James Sullivan
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10 Things You Didn't Know About the Beatles' Music
Composer and engineer Scott Freiman deconstructs the band’s work and unveils some little-known facts → Read More
Tom Waits, John Prine to Receive Prestigious PEN Songwriting Award
Tom Waits and John Prine will receive the prestigious PEN Songwriter Award in September. → Read More
Terry Allen on Creating Sculpture From Guy Clark's Ashes
Terry Allen talks about one of Guy Clark's last wishes: that he turn his ashes into a sculpture. → Read More
Inside James Brown's Lost 'Live at the Apollo' LP
Former J.B.'s director Fred Wesley talks 1972 band heard on new Record Store Day release → Read More
The Next St. Marks: A Search for the Best Streets in America
Author Ada Calhoun on the five best streets in America. → Read More
See Lost Photos of Janis Joplin's Last Show, Cher, De Niro and More
See lost photos of Janis Joplin's last show, as well as Cher, Robert De Niro, Andy Warhol and more, as shot by amateur photographer Peter Warrack. → Read More
Mr. T Gets Back to His DIY Roots in 'I Pity the Tool'
Mr. T looks comfortable with a sledgehammer in his new show, "I Pity the Tool," that has him fixing homes for families in need. → Read More
The Most Authentic Boxing Movies
Trainer Darrell Foster, of Bleed for This, assess the authenticity of the best boxing movies. → Read More
10 Things We Learned From Johnny Rotten's 'Uncensored' New Memoir
Johnny Rotten's 'Anger Is Energy' features 500 pages of stories and opinions. Here's why he hated the Clash but has become a fan of Mick Jagger. → Read More
Bloodshot Records Celebrates 20 Years of 'Insurgent Country' With Double Album
New crop of Bloodshot Records artists cover songs by the label's heritage acts, including Ryan Adams, Neko Case and Old 97's, on double disc set. → Read More
James Brown Doc Director Says Singer Was Like Steve Jobs
By James Sullivan | October 24, 2014Alex Gibney has nothing but nice things to say about the recent James Brown biopic, Get on Up. "It was… good," he says carefully, with a little chuckle. His diplomatic appraisal isn’t without a dash of self-preservation: Mick Jagger, a co-producer of the Tate Taylor film, also co-produced Gibney’s latest film, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown, a… → Read More
Kris Kristofferson Stuns PEN Awards With Impromptu Performance
Though he was one of the guests of honor PEN New England's Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Awards, Kris Kristofferson did not seem inclined to sere → Read More
Bob Dylan's 10 Craziest Fans
The body of scholarship on Bob Dylan rivals that on Shakespeare or James Joyce. Literary critics like Christopher Ricks have written a books about him → Read More
Randy Newman Wants to Do an EDM Album
The banner on the back of Randy Newmanrsquo;seponymous 1968 debut album claimed hersquo;d created something new under the sun. The songwriter behind R → Read More
Bryan Cranston Explores Another Side of Power as LBJ
Spoiler alert: Bryan Cranston lives to see another day. In his current role as President Lyndon Baines Johnson, that is. Make you feel a little squea → Read More
Band of Horses Unveil 'Acoustic at the Ryman' - Album Premiere
After going big and recording their last album, 2012's Mirage Rock, with the legendary producer Glyn Johns, Band of Horses scaled back considerably fo → Read More
Madonna to Introduce Pussy Riot Members at Brooklyn Amnesty Benefit
A little over a week after she helped Macklemore and Queen Latifah officiate Grammy marriages,Madonna will introduce therecently freedPussy Riot membe → Read More
J. Roddy Walston Gets Help From Shovels and Rope - Premiere
Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, the husband-and-wife team who make up Shovels and Rope, are in the studio working on the follow-up to their excelle → Read More
Broken Bells Are 'Holding on for Life' in Remix - Song Premiere
If we tell you there's a distinct Bee Gees aura about the new Broken Bells single, Holding on for Life, please don't take that the wrong way. Over a t → Read More
Miles Davis Jams on 'Spanish Key' in 1970
It's not often that the opening act on a four-night run gets a massive four-disc box set out of the gig, but Miles Davis was no ordinary opening act. → Read More