Billy Joel is almost a decade deep into doing near-monthly shows at Madison Square Garden, hindered only by the pandemic, and he mixes up his set lists a little bit each time. This year alone, he’s paid tribute to Jeff Beck with two covers, covered Warren Zevon amid his campaign to get Zevon nominated to the Rock Hall, and last month h...

In recent days, Billy Joel has really been leaning into his status as a rock ‘n’ roll elder, especially in his regular gigs at Madison Square Garden, effectively his second home. Just in the past few months, Joel spearheaded the campaign to induct Warren Zevon into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and he covered Zevon at MSG. ...

Elvis Costello and ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons are both legendary veteran road-dog types with long resumes and distinctive looks, and both of them did pretty well on MTV in the network’s early years. Still, Costello and Gibbons are not necessarily two people I would necessarily consider to be natural collaborators with one another, s...

Saxon to release second covers album More Inspirations, featuring songs by Kiss, Rainbow, ZZ Top and more

Dusty Hill, the longtime bassist for Texas boogie-rockers supreme ZZ Top, died last year at age 72. But the band has carried on without him, with longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis taking over on bass. Francis has ensured that the instrument is a bigger part of ZZ Top’s stage show than ever — literally.