Recording Studios

His name is Brandon Bass. Bass, like the fish. But it turns out his last name might better be pronounced bass, like the kind you hear in the back of a hip-hop song. After all, it’s a little-known fact that Brandon Bass — the Orlando Magic power...

It's a mantra for many a band seeking inspiration: back to the stacks, back to the stacks, back to the stacks. The Australian trio Cut Copy, whose free-spirited break-out album, "In Ghost Colours," finely plumbed the depths of '80s electropop,......

When Leon Russell was in the midst of what possibly was the busiest period in his life, he was often referred to by the musicians he worked with as “the master of space and time” for his otherworldly ability to......

If you're any kind of music fan at all, you'll want to see "The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town." This new film gives us a fascinating glimpse of Bruce Springsteen in 1977, when he was......

They might not be able to purchase their own Gulfstream yet, but the Downtown Los Angeles-based Far East Movement (FM) are certainly able to buy their fair share of bottles at the club. After all, “Like a G6,” their platinum......

J. Ralph confesses to having a major cultural flashback experience while working with the stellar musical lineup he assembled to record songs for a new documentary about autism, “Wretches and Jabberers: And Stories From the Road.” The remarkably...

The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (AP file photo)/Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform in 2006 (AP photo) In “The Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones: Sound Opinions on the Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Rivalry” (Voyageur Press), Tribune music critic......

"I hope I can can get three or four or five seasons," Jason Schwartzman told me in September, just before the start of the second season of "Bored to Death," in which he stars with Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis......

The eerie whisper of a ghost in your right ear. The pitter-patter of rain pelting your umbrella. The whistle of bullets screeching past your face. Get ready for the next leap forward in movie theater technology: 3-D sound. At least that's the hope of a...

Lil Wayne fans, rejoice! After serving eight months of a yearlong sentence for attempted gun possession, the rapper was released from Rikers Island at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Wayne reported to prison in March after reaching a plea deal resulting......

Even in death Michael Jackson has managed to captivate the media, so it's only appropriate that the lead single from his first posthumous album, "Michael," pokes jabs at his long, storied distaste for making headlines. On Monday morning, his official........

To record his latest album, “No Better Than This” (Rounder), John Mellencamp hatched a plan with producer T Bone Burnett. They would set up a mono tape recorder and a single microphone and knock out a bunch of new songs......