Billy Joel Ends Residency With 150th MSG Concert
The concert marked his 150th lifetime performance of his marvelous catalog at Madison Square Garden
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Cat Stevens Gets ‘Foreigner’ Remastered Reissue
The 1973 album has been remastered and returns to vinyl for the first time since its original release
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Seatrain: 1 Band, 2 Spellings, 5 Lineups, 4 LPs in 4 Years on 3 Labels, 1 Legendary Producer, 13 Questions
Talk about a convoluted history: Few bands went through as many changes in as brief a period.
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The Doobie Brothers’ ‘China Grove’: Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics
The band’s Tom Johnston credits the lyrics’ imagery to a fellow musician for helping start “the thinking process with this wacky sheriff, samurai swords, and all that.”
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John Mayall Interview: A Chat With the British Blues Legend
For 50+ years he’s been the king of British blues. “[Blues and jazz] have always been part of the same thing. It’s all black American music, basically”
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10 Times Mick Jagger Shared the Mic
The star’s appearances apart from the Rolling Stones are surprisingly few. Here are great performances with Peter Tosh, the Jacksons, David Bowie and more that you may not have heard
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Eric Clapton Pays Emotional Tribute to John Mayall, ‘My Mentor’
“He found me and took me into his home and asked me to join his band, and I stayed with him and I learned all that I really have to draw on today”
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‘Super Session’: When Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills Got Into a Jam
“The first real rock ’n’ roll jam session,” the gold-selling album featured members of some of the hottest bands of the late ’60s.
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Farm Aid 2024 Sets Lineup Led By Willie Nelson, Neil Young
Also performing are fellow board members John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), as well as Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and more
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New Photo Book, ‘Jukebox,’ Covers Hippie Era to Punk & Beyond
For over 50 years music journalist and former Rolling Stone senior writer Michael Goldberg has also been photographing musicians
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