BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
The Doors’ ‘Unbound and Dangerous’ Collects 1970 Concert Highlights: Review
The audio quality is commendable and the program includes some of the band’s best songs.
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Blind Faith Book, ‘Birth and Death of a Supergroup,’ Arrives
The short-lived supergroup was composed of Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech.
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New Jerry Garcia Music Arts Center Planned
The facility will showcase his expansive musical catalog, fine art, community ethos and enduring impact spanning the 1960s counterculture through today.
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Peter Gabriel Shares Next Track From 2026 Album, o\i
As with its 2023 predecessor, i/o, the classic rock legend is sharing a new track on each full moon.
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Donnie Iris, Rocker Who First Earned Fame with the Jaggerz (‘The Rapper’), Dies
The rocker, who also spent time with the funk rock band Wild Cherry and later forged a solo career achieving success with a number of hits in the ’80s, had announced his retirement earlier in the month.
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Rocking the Charts: The Top Albums of October 1981
Though Top 40 programmers stubbornly played songs by A/C acts, the top slots on the U.S. sales chart were dominated by rock acts.
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The Doors’ ‘Unbound and Dangerous’ Collects 1970 Concert Highlights: Review
The audio quality is commendable and the program includes some of the band’s best songs.
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When the J. Geils Band Finally Broke Through
The only #1 hit for this dynamic Boston band was about a schoolboy crush later being crushed for real. We look back at an early MTV favorite.
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Billy Joel’s ‘Turnstiles’ Gets 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition
The 4-CD + Blu-ray boxed set includes 54 previously unreleased recordings of demos, studio sessions, and live recordings, alongside 32 video performances, 24 previously unreleased.
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Jon Anderson Interview? Yes, Indeed
He opens up about the revolving door of Yes’ lineup, “Roundabout” and the development of their epic LP, Close to the Edge.
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‘The Who By Numbers’: Back to Basics
After an eight-year odyssey of releasing concept albums, the original quartet put together a set of unrelated songs that found favor with their fans.
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Surviving the ’70s: 12 (More) Disco Songs Even Rock Fans Enjoy
We’ve chosen a dozen disco songs from the ’70s that won’t cause us to sit down at the celebration or change the radio station.
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The Mighty Manfred Mann: From ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ to ‘Blinded By the Light’
They underwent frequent personnel changes, including several lead singers—and they were named after the keyboardist—but they kept producing hits.
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New Book, ‘The Rolling Stones on Tour,’ Celebrates ‘the Greatest Live Band of All Time’
A visual feast for fans, the title is illustrated with hundreds of rarely seen photographs, artworks and ephemera from the Rolling Stones archives: including tour posters, ticket stubs, backstage passes, concert fliers and much more.
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