Pages tagged “jeff buckley”

• • Decrease
  • Reset
  • Increase
  resize
• print
• send

The 10 Most Memorable Bands Who Only Released One Album

Here then are 10 artists that avoided the sophomore slump by completely avoiding it.  read more

11 Amazing Falsetto Vocalists

From soul and Motown to modern indie rock, the falsetto vocal technique has been in popular use throughout a variety of genres and for a variety of expressive purposes.  read more

Penn Badgley Confirmed to Play Jeff Buckley in Biopic

First he was, then he wasn’t, but now Deadline confirms it. Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley will play Jeff Buckley in the upcoming film Greetings From Tim Buckley. The movie — which is not the same project as the film being produced by Buckley’s mother — will focus on Jeff Buckley’s relationship with his father and look at the events leading up to the tribute concert he played for his dad in 1991. Penn Badgley expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to Deadline. “To play a man who was singularly gifted as an artist, greatly misunderstood and mythologized as a human...  read more

Update: Penn Badgley Not Cast as Jeff Buckley in Biopic

Orion Williams, co-producer of the upcoming Jeff Buckley biopic, denied rumors that Penn Badgley will take on the role of the late singer....  read more

16 Awesome Led Zeppelin Covers

Trent Reznor and Karen O recently released a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for the soundtrack to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We liked it so much, we went on a search for some other covers of Zeppelin classics.  read more

15 Great 'Hallelujah' Covers

“Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen is one of the greatest songs ever written. So it’s no surprise that leonardcohenfiles.com currently lists 2,040 covers of Leonard Cohen songs. And that doesn’t count all the YouTubers posting their “Cover of Jeff Buckley’s ‘Hallelujah‘."...  read more

Jeff Buckley Biopic to be Helmed by Radiohead And U2 Director

Deadline reports that Jake Scott, director of films like U2: The Best of 1990-2000 and Radiohead: 7 Television Commercials, plus their video for “Fake Plastic Trees,” will direct the upcoming biopic about Jeff Buckley....  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

The Nine Most Untimely Rock 'N' Roll Deaths

Yeah, but how do you define untimely? Like this: The artists on our list died when they clearly had their best work ahead of them. ...  read more

Different Songs With The Same Names

There are a lot of songs out there—every artist runs the risk of doubling up on a title or two. Here are some of our favorite songs with the same titles. As you read this list, my fellow editor Steve is writing a song called "Stairway to Heaven" for his band Attractive Eighties Women. And it's not a cover. ...  read more