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Paul McCartney to Release New Album of Covers

Paul McCartney has announced he will release a new album on Feb. 7, 2012. The album will be released on Hear Music/ Concord Records and feature covers of standards that McCartney said inspired his own music. The album will also feature two new songs from McCartney.  read more

Paste's Holiday Gift Guide for Music Lovers

As the holidays rapidly approach and you realize you need to think of something better than Justin Bieber's new Christmas album to give your music-obsessed friends (assuming they already have subscriptions to Paste), we're here to help.  read more

Hard Rock Plans Memorabilia Tour to Celebrate Anniversary

Items such as Michael Jackson’s red leather jacket, Ray Charles’ Braille Playboy magazine and the white wedding dress worn by Madonna in her “Like a Virgin” music video are among the 40 pieces that will embark on a U.S. tour starting May 18 in NYC and ending Aug. 17 in Hollywood, Fla. The touring items will be displayed at Hard Rock locations in a big rig truck. Hard Rock International, now a subsidiary of Seminole Gaming, has an estimated 73,000 pieces of rock memorabilia, the largest collection in the world. The collection began with Eric Clapton’s donation of a red...  read more

The 50 Best British Artists of All Time

While all eyes are on the throne, we pay tribute to our 50 favorite British artists—a rock 'n roll royal family of sorts.  read more

20 Great Songs Stripped Down

Musicians have captured something special when they can remove most of the instrumentation and effects from a song, and it still holds up—or becomes even better. Here are 20 of our favorite stripped-down versions of songs (not stripper versions—that would be weird.)...  read more

Eric Clapton Auctioned Equipment; Scientists Find Owning It Contagious

The New York Times reports that on March 9 at Bonhams in New York, Eric Clapton auctioned more than 150 pieces of equipment from his personal collection, including amps and custom-made guitars, to benefit The Crossroads Centre, Antigua, a charity Clapton founded to facilitate drug and alcohol rehabilitation....  read more

Robbie Robertson Announces First Studio Album in 13 Years

The Band left its mark on rock a long time ago, continuing to do so even decades after its demise. Founding guitarist Robbie Robertson has gone on to have a nice solo career, releasing four albums between 1987 and 1998 following his departure from the influential group roughly 35 years ago. After a 13-year absence from the studio, Robertson has finally announced the release of his long overdue fifth LP, entitled How To Become Clairvoyant....  read more

Eric Clapton Announces 2011 World Tour

The guitar god will hit the road in support of his album Clapton beginning in February....  read more

Allman Brothers, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow to Perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival

On June 26 in Chicago’s Toyota Park, around 30 musical acts will gather for Eric Clapton’s third Crossroads Guitar Festival. “I do it because I want to hear these players…it’s a selfish thing,” Clapton told Rolling Stone. “I can go to one place and hear all of my favorite musicians in one day.” So far, confirmed performers include the Allman Brothers Band, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow and B.B. King....  read more

WearYourMusic.org Bracelets (Awesome of the Day)

Ever wonder what happens to all those used guitar strings your favorite guitarists cycle through? So did WearYourMusic.org co-founder Hannah Garrison. Her Guitar String Bracelet Charity Project weaves used strings and recycled silver to create bracelets that are sold to raise money for charities of the musicians' choosing. Buy a bracelet made out of Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard's old guitar strings (or Nick Harmer's bass strings) for $125 and 100% of the profit goes towards Music in Schools Today, a community organization supporting music in the San Francisco Bay area. A bracelet from Ben Harper's strings goes...  read more