Paul McCartney to Step in for Kurt Cobain in first Nirvana live performance in two decades

Well this makes for an interesting 12-12-12… While iconic grunge act Nirvana obviously has not played live since Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994, apparently remaining members Krist Novaselic and Dave Grohl will be reuniting to perform Nirvana songs with, get this, Beatle Paul McCartney subbing in for Cobain (via the Guardian). As the story indicates, […]

R.I.P. Dave Brubeck

Jazz master Dave Brubeck passed away earlier today in Connecticut. Dave, now 91, was an extremely talented and creative jazz musician now widely for his work. In short, I’m personally always amazed at Dave’s ability to create tunes that carried the improvisation, range and depth of jazz with pop sensibility that allowed for such quick accessibility to […]

2012 Grammy Award Nominations

Ladies & gents, as the 2012 “Albums of the Year” lists start trickling in, the Grammy Awards have announced their own lists. You know, kudos to the Grammy’s for creating a “playoff” for year end list winners. First, they get the nomination buzz. Then they create a whole weekend to determine the winner. Anyhow, full […]