Rod Stewart has given the strongest indication yet that The Faces are set to reform.The band who played a Royal Albert Hall show last week, did so without their original frontman Rod Stewart with Bad Company's Paul Rodgers taking on vocal duties."[They had] a reunion a without me because I'm promoting this album ['Soulbook']," Stewart told CNN . "Hopefully, I'll get me old job back. It's on the...
Widely discussed as one of the greatest singers of any generation, Rod Stewart is a rock legend, and his new covers album sees its release today. Soulbook consists of 13 cover selections of soul classics from the ’60s and ’70s. He appeared on the Today show this morning and sent the show’s four person anchor [...]
Warner Brothers, who has started a program of rereleasing Rod Stewart's catalog with deluxe editions, is digging extra deep into their vaults for The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998. The four-disc set contains 63 tracks from throughout Stewart's career including alternate versions and previously unheard songs. The album will be out on September 29.More than a third of THE ROD STEWART SESSIONS ...
In the mid-70's, Rod Stewart was making the transition from Rock star with the Faces and his own solo work, to a more mainstream pop sound. The two albums that highlighted that transition, Atlantic Crossing and A Night on the Town, are being reissued by Rhino Records on June 30 as two-CD Collector's Editions.1975's Atlantic Crossing marked Stewart's first U.S. recorded music and he took full a...
In 1978, a year after the release of Saturday Night Fever and the peak of disco fever, Rod Stewart released the single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" from ninth solo album Blondes Have More Fun.As his tune climbed the charts, Stewart was accused of pulling a "me too!" and shamelessly latching onto the disco fad, thereby betraying his Faces-era rock 'n' roll side.Stewart defended himself against these...
Since I haven't reviewed anything for a while, I went to pick up a Faces album to review and came up short. Yes, the Faces are on the album, three of them on two tracks each and the others on every track. But it's definitely the work of just one of them, their lead vocalist, the superstar in waiting, the one-time gravedigger, the product of Scottish blood based out of dirty London town. You kno...
This is a really cool cover of the Sam Cooke song by good ol Roddy Boy. A little audio gem from his 60s Mod days. Just a lil sumpin sumpin to get ya shakin on this lazy sunday.
Rod Stewart has given the strongest indication yet that The Faces are set to reform.The band who played a Royal Albert Hall show last week, did so without their original frontman Rod Stewart with Bad Company's Paul Rodgers taking on vocal duties."[They had] a reunion a without me because I'm promoting this album ['Soulbook']," Stewart told CNN . "Hopefully, I'll get me old job back. It's on the...
In what seems to be an effort to stay "Forever Young" pop crooner Rod Stewart, 62 married his long-time girlfriend Penny Lancaster, 36, this past Saturday. The 100 person ceremony took place at La Cervara (a medieval abbey) near Portifino, on the Italian Riviera.This is Rod Stewart's third marriage. Lancaster and Stewart were engaged in March 2005, four months after the birth of their first and...
Whenever news gets slow, it seems Faces, Led Zeppelin, and many more classic rock band reunion rumors start taking over the internet. These days, however, the artists themselves aren’t doing much to quell the gossip—If anything, they’re fueling...
In 1978, a year after the release of Saturday Night Fever and the peak of disco fever, Rod Stewart released the single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" from ninth solo album Blondes Have More Fun.As his tune climbed the charts, Stewart was accused of pulling a "me too!" and shamelessly latching onto the disco fad, thereby betraying his Faces-era rock 'n' roll side.Stewart defended himself against these...