Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren, and Tina Turner have been announced as The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for the year 2021 in the Performers category. Additionally, LL Cool J, Billy Preston, and Randy Rhoads will receive the Musical Excellence Award. Kraftwerk, Gil Scott Heron and Charley Patton will get the Early Influence Award. NPR reports. "This is our most diverse class in the history of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” - says chairman John Sykes.

Florian Schneider, co-founder of highly influential electronic pop group Kraftwerk, has died at the age of 73, Rolling Stone reports. The German quartet set the template for synthesiser music in the 1970s and 80s, and were the godfathers of kraurock. They achieved both musical innovation and commercial success, and inspired scores of artists across genres ranging from techno to hip-hop. The long list of artists to have been influenced by Kraftwerk included David Bowie, Depeche Mode, New Order, Daft Punk, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Dr Dre... Alexis Petridis is quite clear about Kraftwerk: "They may well be the single most influential band since the Beatles".

The Hall Of Fame just announced this year’s nominees, and nine of the 15 are up for the first time - The Notorious B.I.G., the Dave Matthews Band, Whitney Houston, T. Rex, Thin Lizzy, Pat Benatar, Motörhead, and the Doobie Brothers. Other nominees have been up for induction many times - Kraftwerk six times, MC5 […]

What may be the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled about the history of electronic music is taking place in France’s capital in the Philharmonie de Paris. Guardian's Alexis Petridis visited the Electro: From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk, and liked it a lot: "Two years in the making, Electro is a pretty overwhelming audiovisual experience". So […]