What is the Greatest Record Ever Made? A New Book Offers 145 Answers
What is the greatest record ever made? Is that a question that can ever be answered definitively? We spoke to the author of a 2024 book on that subject
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Syd Barrett Documentary Eyes Pink Floyd Co-Founder: Review
Have You Got It Yet?: The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd eyes the role of the band’s co-founder, honored by the group with its song “Shine On, You Crazy Diamond”
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Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ Concert Album: New Reissue
The four members have been doing interviews together to promote the restored edition of the acclaimed film
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The Police ‘Synchronicity’ Gets 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe
The trio’s fifth and final studio album has gotten a lavish makeover with previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demos, and dozens of live concert recordings
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When Billy Joel Ended His Residency With 150th MSG Concert
The 2024 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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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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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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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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