- Director of The Rolling Stones' film Crossfire Hurricane, Brett Morgen, talked about Kurt Cobain movie he's been working on. (NME)
- John Paul Jones, Led Zepplin's bassist, keyboardist and composer, was born in Kent, England on January 3, 1946.
- Jimi Hendrix's new album People, Hell and Angels will be available on March 5th featuring twelve previously unreleased tracks from 1968 to 1969. (Rolling Stone)
- The Door's manager Danny Sugarman died of lung cancer on January 5, 2005.
- Syd Barrett, guitarist and songwriter of Pink Floyd, was born in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946.
- Syd Barrett’s paintings shed lights on the artist. (Syd Barrett)
- Syd Barrett’s inner visions. (Independent)
- David Bowie's new album in a decade The Next Day will be released om March 12th. The first new song Where Are We Now is produced by Tony Visconti and the video created by the photographer Tony Oursler. (David Bowie)
- David Bowie was born in Brixton, Englans on January 8, 1947. He was ranked 39th on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004.
- Prince released a new song Same Pae Different Book.
- The Door's guitar player Robby Krieger was born in Los Angeles, California on January 8, 1946.
- The story behind the recording of L.A. Woman by The Doors. (Youtube)
- Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. He published several best seller books including A Brief History of Time (2005) and The Universe in a Nutshell (2001). He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in 2009.
- Jimmy Page was born in Middlesex, England on January 9, 1944.
- The Doors were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on January 12, 1993.
- The Door's documentary When You're Strange features exclusive footage from the band. Directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp. It won the Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video and was nominated for Grand Jury Prize in Sundance Film Festival. (When You're Strange)
- Captain Beefheart aka Don Van Vliet was born in Glendale, California on January 15, 1941.
- French post impressionist artist Paul Cézanne was born on January 19, 1839. (PaulCezanne.org)
- Writer Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809.
- Neil Diamond was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 24, 1941.
- Virginia Woolf was born in London on January 25, 1882.
- Abstract expressionism artist Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in January 28, 1912. His paintings are composed of intense colors and brushstrokes. See MoMA's gallery.
- Jackson Pollock's paintings from Guggenheim.
- Decoding Jacson Pollock. (Smithsonian)
- Jackson Pollock at work video from SFMoMA.
- Film music composer John Barry died at 77 in New York on January 30, 2011. Check out this great segment of James Bond themes on BBC.
- Iconic The Beatles' last public appearance rooftop concert took place onJanuary 30, 1969. Here's the story of I've Got A Feeling. (GuitarWorld)
