New Beach Boys Documentary: Mostly Good Vibrations—Review
Somehow, pulling this story persuasively together in less than two hours is a major accomplishment.
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Geezer Butler: ‘I’m Up For a Black Sabbath Reunion Show’
Things are heating up as Ozzy, Tony Iommi and now, Geezer Butler, have said they want to do it. They still need Bill Ward
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The Number One Singles of 1971: Maggie May, Shaft & Jeremiah
Only 3 songs stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for 4+ weeks. Thus, no less than 31 reached #1, including a unique feat by the members of the Beatles
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Jane’s Addiction, Love And Rockets Set 2024 Co-Headlining Tour
For Love And Rockets, the 2024 North American run follows their 2023 tour, their first in 15 years
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‘Evangeline’—Emmylou Harris’ Gourmet Leftovers
The song list tapped familiar writers like Rodney Crowell and the late Gram Parsons, her mentor and musical soulmate, along with rock and folk tunesmiths including John Fogerty, James Taylor, Robbie Robertson, and Little Feat’s Bill Payne.
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Over Under Sideways Down: Making Sense of the Yardbirds’ Album Releases
The Yardbirds’ recorded legacy was just as convoluted as their personnel timeline, with few correlations between their American and British output.
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Gregg Allman, Music Legend, 1947 – 2017
“It is with deep sadness that we announce that Gregg Allman, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia”
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Impassioned Music from Rock Pioneer Little Richard: ‘Right Now!’
The album, which he recorded in 1973, comes close to matching the impassioned music of his early days.
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Waddy Wachtel on Touring With Stevie Nicks
The guitarist has been a first-call Los Angeles-based session and touring musician for many of the biggest artists of the rock era.
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Los Lobos’ ‘Kiko’: A Hallucinatory Masterpiece
The early ’90s release was rightly acclaimed as the band’s studio pinnacle for its thematic breadth and sonic innovation.
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