Ana Bejerano of MocedadesJanuary 3Sandra Jaffe, Co-founder New Orleans' Preservation Hall (83)January 2Ana Bejerano of Mocedades ("Eres Tu" (aka "Touch the Wind")) - Digestive disorder (60)J… Read More

Top Single by a Veteran Artist in the U.K.The following are the top albums and singles in the U.K.by veteran artists who have been recording for twenty years or more.  Chart Date:… Read More

Top Veteran Album in U.S. & U.K.The following are the top albums and singles by veteran artists who have been recording for twenty years or more.  United StatesChart Date: Nove… Read More

Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues (1941 - 2021)November 11Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues (b. 1941)John Goodsall of Brand X & Atomic Rooster (b. 1953)November 6Astro (born Terence Wilson) of… Read More

Chicago in Concert (7/31/21)I saw Chicago four times between 1970 (when they were still the Chicago Transit Authority) and 1976 and, while they were a great band, nobody was going to claim t… Read More

Frampton's All Instrumental AlbumThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  April 23, 2021California Music (including… Read More

Les McKeown, the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers, died on Tuesday, April 20. He was 65 years old.  The Rollers had ten top ten hits in the U.K. in the late 70's, including two… Read More

Out April 23Renaissance are proud to announce the release of their Blu-ray/DVD/2CD set of the 50th Anniversary Concert at The Keswick Theatre in Glenside PA, USA on October 12th 2019, featur… Read More

Jim Steinman (1947 - 2021)Jim Steinman, one of the most distinctive songwriters ever, has died at the age of 73 from kidney failure.  Almost every song written by Steinman had a di… Read More

The following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  April 16, 2021Tracy Bonham & the Melodeon Music Project - Young Maestro… Read More

Out NowInternationally renowned singer, Freda Payne, known for her 1970's hit R&B Number 1 Gold Record, "Band of Gold," is releasing her first studio album in 5 years on April 16. The an… Read More

Available NowIn a special arrangement with Buck Owens Enterprises, Omnivore Recordings is proud to present original, vintage Buck Owens- and Bakersfield-related LPs and 45s direct from Buck… Read More

Out May 28Last week saw the 50th anniversary of the original UK release of The Man Who Sold The World, David Bowie’s landmark entry into the 1970s. The album began the collaboration wi… Read More

Queen Returns to the Top Veteran SpotThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (April 17, 2021).  Actual c… Read More

Special Jury Award WinnerThe life of Trini Lopez, groundbreaking Mexican American recording artist, guitarist and actor, is explored in the film My Name Is Lopez. The feature length documen… Read More

Out April 30John Lodge, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues, and inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is to release a new digital single entitled “… Read More

Out May 14There is no denying Steve Goodman’s impact on the world of songwriting. Omnivore Recordings’ 2019 reissues of his 1980s Red Pajamas Records efforts contained a flurry o… Read More

The following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  April 9, 2021Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow: Expanded & Remaste… Read More

Out 7/16Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago became the first non-classical group to perform six nights in a row at Carnegie Hall 50 years ago. Between April 5 and 10, 1971, the band… Read More

Out 7/31Recorded in the spring of 2010 and then mysteriously archived by Prince before its release, the statement album Welcome 2 America documents Prince’s concerns, hopes, and vision… Read More

Evanescence Debuts at #11The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (April 10, 2021).  Actual chart positio… Read More

     Recorded during the 2017 Newport Folk Festival®, John Prine and Friends is the first-ever release of this celebrated and unique performance. Joining John on stage dur… Read More

Warwick to Stream ConcertsHere are links to the latest news from the vintage artists of music:Journey Settles Dispute With Former MembersDionne Warwick to Start Live Stream SeriesWillie Nels… Read More

       The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (April 3, 2021).  Actual chart positi… Read More

Out 5/14Guitarist, multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter, bandleader, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Songwriters Hall of Fame electee Steve Miller has dug deep into his archives… Read More

The following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material are included on the list… Read More

Here are links to the latest news from the vintage artists of music:Celine Dion to Receive Honorary Degree From BerkleeElton John Records With MetallicaBob Seger on Sunday Nights "The Simpso… Read More

Linda PerryIconic Singer-Songwriter, Producer and Pop Culture shape shifter Linda Perry releases her own music for the first time in over 15 years. Perry best known for her groundbreaking… Read More

The Registry Now Has 575 EntriesJanet Jackson’s clarion call for action and healing in “Rhythm Nation 1814” now joins other groundbreaking sounds of history and culture amo… Read More

Out 5/7Even though it will be a couple of years before Amy Winehouse is considered a true "veteran artist" her sound was such a throwback to an earlier era that we wanted to celebrate this r… Read More

The Top Selling Album by a Veteran ArtistThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (March 20, 2021).  Actu… Read More

Out May 7When you’ve been making music for as long as folk music icon Judy Collins, songs become more than just familiar melodies, they’re treasured memories connecting you to pe… Read More

Out 5/21Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Paula Cole has announced her upcoming album American Quilt. “I wanted this album to reflect a patchwork of music from the cities and the… Read More

Available 4/30Epic Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce the second wave of titles in The Jacksons definitive album project. Expanded digi… Read More

Lynn's 46th Solo AlbumThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material ar… Read More

Out 4/23Evie Sands sought inspiration as she got in gear for a long-awaited new album after a two-decade wait. “I was in a meditation, a thing I only do once in a while,” she say… Read More

Out 4/16Released on CD in the US on April 16th is a fantastic album that brings together three very different UK music legends: Robin Trower, Maxi Priest and Livingstone Brown: ‘United… Read More

Top Veteran Album For the WeekThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (March 20, 2021).  Actual chart po… Read More

The Grammys Will Air on CBSon Sunday, January 31The following are all the nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards with winners in bold:1. Record Of The YearAward to the Artist and to the Prod… Read More

Amazon's Top Veteran Release for the WeekThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with add… Read More

Out 4/30Pink Floyd Live at Knebworth 1990 will be released for the first time on CD, double vinyl and digital platforms on Friday, April 30th, 2021. The concert was part of the star-stu… Read More

Debuts at #47The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (March 13, 2021).  Actual chart position is in pare… Read More

Out April 16From the haunting, funereal bells and emotional wails of opening track "Mother," it was immediate – John Lennon's first solo studio album was unlike anything he had made be… Read More

Released March 5The following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material are incl… Read More

Available NowIn keeping with a promise made to the legendary artist/author and original and founding member of the Supremes, Mary Wilson, Motown/UMe announce the release of Mary Wilson: Expa… Read More

Out March 12 on Bandaloop Records“The record is my attempt to capture the feeling I got on innumerable drives through the American night with the radio on,” said Peter Case, desc… Read More

Zelisko's Book is Out NowWhen concert promoter Danny Zelisko says, “I’ve got some stories to tell,” he isn’t kidding. In his remarkable new book, ALL EXCE$$ Occupatio… Read More

Available March 26You’ve grooved to Matthew Sweet’s “Baby Blue,” played air piano along with Rick Wakeman on “Come And Get It,” and swooned hearing Rick S… Read More

Out May 21John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band will release Leftover Feelings on May 21st via New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by Jerry Douglas and recorded at Historic RCA S… Read More

Top Selling Veteran Album For 2nd WeekThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (March 6, 2021).  Actual c… Read More

Out April 23“The world could come together as one.” These lyrics are from the 1970 Beach Boys composition “Add Some Music to Your Day,” and they are the inspiration f… Read More

Country Music's Nashville-Based AwardsCBS, The Academy of Country Music(R) and dick clark productions announced today the nominations for the 56TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS(TM), honori… Read More

Out April 30Dropkick Murphys are preparing to release their 10th full-length studio album, Turn Up That Dial, April 30 via band-owned Born & Bred Records. The album was produced by Ted H… Read More

Out April 23The Peter Frampton Band’s take on Roxy Music’s “Avalon” is the latest track to be revealed off their forthcoming album Frampton Forgets the Words. Of the… Read More

Deluxe EditionInitially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as "The Who's finest album," The Who Sell Out reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As wel… Read More

Out NowThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material are included on t… Read More

Out 4/19Ten Years After are best known for their Platinum selling album “A Space in Time” which featured the Top 40 hit "I'd Love to Change the World", and their prodigious perfo… Read More

Originally Released October 26, 1981The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (February 27, 2021).  Actual… Read More

Daft Punk topped the dance charts seven timesDaft Punk has broken up after 28 years together.   Formed in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, the… Read More

Out April 9Omnivore Recordings and Peggy Lee Associates are proud to announce the April 9, 2021 release of Something Wonderful: Peggy Lee Sings The Great American Songbook. Compiled to accom… Read More

3 CD Deluxe EditionThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2001 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material are i… Read More

The original single sleeveSly & the Family Stone have released a brand new animated video for their 1969 classic "Everyday People" in salute to Black History Month. Written and prod… Read More

#1 in Album Sales, Rock Albums, Alternative AlbumsThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (February 20, 2021)… Read More

Out June 4Neil Finn and Nick Seymour, the founding members of Crowded House, have announced their first album in over a decade, Dreamers Are Waiting, set for release on June 4 via BMG. … Read More

Releasing March 26thRenowned for their rousing and mesmerizing live performances, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND is preparing to officially release another historic show via the Allman Brothers Ba… Read More

Releasing April 30thThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the initial release of The Poet, the Bobby Womack album that served to relaunch his career and established him as a renewed force… Read More

The following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2000 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material are included on the list… Read More

New EP From Patsy ClineAhead of Valentine’s Day weekend, Patsy Cline’s timeless, aching love song “Crazy” has received its first-ever official video. Directed by dire… Read More

Impulse Will Celebrate 60 Years in 2021For 60 years, the legendary Impulse! Records has been home to the greatest jazz artists of all time, including John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Archie Sh… Read More

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Mary Wilson died on Monday at the age of 76.  A founding member of the Supremes, originally known as the Primettes, with Florence Ballard, Diana… Read More

Final Inductees to be Named in MayThe nominations were announced today (February 10, 2021) for the latest class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Among the nominees are such acts… Read More

Another one week triumph for the Grateful DeadThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (February 13, 2021).&nb&hell…Read More

Frank Sinatra: Reprise Rarities Volume 2A collection of tracks from one of popular culture's most romantic singers went digital Friday with the release of Frank Sinatra: Reprise Rarities Vol… Read More

Foo Fighters' Medicine at MidnightThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2000 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional… Read More

Singer-songwriter Jim Weatherly, who wrote such hits as "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" and has his own hit with "The Need to Be", died on Wednesday… Read More

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced the nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Wednesday morning with a number of veteran artists getting nods. The biggest is Nine Inch Nails… Read More

Eminem Remains the Top Veteran AlbumThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (February 6, 2021).  Actual… Read More

Esoteric Recordings is proud to announce the release of a new re-mastered four-disc deluxe 45th anniversary boxed set limited edition (comprising 3 CDs and a DVD) of YEAR OF THE CAT the lege… Read More

Tom Jones' first new music since 2015Tom Jones had released his first track in six years, "No Hole in My Head".The new single is from his upcoming album, Surrounded by Time, due out on April… Read More

"Frampton Forgets the Words"Frampton Forgets the Words, the new studio album by The Peter Frampton Band, will be released April 23 via UMe. The album features instrumental tributes to some o… Read More

Hilton Valentine (1943 - 2021)We, along with all of the music world, mourn the loss today of Hilton Valentine a founding member of The Animals. Valentine was a pioneering guitar player influ… Read More

The first album of the series is out 2/26Since its beginnings in Jamaica in 1959, the story of the pioneering Island Records label has been inextricably linked to the story of its founder, C… Read More

Steven Wilson - The Future BitesThe following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2000 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with addition… Read More

"Fire It Up" - Out 4/23On April 23rd, guitar legend Steve Cropper will release ‘Fire It Up,’ which he’s calling his first proper solo album since 1969, after decades of sta… Read More

Blues Awards - June 6With an expansive list of nominees whose music stretches across genres, The Blues Foundation’s 42nd Annual Blues Music Awards (BMA) will reflect the widening influ… Read More

Eminem Regains the Top Veteran AlbumThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (January 30, 2021).  Actual… Read More

Omnivore to Release Owens' GreatestOmnivore Recordings, in conjunction with the Buck Owens Estate, will release Buck Owens and the Buckaroos’ The Complete Capitol Singles: 1957–1… Read More

2021 is the 50th Anniversary of Philadelphia InternationalLegacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Chappell Music, the global publishing arm of Warner… Read More

What's Going On 50th AnniversaryMotown's "Prince Of Soul," Marvin Gaye, was already a hit artist for nearly a decade when, in 1971, he reached new heights with his album What's Going On. An… Read More

The new single is available nowFour-time Grammy Award-winner Olivia Newton-John and her daughter, singer/songwriter Chloe Lattanzi have released their new duet, “Window in the Wall,&rd&hell…Read More

The following are major new and upcoming releases by veteran artists (first release in 2000 or before).  Only new releases and reissues with additional material are included on the list… Read More

The Dead Daisies fifth studio album HOLY GROUND sees the light of day on January 22, 2021. The band have covered a lot of ground getting to where they are today with singer/bassist, Glenn Hu… Read More

Jimmie Rodgers (1933 - 2021)Jimmie Rodgers passed away on Monday (January 18, 2011) at the age of 87.  Rodgers was signed to Roulette records by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore aft… Read More

Gibb's Third Solo Album is His Highest ChartingThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts (January 23, 2021).&nb&hell…Read More

She Walks in Beauty, out 4/30On April 30, Marianne Faithfull, with composer and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, will release She Walks in Beauty, one of the most distinctive albums of he… Read More

The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition)A&M/UMe has celebrated the 30th Anniversary of Sting's stirring third album, The Soul Cages, by releasing a digital-only expanded edition.Originally rele… Read More

KISS co-founder & frontman, best-selling author and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer PAUL STANLEY has spent the last few years developing a project close to his heart. Soul Station is a ban… Read More

Out April 23Sir Tom Jones has announced a diverse set of cover songs for his new album.The 80-year-old singer - whose upcoming record 'Surrounded By Time' drops on April 23 - has re-imagined… Read More

Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on January 15, 2021: Coming on January 22:  Read More

Top Selling Single by a Veteran ArtistThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is… Read More