Electric Light Orchestra fans know him as “the guy on the blue violin.” And Mik Kaminski’s been rocking that blue electric violin onstage for five decades now ― both as a member of ELO and later ...

ELO's version was originally included on 1973's ELO II, and, as with that original recording, included an opening reference to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The performance followed a lengthy video ...

Shortly after the release of Electric Light Orchestra‘s sixth album A New World Record, Jeff Lynne went to work on the band’s next release and locked himself inside a chalet near Lake Geneva in ...

We trace how Electric Light Orchestra crafted Mr. Blue Sky, a song born from weeks of gloomy weather that suddenly broke into ...

Electric Light Orchestra began with the premise of following through on what the Beatles had accomplished bringing classical arrangements to a rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic while seeing how much further ...

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CLICK HERE if you are having trouble viewing these photos on a mobile device. Picking the 10 best Electric Light Orchestra songs is not an easy task. For one thing, there’s something like 27 songs ...

Richard Tandy, who played keyboards for Electric Light Orchestra on all of its records since 1972 including the Top 10 hits “Evil Woman,” “Telephone Line” and “Don’t Bring Me Down,” died Wednesday. He ...

It's true, as Randy Newman once impishly sang, they were six fine English boys who knew each other in Birmingham. After that, things got tricky for the Electric Light Orchestra. Despite an impressive ...

Given the breathtaking melodies and arrangements propelling Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, it’s a wonder that the venue’s stage and shell didn’t blast off ...