A new David Bowie documentary 'Moonage Daydream', directed by Brett Morgen (best known for the Kurt Cobain doc, Montage of Heck) and the first Bowie doc to have the approval of the late musician’s estate, is set to screen at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The film is described as both a concert documentary and an “experimental cinematic odyssey” that will track Bowie’s life and career, delving into his work as a musician, but also his multidisciplinary approach to his craft. Ethan Coen’s doc, 'Jerry L

Primary Wave publishing and talent management company has bought the iconic Sun Records label, including its 6,000 song masters with such classic recordings as Carl Perkins 'Blue Suede Shoes', Jerry Lee Lewis’ 'Great Balls of Fire', Johnny Cash’s 'I Walk The Line', Roy Orbison’s 'Ooby Dooby' and Billy Lee Riley’s 'Red Hot' among them. Primary Wave paid about $30 million, according to The New York Times.

Great balls of inner fire
February 21, 2020

Jerry Lee Lewis - from being paralyzed to playing a new record

A lovely story in the Rolling Stone about Jerry Lee Lewis who, after having a stroke and being paralyzed, started playing again. He had not played music since February 2019, when he suffered a serious stroke that robbed him of use of his right hand. When he entered Nashville recording studio late last month he told his team and producer T-Bone Burnett that he didn’t want a piano in the room at all: his right hand wasn’t working, and he just wanted to sing. But they kept one in the room just in case. When Lewis sat on its stool, he couldn’t help but lift his right hand onto the keys. To his own surprise, his fingers started moving...