J.J. Cale, a laconic, Oklahoma-born musician who shunned the spotlight but gained fame by penning such hits as “After Midnight” and “Cocaine,” has died. He was 74. His death from a heart attack Friday ...

On a recent weekend, John Cale and friends played two programs in the BAM Next Wave Festival. On Thursday and Friday, they played “The Velvet Underground & Nico”; on Saturday, they played music from ...

If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock `n' roll. His best songs like ...

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The musician passed away Friday of a heart attack at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. By The Associated Press If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of ...

SUMMERS: That's them on March 14 in Sao Paulo. Of course, COVID lockdowns were sweeping across the world, so Cale and the band cut the tour short and caught one of the last flights back to the States.

At 80, the musician who helped found the Velvet Underground before a prolific run as a producer and solo artist is releasing a new LP and mentoring new generations of avant-garde creators. John Cale’s ...

“Modern music begins with The Velvets, and the implications and influence of what they did seem to go on forever,” Lester Bangs wrote in 1980. Forty-five years later, John Cale’s POPtical illusion ...

Designed by Malone, New York-born artist, and musician Bjorn Copeland, the cover of John Cale‘s 18th album POPtical Illusion is a motley collage snapshotting a clear blue sea, camera lens, ...