Michael Davis the bassist for the politically-charged proto-punk band MC5 died on Friday of liver failure He was 68 Davis had been studying fine art at Wayne State University in Michigan when the Detroit-based MC5 recruited him in 1964 He promptly dropped out of art school to join the band MC5... […]
A third volume of the Wilco-Billy Bragg collaboration Mermaid Avenue is in the works Billy Bragg just announced on his website that Nonesuch Records will be putting out a new album featuring 17 previously unreleased songs from the original recording sessions that produced 1998s Mermaid Avenue and 2000s Mermaid Avenue... […]
Whitney Houston was laid to rest today in her hometown of Newark New Jersey a week after her death at the age of 48 The funeral was held at the New Hope Baptist Church where Houston had made her start singing as a child The service which lasted more than four... […]