When veteran music journalist Philip Norman turns his attention to a musician, the word “definitive” is not an understatement. For while many of his subjects are themselves subjects of dozens—even ...

Cross (Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain) turns his thoughtful eye toward another Seattle music icon, Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970). With a storyteller's eye, he captures Hendrix's difficult, ...

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and ...

On what would have been the 65th birthday of music icon Jimi Hendrix, Charles R. Cross, author of Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix, cross-examines the lesser-known personality of ...

"He really brought the electric guitar into its own, as something that could be as expressive as the human voice.” Credit: Voyageur Press Seattle native James Marshall Hendrix, known as Jimi Hendrix, ...

Part of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, he went on to reclaim a leading musician of the psychedelic era as a distinctly ...

SEATTLE — Jimi Hendrix would have been 77 years old on Nov. 27, 2019. Born at Seattle’s Harborview hospital, he is remembered by many as the greatest electric guitarist of all time. The Seattle Times ...

In his biography A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan English music journalist Richard Balls noted that, during the dark days of the late '80s, The Pogues' iconic frontman would gobble LSD ...

1966, according to a groovy picture book by historian Hal Lifson, was “the coolest year in pop culture history.” TV had “The Munsters,” "The Monkees" and “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” On the big screen, ...

“Are you any relation?” You can imagine how often Janie Hendrix has heard that question from strangers who see her last name on her credit card or a restaurant reservation list. The answer is yes, she ...