Your Blind Date with Beethoven
Janet Jackson lifts Satie. Elvis sings Martini. The Stones raided the Renaissance. And let’s not even get started with the Beatles, who regularly tapped the classical music well.
Performing on “SNL” with Sting
Guitarist-author Jeffrey Lee Campbell made his TV debut on “Saturday Night Live.” This excerpt from his memoir “Do Stand So Close: My Improbable Adventures As Sting’s Guitarist” recounts one night filled with fire drills, bad equipment, sake and a nervous run-in with an idol.
Rock Gets Presidential
From the Stones (“Sympathy for the Devil”) to Sting (“Russians”), rock invades the Oval Office.
Sting’s “The Dream of the Blue Turtles”: A Bridge Between Pop and Jazz
Heavy-hitters Branford Marsalis, Darryl Jones, and Omar Hakim helped Sting mesh “rock star” with “jazz artist.”
