Rock n Roll

Twenty-seven-year-old Alam Khan admits that he was emotionally adrift for a time while he grieved for his father, the great North Indian classical musician Ali Akbar Khan, who died in June. "I buried my father, and the next day I turned 27," he remembered one recent afternoon, sitting cross legged on a Persian carpet in the main classroom at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael. "It was kind of strange to have it happen like that." Credited with popularizing Indian classical music in ...

We have no plans of stopping - ever   -Alam Khan

 

This marks the seventh time the show not only airs on CBS, but takes place in New York City. This year's spectacular show will feature a runway presentation celebrating all things sexy for the holiday season. With Black Friday coming in just a few days, we can definitely use some amazing gift giving ideas.  

His fans are used to seeing him with a tool belt around his waist, but Eric Stromer actually moved to Los Angeles with a guitar slung over his shoulder. The charismatic host of such do-it-yourself shows as AOL Living's ' GMC Trade Secrets ' and HGTV's ' Over Your Head ' is now returning to his first love: country music. Set for an early 2010 release, Eric's album, appropriately titled 'Fix It Man,' lets fans in on a little secret: the PEOPLE's 'Sexiest Men' honoree can teach you how to drive a nail, but he can also hammer out a tune.  

British rock 'n' roll icon Paul McCartney has recorded a track with his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr for Starr's upcoming CD "Y Not." The album, which Starr also produced, is set for release Jan. 12 on Hip-O Records/UMe, Universal Music Enterprises said Friday. Starr and McCartney collaborated on the CD's first single, "Walk with You," a song about the power of friendship. Starr's decision to take a stronger role in the recording of his latest solo album was a significant one, his record label said.  

"Live Music," an innovative new animated short film from Mass Animation and sponsored by Intel Corporation, opens in select theaters nationwide today, marking a giant leap in the growing area of collaborative content creation. Brought to life by Intel, this pioneering wiki project empowered animators from around the world to collaborate using a unique application built on the Facebook Platform. "Live Music" is playing in 400 U.S. theaters with TriStar Pictures' animated feature "Planet 51."

Empowering people with the technology that enables them to achieve their full creative potential has always been a driving force at Intel   -Deborah Conrad

 

When Canadian-based recording artist Corb Lund started writing songs around the age of 19, he didn't have to look far for lyrical fodder. "My family are all cattle people for generations, so the Western part came about pretty naturally," he says. "Some people have really diverse backgrounds, but I really don't."

My family are all cattle people for generations, so the Western part came about pretty naturally   -Corb Lund

 

Norah Jones' fourth album, "The Fall," may surprise some of her die-hard fans, or at least disarm them a bit. During the 13-song set, Jones ditches the gentle piano playing of her previous work and rises to a new level of creative boldness. With a new group of musicians behind her, Jones incorporates a fresh, beat-savvy sensibility into these noir-like arrangements, playing plenty of electric guitar and exploring the piercing quality of Wurlitzer electric piano.

This is off our first record, most people don't own it   -Kurt Cobain

 

"Who's that scary monster on the bottom of the LP, dad?" I quivered, aged three. "Well, Andrew, that's the devil. And he sleeps under your bed and if you do something bad you will go to hell and burn alive forever."  

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex keeps decades of music alive through rare videos of rock's greatest musicians playing on wall-sized screens, along with a display of prized artifacts including guitars, clothing and original sheet music from legends like John Lennon and Mick Jagger. Turn it up to 11: Guarding the extensive collection, which is located in New York City's SoHo area, is a priority.