A Box Set, ‘Watching the Sky,’ Collects the Bangles’ Best Work: Review

The 2025 release collects the band’s best work, along with a full disc of bonus material.

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Radio Hits of December 1970: It’s a Miracle

The first year of a new decade closed out with several future classics on the top of the charts, including one recorded three years earlier.

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Barry Manilow Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

The singer of such popular songs as “Mandy,” “Copacabana (At the Copa)” and “Looks Like We Made It” had just completed a Christmas charity concerts residency in Palm Desert, Calif.

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Chris Rea Dies, English Singer-Songwriter Was Known For His Husky-Gravel Voice

He charted dozens of singles in the U.K. His biggest U.S. hit was “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” which reached #12 in 1978.

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Remembering Joe Cocker: Rock’s Soulful Interpreter

His gift was that among all the British R&B belters, he may have been the most ballsy and uninhibited of them all and an outstanding interpreter of songs.

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Let’s Dance: 12 Disco Songs By Classic Rock Stars

During the genre’s heyday on Top 40 radio, some of music’s biggest rock bands and pop stars recorded songs in that genre, many with spectacular success.

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Happy Together 2026 Tour Sets Lineup, First Dates

This year’s tour marks several notable changes in the lineup.

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Dion’s ‘The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher’ Mixes Reimagined Hits & New Material: Review

The new recordings offer a mix of rockers and ballads and incorporate fresh compositions as well as reinterpretations of old favorites.

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The Year’s Best Music Books

The year’s top music-related reads include bios and memoirs associated with the Beatles, The Band, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Santana and others.

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