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Here’s where you’ll find our major artist profiles and interviews
When Eddie Murphy Became a Star With ’48 Hrs.’
The comedian was just 19 when he joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player. He soon became the series’ breakout star and Hollywood beckoned
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Leon Russell Talks His Career and Collaborations
In our extensive 2014 interview, the musician talks about the genius of Brian Wilson, and his work with Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Elton John and others.
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Herb Alpert Interview: Still Trying to Reach the Promised Land
For a while, in the mid-’60s, he was outselling the Beatles with his group the Tijuana Brass. Now in his late 80s, he still goes to work every day.
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10 Unusual and Surprising Cover Songs
Our writer veered toward songs that might have some oddball elements but really reinvented the song, or made you hear it in an altered state
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When the Rolling Stones Played a Free Concert in Havana, Cuba
Our interview with film director Paul Dugdale on the challenges he faced shooting the landmark 2016 concert and the audience’s reaction to seeing the Stones perform
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When Kenny Rogers ‘Dropped In’
Years before his hugely successful solo career as a recording and touring artist, “the Gambler” scored a psychedelic pop hit with the First Edition.
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John Sebastian Interview: Recapturing the Lovin’ Spoonful ‘Magic’
After refusing to re-record his old hits with the Lovin’ Spoonful for decades, John Sebastian did just that with guitarist Arlen Roth. He tells us why.
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Interview With Nancy Wilson on Heart, The Beatles and ‘Stairway’
For more than four decades, she has co-led Heart with her sister, Ann. We spoke with one of rock’s great frontwomen about their legacy
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Quincy Jones: A ‘Lost’ Interview With ‘Q’
Long before his association with Michael Jackson, “Q” was one of the music world’s most accomplished composers, arrangers, producers and band leaders
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Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller on Writing for Elvis and the Beatles
They wrote dozens of seminal rock and R&B hits, including “Jailhouse Rock,” “Kansas City,” “Hound Dog” and “Stand By Me.”
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