Leon Hendrix won't get a share of the multimillion-dollar inheritance funded by the music of his late brother, Jimi, and his stepsister and cousin will lose some control of the estate, a King County ...

Fela was a legend with his Koola Lobitos Band. Fela embraced a massive sound. His band often swelled to more than 30 members (including backup singers and dancers) and featured two bass guitars and ...

Scott Freiman didn’t initially set out to become a renowned lecturer and an acclaimed expert on the Beatles. A classically trained pianist, Freiman initially discovered rock ’n’ roll when his uncle ...

Many well-known stars built discipline and character through military service. Their stories reveal careers shaped long before fame arrived.

At 82, Dave Robinson's lifelong commitment to music shows no sign of slowing down as he helps bring live music to war-torn ...

Icnoic Motorhead founder and frontman Lemmy Kilmister died Dec. 28, 2015, at age 70 after a short battle with prostate cancer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. More than half a century since Jimi Hendrix left this world, after ...

Jimi Hendrix’s former bandmates died in “relative poverty” while record labels continue to profit from their contributions through streaming, their estates have claimed. The estates of Noel Redding ...

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather has led a full life, working with the likes of Ringo Starr, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton and Eddie Van Halen. But he never forgets Jimi Hendrix’s influences early on.

Help wanted: Guitarist who knows Engelbert Humperdinck songs. Jimi Hendrix fit the bill -- and how. So it was in 1967 when Humperdinck, who is set to play three concerts in New Jersey starting with a ...

Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Hendrix (aka James Marshall Hendrix) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. The child of ...