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Trans-Siberian Orchestra Interview, 2023 Winter Tour

The 2023 winter tour celebrates The Ghosts of Christmas Eve. We spoke to TSO founder Paul O’Neill shortly before his unexpected death

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Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’: Them Cats Are Crazy

The anthemic call-and-response chorus, sung repeatedly over a twin-Les Paul guitar riff, has to rank as one of rock’s all-time greatest earworms

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Ronnie Spector Interview: ‘Be My Baby’ and Her Biggest Influence

“We wore tight dresses where everyone else wore flared dresses. We had slits up to here. And big hair. It was something no one had ever seen”

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Robbie Robertson on The Band’s ‘The Last Waltz’: ‘The Whole Thing Just Snowballed’

The guitarist-songwriter took us behind the scenes of the fabled concert film.

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Isaac Hayes: Stax, ‘Shaft,’ and Chef

The singer, songwriter, producer and actor revolutionized soul music, leading it out of the era of the three-minute single and into cosmically new territory

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10 Hit Jazz Singles of the ’60s

Back in the day, record labels released jazz tunes as singles, and sometimes they became huge hits. We revisit 10 classics of the genre from the 1960s

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Happy Birthday, Tony Bennett!

The American icon had a long history of collaborating with fellow A-List stars before he retired from the stage in 2021. Our salute on his birthday

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Paul Anka Interview: So Square That He’s Hip

The legend wrote “She’s a Lady” (the Tom Jones hit), the English-language lyrics to “My Way” and The Tonight Show theme. He’s still entertaining his fans

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Remembering Animal House’s ‘Fat, Drunk and Stupid’ Flounder

Actor Stephen Furst played the hapless Delta house fraternity pledge Kent Dorfman as his character became the butt of numerous pranks by the upperclassmen

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10 Essential Rolling Stones Blues Songs

London’s finest were ace purveyors of the blues from the very start of their career. Our look back at highlights of the Stones’ blues-drenched catalog

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