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Charlie Watts Authorized Biography Arrives

Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Life, the Times, and the Rolling Stones: The Authorized Biography of Charlie Watts, arrives just over one year after his passing

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‘The Beatles Rubber Soul to Revolver’ Book Examines Their Middle Years

The title covers the group’s much-loved albums from 1965-66, Capitol’s 1966 U.S. release, Yesterday And Today, and the singles associated with them

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Jann Wenner Admits: Some Bands Have Never Been Considered for Rock Hall

The Rolling Stone magazine founder confesses that bands like Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Styx and Boston never even come up.

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Leonard Cohen Tribute Album Features James Taylor, Peter Gabriel, Iggy

Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen includes performances by James Taylor, Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Mavis Staples, and Iggy Pop

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Sly & the Family Stone Oral History Book Set for Reissue

The book is a collection of “different strokes” from the immensely talented folks who were there when it all happened.

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Roger McGuinn’s 2017 Tribute Performance to Tom Petty

The Byrds co-founder’s Oct. 5 concert was his first public occasion to talk about the death of his close friend. He shared a story of how they met and toured and dedicated two songs

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New Book, ‘Addicted to Noise,’ Spotlights the Music Writings of Michael Goldberg

The book includes interviews with Frank Zappa and Tom Waits and features on everyone from Dylan to the Clash to Sly.

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Loretta Lynn, Beloved Country Music Legend, is Mourned

The coal miner’s daughter famously was born in Butcher Hollow, Ky. She earned every country music award imaginable in her six decade career

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Lindsey Buckingham Cancels European Tour: ‘Health Issues’

The tour represented the first solo dates of his career on the continent. His U.S. tour is scheduled to begin later in October

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1981: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums

The biggest rock news of the year, without question, was the birth of MTV, But how did that translate to new albums? We went back and listened again.

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