Beach Boys Party! – Fun Time and Lots (and Lots) of Covers
Capitol Records wanted a new LP for the ’65 holiday shopping season. Brian was busy with Pet Sounds. So they recorded plenty of their contemporaries’ songs
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Dolly Parton at 2022 Rock Hall Induction: ‘I’m a Rock Star Now’
The beloved performer had originally requested that her nomination be withdrawn, when she said she didn’t feel she had earned the honor yet
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When Johnny Cash Played for 700 San Francisco Hippies
The newly released recording is “probably the closest to what it actually sounded like to be in the audience for a Johnny Cash show in 1968.”
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When Stevie Nicks Gave Her First Concert Since Tom Petty’s Death
The friends and tour mates last played together in July 2017. One month to the day of his passing, Nicks returned to the stage
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New Rock Drumming Documentary Features Ringo, Taylor Hawkins
The film is a deep-dive into the art of drumming, the musicians who’ve mastered it for 70 years, and the legacies parents pass on.
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The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Box Set: Was It Their Most Ambitious Adventure?
The music sounds noticeably brighter and sharper than before, and the vocals and instruments can be distinguished more clearly.
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Sean Connery: The Best James Bond
Many actors have taken on the iconic role of British secret agent 007 created by Ian Fleming. But Connery continues to be synonymous with the role
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That Time the Ramones Got Their Own NYC Street
The band that defined New York City punk rock now has their own street, right in front of Forest Hills High School, where they all met. Hey ho, let’s go!
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2020’s Peter Green Tribute Concert, 5 Months Before He Passed
The evening was billed as “Mick Fleetwood and Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac.” What a lineup!
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When ‘Halloween’ Introduced Us to Michael Myers
In a decade of great thrillers and slasher movies, one film taught us to never trust a lone wolf trick-or-treater again. “Scream queen” Jamie Lee Curtis was just 19
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