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 ...

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 ...

Kurt Cobain's biographer takes on the great rock guitarist's legacy and misses the mark. By Billboard Staff Kurt Cobain’s biographer takes on the great rock guitarist’s legacy and misses the mark.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Jimi Hendrix might have stayed in the Army. He might have been sent to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seattle, March 10, 2011—In March, 2009, Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company founded by James A. “Al" Hendrix, father of Jimi Hendrix, entrusted with preserving and protecting the ...

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, ...