Here’s how you make a movie about Jimi Hendrix without the participation of his fractious/litigious estate. You frame it within a brief window, just when his fame was blossoming. The film opens in ...

Charles R. Cross, who wrote the acclaimed “Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain,” spent the past four years researching the life of the biggest rock star ever to come out of the Northwest.

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 ...

Widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. Hendrix’s innovative style of ...

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In 1967, the year Jimi Hendrix became the toast of London, a bartender at a working-class pub in Liverpool mistook the rock star for someone far less glamorous ...

Actress Hayley Atwell, currently starring in ‘Captain America,’ reveals that a long-rumored and talked about Jimi Hendrix biopic featuring Andre 3000 of rap group Outkast is edging closer to becoming ...

Seattle native James Marshall Hendrix, known as Jimi Hendrix, would’ve turned 75 this November 27. He toiled as a guitar sideman, made his way to London, broke as leader of the Experience, bounced ...

One of rock and roll’s most influential artists, Jimi Hendrix, left a staggering mark on the genre within a short time frame. The famed guitarist’s debut album, Are You Experienced, was released in ...

For only four years, Jimi Hendrix was one of the biggest stars in rock music before his untimely death. Now, decades later, he is still recognized as a guitar genius -- his solos revolutionized rock ...

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, ...