Listen to a previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix track

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:10:00 +0000

In anticipation of the upcoming Jimi Hendrix album, "People, Hell and Angels," a collection of 12 of the late artist's unreleased tracks, RollingStone has dropped "Somewhere," a 1968 blues-infused jam featuring guitar and vocals by Hendrix. Spin notes that the album, featuring songs recorded between 1968 and 1969, is the first Hendrix compilation to release previously unpublished work since 1997's "First Rays of the New Rising Sun."

"People, Hell and Angels"comes out March 5. Give "Somewhere" a listen here.

Study: Solo rock stars die young

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Do you dream of being a rock star? Do you hope to live a long life?

If so, you’d better start prioritizing—or, at the very least, join a band. Because from Elvis Presley to Amy Winehouse, solo pop superstars are disproportionately likely to die young (although not necessarily at age 27).

That’s one finding of a study just published in the British journal BMJ Open,which takes a close look at mortality among rock and pop icons of the past half-century. And just like the rest of us, it finds, famous musicians are more likely to die from substance abuse if they had troubled childhoods.

A team of researchers led by Mark Bellis, director of the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, looked at the mortality rates and childhood experiences of 1,489 rock and pop stars who gained fame between 1956 and 2006. Comparisons were made across the decades, and between European and American musicians.

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Listen to a previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix track

Study: Solo rock stars die young