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Sagittarius zodiac sign explained: Dates, compatibility, personality
Bridging the seasonal gap between fall and winter, Sagittarius is a mutable sign, one that not only heralds change but actively craves it.
Jimi Hendrix’s legendary West Village studio is supposedly haunted
Some insiders say the space is filled with more than just good vibes and great music.
Fillmore East plaque vanishes from NYC building, sparking rock'n'roll mystery where Jimi Hendrix, Allman Brothers graced the stage
A metal plaque commemorating the Fillmore East — one of the most storied, iconic venues in music history — has vanished from the site of the long-shuttered Lower East Side...
Questlove on the 1969 Harlem festival that inspired 'Summer of Soul'
The Roots drummer, “Tonight Show” bandleader and celebrity DJ reveals how he found footage of the "Black Woodstock."
Japanese diplomat crushes July 4 Jimi Hendrix-inspired national anthem performance
Kanji Yamanouchi, the Consul General of Japan in New York, rang in July 4th with a Jimi Hendrix-inspired rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner." The 62-year-old, bow-tied clad diplomat crushed a...
Meet the concert promoter who fled Nazis and boosted careers of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix
It may only be rock ’n’ roll, but it was enough to get legendary concert promoter Bill Graham top billing at a new exhibit in his old Upper West Side...
Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard rocks to a solo beat on new album
While Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard has been inspired by artists from Prince and Jimi Hendrix to the Supremes and Led Zeppelin, her greatest muse has been her late sister,...
How a funky Harlem music fest became the 'Black Woodstock'
When Freddie Stone, Sly’s brother, played the Harlem Cultural Festival as guitarist and co-founder of Sly and the Family Stone in the summer of 1969, it was not yet known...
Check out Lennon, Hendrix, Joplin, more in the massive Dick Cavett archives
Legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett has donated an enormous archive of his programs — including his late-night ABC series “The Dick Cavett Show” (1969-75) — to the Library of Congress...
This foxy old lady is auctioning a love note from Jimi Hendrix
A little old lady who received a love note from Jimi Hendrix after charming the rock icon at a 1967 gig is now selling the letter at auction for an...
Imagine if these deceased music legends had survived
Many of music’s biggest stars died young, but new renderings reveal what they might have looked like today. The list of stunning photos includes Elvis, John Lennon, Mama Cass, Jimi...
Jimi Hendrix's family can't stop suing each other
An intra-family battle over the right to sell Jimi Hendrix-branded items continues to clog up various courts like crosstown traffic. Leon Hendrix, billed as the late guitar great’s “only surviving...
Jimi Hendrix’s sister to be sued by ex-bandmate over iconic guitars
Hey Janie, where you goin’ with those guitars of mine? A former bandmate of Jimi Hendrix is suing the “Hey Joe” singer’s sister Janie Hendrix over two guitars displayed in...
Gene Simmons needs a lesson in hip-hop — and rock and roll
Old Man Simmons has been bellyachin’ again. And his chief complaint, as ever, is hip-hop. As is so often the way with musicians who have drifted into irrelevance, the Kiss...
How the Fillmore became ground zero for rock 'n' roll
When it came time for the Who to stage the rock opera “Tommy,” it had to be a Fillmore. The Fillmore East was where John Lennon and Yoko Ono could...
Meet the woman who creates 'celebrity cornflake art'
Manhattan artist Sarah Rosado is giving new meaning to the phrase “breakfast of champions.” “I was just eating cornflakes in the morning and listening to John Lennon and started creating,...
André 3000 shines in otherwise lackluster Jimi Hendrix biopic
John Ridley’s unauthorized biopic of Jimi Hendrix (André Benjamin, a.k.a. André 3000) plays like a hazy, half-remembered dream — perhaps faithful to the spirit of the man, but frustrating if...
Cafe Wha? owner Manny Roth passes away
Manny Roth — owner of the famed Greenwich Village club Cafe Wha? where a young Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen performed on its basement stage — has died...
First look at the Hendrix biopic starring Outkast’s André 3000
Unaware of the extraordinary talent he is about to introduce onstage, Eric Clapton leans across to Jimi Hendrix and asks: “What’s your name again, mate?” Within seconds, Hendrix launches into...
Hollywood manager goes public in new documentry
One of the first people Shep Gordon met as a 22-year-old arriving in LA was Janis Joplin. She belted him across the face. And believe it or not, his life...