Peter Frampton

This past week marked the seventh annual ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) "I Create Music" Expo, which took place April 19 to 21 in Hollywood, California. Read More

Welcome to our first-ever Greatest Guitarist poll, where 128 guitarists go head to head, round by round, in a bracketed format, all to crown your choice for the Greatest Guitarist of All Time. We filled 124 of 128 slots with the names of a host of incredible guitarists (dead and living) — players chosen for their technical ability as well as their importance and creativity, not to mention how influential they've been. Read More

Producer Richard Perry, Carly Simon and Jane Fonda. Read More

The three day 2012 ASCAP Expo kicked off in Los Angeles on Thursday as an array of eager songwriters - novice, up and coming, and established - filed into the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, anxious to soak up advice from songwriting idols like Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Brett James, and Dan Wilson. Read More

Performing rights organization ASCAP held its annual Pop Awards in Los Angeles last night, honoring the most played songs of the year and handing out career achievement nods to Peter Frampton, Trent Reznor and Carly Simon. Read More

This isn't a eulogy, no sad occasion, mostly because Tommy Bolin is so very present on the pleasantly unsanctimonious Great Gypsy Soul. Of course, you can't help but miss Bolin, whose shooting star of a career included stops with the James Gang, Billy Cobham and Deep Purple, along with a pair of celebrated solo projects in 1975′s Teaser and 1976′s Private Eyes. But his physical absence, after a shocking accidental overdose later in '76, seems smaller after a spin through this interesting new studio tribute album. Read More

Ask Peter Frampton if it feels like 35 years since his landmark live record "Frampton Comes Alive" came out and he'll correct you. Read More