Photo: Stevie Nicks surfaces at Grammy Event Honoring Jimmy Iovine

STEVIE NICKS WITH JIMMY IOVINE
Jimmy Iovine was honored Feb 8, 2012 at Village Recording Studios in Los Angeles by the Producers and Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy for his commitment to excellent and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

Stevie and Jimmy go way back of course.  Jimmy was instrumental in the production of Stevie's first two solo albums Bella Donna and The Wild Heart.

Photo by Lester Cohen

Sheila E tweeted this photo today from last nights event. Does anyone know the connection Stevie has to Sheila E?

Interscope Records' Jimmy Iovine: 
'Lana Del Rey's Voice Haunts Me the Way Stevie Nicks' Did' 

After a video segment featuring several vintage clips of Iovine working in the studio, the Interscope Geffen A&M chairman took some time to reflect on his tenure in the industry, thanking many in the room personally. He then introduced his latest signing, Lana Del Rey, who performed her breakout song, “Video Games”.

The sexy newcomer has been the subject of much controversy in recent weeks after a shaky TV debut on Saturday Night Live. But the 25-year-old beauty clearly has Iovine in her corner. He called her “an incredible girl” and told the crowd that Interscope has “a real commitment to her “ just moments after complimenting Nicks, standing nearby, for her one-of-a-kind voice. “I dare anybody to tell me that’s shit’s not amazing,” said Iovine of Del Rey’s debut album, Born to Die. “It’s left-of-center, it doesn’t sound like anything on the radio, it’s not trying to be anything to anyone…”

The Hollywood Reporter asked Iovine if was in fact comparison Del Rey to the iconic Nicks. His answer? “Lana haunts me the way that Stevie's voice haunted me and I just love her album so much,” he said. “But I can't compare anybody to Stevie Nicks because Stevie has the greatest tone of any female rock singer that I've ever heard.”

Full article at Hollywood Reporter

Rumour Has It...

Stevie Nicks may be performing May 20th at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles during the California Music Festival & Aids Walk.  Other performers rumoured to be on the bill:  Cher and Stevie Wonder.

As of now, this is just a rumour... They haven't actually announced the musical line-up for the night.

Keep checking their website or Facebook

RUMOURS Track by Track with Ken Caillat... Reflects on 35th Anniversary

Fleetwood Mac's classic album Rumours track-by-track
Producer Ken Caillat reflects on 35th anniversary

"Records like Rumours don't happen anymore," says Ken Caillat, who along with Richard Dashut and Fleetwood Mac produced the 1977 mega album that has sold a mind-boggling 44 million copies. "We spent a year and a lot of hell working on it. Lives were changed, people changed, everything became different. Something like Rumours could never happen these days. A record label would have shut us down after two weeks."

The soap opera that attended the making of Rumours has been extensively documented - married band members John and Christine McVie broke up, as did lovers Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks; even Mick Fleetwood's marriage dissolved, as well - and Caillat confirms that 1976 was a wild ride. "There were fights, breakups, drinking, drugs... We all indulged in substances. But I had to be a therapist and record producer. When everything was insane, I had to be sane. If there was a rule book, nobody game me one."

Although 1975's self-titled release was rising up the charts during the making of Rumours, Caillat says that the band was still learning how to play together. "Basically, you had two teams: Christine, John and Mick, the three Brits, were pros, and the two Americans, Lindsey and Stevie, had their shorthand, but they were still new to the group. During the making of Rumours, they became a real band, one that was very intuitive, musically and otherwise.”

This intuition lent itself to songwriting. Rather than work with demos, the group's principle writers - Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie - would present live fragments of ideas for the group to build work on. "Richard and I had to capture light in a bottle," says Caillat. "The band would be tuning up, and before you knew it, a song was going down. John and Mick would hear something, they'd start playing, and we had to react fast. That kind of creativity doesn't happen these days - it's frowned upon. In 2012, a band has to have a committee approve their songs. Can you imagine Fleetwood Mac making Rumours under such conditions?"

Released on 4 February 1977, Rumours hit like a meteor, permanently altering the landscape of all involved. "Like Richard Dashut, I went from being a mid-level engineer to a Grammy-winning producer in one year," says Caillat. "The record was like Jaws and Star Wars combined. Everybody saw those movies, and everybody during that time bought a copy of Rumours."

In his forthcoming book, Making Rumours: The Inside Story Of The Classic Fleetwood Mac Album, Ken Caillat and Steve Stiefel recount the producer's year behind the glass in brilliant, page-turning detail. "It's amazing how everything came flooding back to me once I started the book," says Caillat. "It's one thing to remember cutting a number one song, but to think about what I was wearing that same day, that's incredible.

"But that's the kind of record Rumours is: You remember your first time hearing it. You even remember where you were when when you heard it. Not every album has that power. This one does. I was just lucky to be a part of it."

On the following pages, Ken Caillat takes a track-by-track look back at Rumours. To order his book, Making Rumours: The Inside Story Of The Classic Fleetwood Mac Album, click here.

Full Article at MusicRadar

Person to Person: Check out George Clooney's home once owned by Stevie Nicks

George Clooney has opened up his Los Angeles home to CBS News, showing off his kitchen (where he orders dinner), his screening room and bar, for a revival of the classic celebrities-at-home program Person to Person.

The Descendants star has lived in the 7,354 square foot mansion since 1995 which he bought for $2.2 million from singer Stevie Nicks.

The new Person to Person episode, airing on CBS Wednesday, February 8th at 8:00pm ET will also feature Jon Bon Jovi's 16-acre New Jersey estate and Warren Buffetts office.

CBS

Pop star Lissie will sing Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way in TV Ad

Photo by Andrew Calder

Twinings Tea 

US Pop star Lissie will sing a version of Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way in the latest TV ad for UK tea company Twinings.  The ad is due to launch in March and the song will be available to download on iTunes from 19th February.

Market Week

You may recall back in the summer of 2010 - Classic Rock Magazine referred to Lissie as the "New Stevie Nicks" in an article.  You can find that here.

Lissie Prepares Covers EP

'Covered Up With Flowers' due on February 19th

Includes Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way"

Clashmusic

Chart Update: Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks Australia, Netherlands, UK & New Zealand

Not a lot of changes vs last week... The Very Best Of in The Netherlands moves up 22 places on the catalogue chart to #13.  Rumours re-enters the US Top 10 on the iTunes download chart - most likely because of the discounted price in lieu of its 35th Anniversary this weekend.

AUSTRALIA - February 6, 2012

Top 100 Album Chart
# 44 (37) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 50 Catalogue Album Chart
# 4   (3)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 9   (4)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 25 (27) Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of
# 43 (24) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 40 Music DVD Chart
# 16 (16) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

THE NETHERLANDS - February 4, 2012

The Top 50 Back Catalogue Chart
# 13 (35) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

UK - January 28, 2011

Top 40 Catalogue Chart
#17 (21 ) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

ITUNES TODAY:

Top 10 Rock Albums - USA
# 5 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 10 Pop Albums - NEW ZEALAND
# 9 - Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits