jeff lynne

Tom Petty gave an extensive interview to Record Collector magazine about close friend and collaborator, Jeff Lynne.

Jeff Lynne seems to be in a reflective mood lately -- the two albums he released in 2012, 'Long Wave' and 'Mr. Blue Sky - The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra,' found him recording classic pop standards and revisiting hits from the ELO catalog -- and he continued his focus on the past in a recent Clash interview that looked back on the earliest years of his career.

Now available via iTunes as a digital download is Mr. Blue Sky: The Story Of Jeff Lynne And ELO.

A bunch of A-list artists are donating songs or other items to a Sandy benefit for a hard-hit area of Brooklyn, New York.

Remember the Beatles Anthology? It had a 'reunion' track called Now and Then which was written by John Lennon in the late 70's and given to McCartney by Yoko Ono along with Free As A Bird  and Real Love for consideration as a reunion track...

Now airing throughout October on VH1 Classic is Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne And ELO. The documentary, which contains unbelievable access to Lynne at work in him home studio in L.A., features testimonials from such high profile friends and collaborators as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, ELO bandmate Richard Tandy, Olivia and Dhani Harrison, Roy Orbison's widow Barbara Orbison, and Monty Python's Eric Idle. Check you local listings for stations and times.

Electric Light Orchestra singer Jeff Lynne has been busy over the past year, re-recording past favorites for the 'Mr. Blue Sky' album as well as taking on a number of older standards for the companion disc, 'Long Wave.' Despite the wealth of new music, it's likely that Lynne will not be touring.

One is a covers collection and the other, a note-for-note re-recording of the Electric Light Orchestra's biggest hits.

ELO leader Jeff Lynne says that his new covers collection was meant to pay tribute to his favorite songs -- not reinvent them. Coming on October 9th will be Long Wave -- Lynne's first new set since ELO's 2001 album, Zoom.

ELO's Jeff Lynne is back with two new albums following a decade long hiatus. On October 9th he'll release his new covers collection, Long Wave, and his note-for-note re-recordings of ELO's biggest hits -- Mr. Blue Sky - The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra.