducting the Cars – one of …
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Nina Simone died 15 years ago this month, but judging on influence alone, it’s begun to seem like she never left. Consider Jay-Z’s “The Story of O.J.”: The Grammy-nominated 4:44 track incorporates a sample of Simone’s “Four Women,” and the accompanying video even depicts a cartoon version of the late …
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