Looks like it could be the Beach Boys, not Van Halen, who are going to make big news by reuniting at the Grammy Awards this year. Rumors were flying at breakneck pace around the music business that Van Halen were to make some major announcement at the nominations telecast. That didn’t happen, and it may turn out it was a different iconic California band who appears at the actual ceremony.
July 28, 2011 There's been talk about a Beach Boys reunion on-and-off for a while now, but it's mostly been about getting back together for a show, or possibly even a tour. But now, singer Mike Love says the group is hoping to celebrate its 50th anniversary by recording a new album. It would be the group's first since their country album, "Stars and Stripes, Volume 1" in 1996. There never was a Volume 2.
Even if he were simply one of the most critically revered songwriters of the rock era, Brian Wilson’s life story would be ripe for the film treatment. Toss in decades of eccentric behavior and lawsuits, and you’ve got yourself one heck of a biopic.
At least, that seems to be the thinking over at River Road Entertainment, the production company behind Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life,’ where Oren Moverman — the writer and director behind the Oscar-nominated ‘The Messenger’ — has been hired to write the screenplay.
March 15, 2011 I'm still holding out hope that Natalie Maines will get the Dixie Chicks back together and make more great music. But in the meantime, I'll settle for this. Natalie recorded a cover of Beach Boys classic "God Only Knows".
It's for the series finale of HBO's "Big Love" which airs this Sunday. But you can pick it up on iTunes starting today. You can also listen to the full song on the next page!
