Jimi Hendrix

An early publicity still for Sha Na Na.

Sha Na Na, Woodstock’s most unlikely act

Music

How an Ivy League a cappella group opened for Hendrix and started a ‘50s nostalgia wave.

Jimi Hendrix plays at Woodstock.

American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

American Icons
A watercolor of Jimi Hendrix.

American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

American Icons

Stewart, Colbert to Rally at Lincoln Memorial

Arts, Culture & Media

American Icons: Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner

Arts, Culture & Media
Stevie Salas in “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World”

Stevie Salas on Native American Rockers

Arts

Guitarist and movie producer Stevie Salas shares the untold history of Native Americans in rock and roll.

Jimi Hendrix performing live onstage

The spread of mondegreens should have ended with the Internet — but it hasn’t

Music

The Internet is supposed to be killing off misheard song lyrics, but think again. Those “mondegreens” are alive and well, even on the lyrics sites that try to end the confusion.

Long-lost Jimi Hendrix concert recording finds new life

Arts, Culture & Media

The career of Jimi Hendrix was like a firecracker, bright, but short-lived. Some of his music hasn’t been heard since he played it, particularly from some of his live performances. But a new recording is bringing new life to a February 1969 performance of his in the U.K.

Punk rock in North African music

Arts, Culture & Media

Group Doueh hails from a refugee camp in Algeria — the band has a raw, powerful sound that counts Jimi Hendrix as an early influence.

The Summer Music of 1993

For decades–probably as long as there’s been recorded music–people have looked back on the music of summers past and said: “That was THE best summer of music.” From 1969–when the Woodstock Festival attracted international attention with its lineup that included Janis Joplin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and over 20 other acts– to 1984, when several […]