Eric Clapton News

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Mason is a music legend even among fellow artists ranging from Eric Clapton to The Rolling Stones. Co-founder (with Steve Winwood), of the band, Traffic, songs like 'Feelin' Alright,' 'We Just Disagree' and 'Only You Know & I Know,' have become signature hits of Mason's. Tonight, January 31, Dave Mason brings his Traffic Jam Tour to PlayhouseSquare's Ohio Theatre (8 pm), for an evening of song and music history, as he retraces the earliest days of his career with Traffic and the works that launched his successful solo career.

Journey to the 1980s for a musical tribute to legendary rock and blues guitarist Eric Clapton. Join Reock and Roll Revue when they perform Clapton's 'Journeyman," considered by many to be his best all-around album. Reock and Roll, led by keyboard player Tom Reock, cranks it up for two performances only, on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. (The Saturday show is sold out.) Kelsey Theatre is located on the college's West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Get pumped for 'Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged,' where the salacious singer will strip the electricity from her party anthems and turn them into acoustic jams. Don't miss the all-new UNPLUGGED, airing tonight, January 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

City Winery Napa at the Historic Napa Valley Opera House hased announce the much-anticipated artist lineup from the soft launch in April through June 2014. Over the next few weeks ten new concert dates a week will be released until the complete schedule of approximately twenty shows per month is announced. All shows begin at 8pm unless otherwise noted. Tickets available at citywinery.com.

Columbia Records and Legacy Recording, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration - Deluxe Edition

Great Performances presents a special encore of highlights from 1992's star-studded concert tribute to the American pop music icon at New York City's Madison Square Garden in Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebrationin March on PBS

MTV today announced that it is teaming up with its recently named Best Artist of 2013, Miley Cyrus, (Miley.MTV.com) for one unfiltered and unforgettable evening.

Gene & Shelley Enlow Recital Hall (Enlow Hall) at Kean University Spring 2014 season features 'The Blind Boys of Alabama' on Sunday, February 9 at 3 p.m.

Chicago Children's Theatre has announced casting for its world premiere of Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, an all-new, rhythm and blues family musical playing tonight, January 18 - March 2, 2014 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, Chicago. Press opening is Friday, January 24 at 7 p.m.

Broadway Records just announced the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed, A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN on the occasion of the iconic musician's birthday celebration. The album will be available digitally on January 17, and the CD is currently available at the Lyceum Theatre. The album is also available for pre-orders at Amazon.com and the official show website.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Mason is a music legend even among fellow artists ranging from Eric Clapton to The Rolling Stones. Co-founder (with Steve Winwood), of the band, Traffic, songs like 'Feelin' Alright,' 'We Just Disagree' and 'Only You Know & I Know,' have become signature hits of Mason's. January 31, Dave Mason brings his Traffic Jam Tour to PlayhouseSquare's Ohio Theatre (8 pm), for an evening of song and music history, as he retraces the earliest days of his career with Traffic and the works that launched his successful solo career.

Thirty-five rare guitars that illustrate the early history of the instrument in America will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, beginning today, January 14.

Thirty-five rare guitars that illustrate the early history of the instrument in America will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, beginning January 14. Drawn from the Museum's own holdings as well as from the Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and several private collections, Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin will trace the birth of the American guitar by shedding light on the contributions of Christian Frederick Martin, a German immigrant who invented a uniquely American form of the guitar in the first half of the 19th century. The exhibition will highlight the largest collection of instruments by this renowned maker ever to be displayed publicly, including the earliest known guitar signed by Martin, the earliest established guitar with his famed X-braced construction, and several extraordinary decorated examples of his work. Also on view will be a 1939 guitar made by Martin Guitar that was played by Eric Clapton on MTV's Unplugged series in 1992, representing the long trajectory of guitar building by the company founded by Christian Frederick Martin.

Hard Rock is on the search for rising rock stars to take the stage in the heart of the Roman Empire! Hard Rock Rising, the world's largest and most far-reaching battle of the bands competition, will give one local band the chance of a lifetime - an all-expenses paid trip to Rome, Italy to perform at the first Hard Rock Live Rome music festival this summer! The selected runner-up bands will each receive new music equipment and gear valued at $10,000.

Thirty-five rare guitars that illustrate the early history of the instrument in America will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, beginning January 14. Drawn from the Museum's own holdings as well as from the Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and several private collections, Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C. F. Martin will trace the birth of the American guitar by shedding light on the contributions of Christian Frederick Martin, a German immigrant who invented a uniquely American form of the guitar in the first half of the 19th century. The exhibition will highlight the largest collection of instruments by this renowned maker ever to be displayed publicly, including the earliest known guitar signed by Martin, the earliest established guitar with his famed X-braced construction, and several extraordinary decorated examples of his work. Also on view will be a 1939 guitar made by Martin Guitar that was played by Eric Clapton on MTV'sUnplugged series in 1992, representing the long trajectory of guitar building by the company founded by Christian Frederick Martin.

Sony Music has announced the release of the original motion picture soundtrack of August: Osage County, featuring songs specially written for the film by Kings of Leon and by JD and The Straight Shot, as well as celebrated songs by Bon Iver, Eric Clapton and Billy Squier. These tracks are backed up by new music composed by Gustavo Santaolalla and others. The original motion picture soundtrack of August: Osage Countyis available today, January 7, 2014.

Sony Music is proud to announce the release of the original motion picture soundtrack of August: Osage County, featuring songs specially written for the film by Kings of Leon and by JD and The Straight Shot, as well as celebrated songs by Bon Iver, Eric Clapton and Billy Squier.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) today announced the ambitious performance schedule for January - May 2014. From Grammy Award- winners such as Paula Cole to guitar legends including Johnny Winter to a night of comedy with Jay Mohr, SOPAC's 2014 season sates every artistic appetite. With a nod to sounds of Americana, SOPAC serves a heaping of national folk treasures in a robust singer/songwriter concert series. As always, SOPAC welcomes its ongoing Juilliard @ SOPAC classical concert series as well as the Jazz in the LOFT and the Blues in the LOFT series.

According to the Associated Press, drummer Ricky Lawson passed away Monday, December 23, 2013, following following a brain aneurism. He was 59.