Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen has been named the 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy. On February 8 in Los Angeles, Mumford & Sons, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, Jim James, Tom Morello, Alabama Shakes, Patti Smith, Emmylou Harris, Kenny Chesney, Sting, John Legend and Natalie Maines will gather to pay tribute to [...]

Enter to win a copy of the new Best of Kokua Festival CD, signed by Jack Johnson! The Best of Kokua Festival benefits the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation and features live tracks by Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder, Jackson Browne, Jake Shimabukuro and more. Best of Kokua Festival Track Listing: 1. ”Better Together (feat. Paula Fuga)” Jack Johnson [...]

Pearl Jam Twenty, the new documentary on the band by Cameron Crowe, had its Seattle debut on September 20 (in a face off with grunge rivals Nirvana, it being the same night the “Nevermind Live” benefit concert was being held at the Experience Music Project museum). A quick sellout meant more screenings were added, and [...]

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Twenty (Monkeywrench) Rating: Pearl Jam are the reigning kings of nineties rock, an unlikely gang of elder statesmen dressed up in flannel shirts and worn-out jeans. Twenty years since their debut album helped establish grunge as a radio format, fashion choice and buzzword for an entire generation, the guys have thrown [...]

Demme’s latest rock doc is a confessional journey through Shakey’s storied past When two passionate artists collide with like-minded visions, the result is a magical piece of filmmaking — art for art’s sake. This sums up Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme’s latest rock documentary, Neil Young Journeys, which premiered last night at the Toronto International [...]

In conjunction with U2′s Achtung Baby 20th Anniversary reissue that’s coming down the pike, Q Magazine has commissioned an album of corresponding covers, featuring the likes of Patti Smith (“Until The End Of The World’), Damien Rice (“One”), Jack White (“Love Is Blindness”) and Depeche Mode (“So Cruel”). Says Bono: “It’s strange, because when I [...]

Pearl Jam frontman catches a wave.

The good folks at NPR Music have a treat for you: they’re streaming Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder’s upcoming solo album, Ukulele Songs. On his second solo effort, Vedder teams with The Swell Season’s Glen Hansard for a cover of Gram Parsons’ “Sleepless Nights,” and Cat Power’s Chan Marshall on the 1920s chestnut “Tonight You [...]

Four strings and the truth.

Want to relive some classic Pearl Jam moments? AOL Music is offering free streams of Pearl Jam’s seminal second and third albums Vs. and Vitalogy, which Sony Legacy is releasing in remastered, expanded editions today as part of the band’s 20th anniversary celebration. You’ll have to buy the actual box set to hear the live [...]

Eddie Vedder’s stint as a solo artist continues. The Pearl Jam frontman has announced that he will release Ukulele Songs, which features both covers and originals plaid on the tiny four-string instrument, on May 31. Guests include Cat Power (“Tonight You Belong To Me”) and The Swell Season’s Glen Hansard (“Sleepless Nights”). Fans can pick [...]

Ronnie Wood I Feel Like Playing Eagle Records Rating: One would think that after recording for more than 40 years that Ronnie Wood should know how to make a decent record. One would be right. On his new solo record I Feel Like Playing, Woodsy takes a break from the Stones to invite some of [...]