Led Zeppelin guitar legend Jimmy Page has said in Tokyo today that despite recent rumours of a tour, the band will not be playing together until at least September. Page explained that singer Robert Plant has touring commitments with Allison Kraus, which are currently the frontmans priority.
Page also spoke about the effort that was put [...]

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After my last post regarding Scarlett Johansson recording an album of Tom Waits covers, I couldn’t resist the temptation of adding a Tom Waits video to the blog.
Where to start with Tom Waits huge catalogue, is a problem so I have gone for a track that some will know as a rather more tuneful Rod [...]

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An album by an actress would not normally move me to write a post, even if that actress is the super cool Scarlett Johansson. But when I discovered that the album  consists of ten covers of Tom Waits songs, I was surprised and very interested.
Just what songs are covered by Johansson we don’t know as there [...]

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Its pretty fair to say that the nominations for this years Brit Awards were, lets say disappointing. I am not really sure how we should take the news that Take That are among the handful of best bands in the UK.
Obviously I am not alone in these thoughts as Arctic Monkeys front-man Alex Turner is [...]

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Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, demanded that the music on the Juke box be changed, during an evening out in North London at the weekend. The Sun ’s bizarre column says that Plant described Radiohead as “rhymin’  crap” and similarly refused to listen to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
So what did the ancient monument settle [...]

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