One of the most daring and influential artists of our time, Yoko Ono, will be celebrating her eightieth birthday with a music performance at the legendary Volksbühne in Berlin on Sunday, February 17. YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND will be led by her son, Sean Ono Lennon, who collaborated with Yoko on her 2009 critically-acclaimed record, Between My Head And The Sky.

Grateful Web recently had the opportunity to speak to Yoko Ono, legendary philanthropist, artist, author, peace activist and wife to Rock-n-roll icon John Lennon.  Yoko told us a little about her new release, OnoMIX, the ongoing appeal of electronic music, and just ‘making good music.’

Paul McCartney's Kisses On The Bottom (Concord/Hear Music) has been nominated for this year's Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy.In addition, Paul and Linda McCartney's RAM Paul McCartney Archive Collection Deluxe Edition (Concord/Hear Music) has been nominated for for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package and Best Historical Album.The nominations for Kisses On The Bottom and RAM stand to bring McCartney's career Grammy tally to 18 when the 55th Annual Grammy Awards are broadcast live on CBS at 8 pm ET/PT on February 1

Paul McCartney announces a very special Christmas treat for fans with the release of Kisses on the Bottom - Complete Kisses exclusively available on the iTunes Store (Hear Music/Concord Music Group) today.The album will feature all of McCartney's hugely acclaimed 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom along side the entire Live From Capitol Studios concert performance and four bonus tracks including a special festive recording of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", which Paul recorded at A

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the leading global music rights organization, presented Sir Paul McCartney with a BMI Million-Air Award to honor over 4 million U.S. broadcast performances of his James Bond film song, “Live and Let Die.” The designation has been bestowed on many of BMI’s iconic songwriters, including Dolly Parton, Isaac Hayes and Roy Orbison. Sir Paul McCartney has received a staggering 75 BMI Million-Air Awards throughout his career, including one for achieving 5 million U.S.

It was all Scarlet Begonias, a touch of the blues, and a whole lot of funk and soul last night at the Boulder Theater. The Motet was back in town for an encore performance of their "Funk is Dead Show." They were in Boulder for the Halloween show last October and it just wasn't enough to last us another full year.

I was born in 1965, the same year The Grateful Dead was born and the year that the songs that would land on the Beatles' landmark album "Rubber Soul" were probably starting to gel in the minds of the newly turned-on Fab Four.  I grew up about as big of a Beatle fan as anyone ever could meet, especially when one considers that I was not even five years old when the band reached the end of their long and winding road.