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David Byrne Announces More Dates For 2025-2026 World Tour
Who Is the Sky? is his first new album since 2018’s acclaimed and award-winning American Utopia.
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Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder & Solo Star, Dead at 79
In addition to his work with Traffic and as a solo artist, he collaborated with Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and others.
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Radio Hits of April 1969: How Sweet It Is
The hippie counterculture musical Hair was a Broadway smash and had 2 huge singles this week. There were also hits from The Zombies, Glen Campbell and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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New Book Examines Impact of Dylan & the Beatles on Each Other, and the World
“More than a music biography, this is a front-row seat to the forces that shaped an era,” says a press release on the title.
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Radio Hits in April 1971: Give ’em a Hand
Songs from the Grass Roots, Marvin Gaye, Three Dog Night will bring you back. And when’s the last time you heard “Chick-A-Boom”?
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Moya Brennan, Singer & Harpist with Ireland’s Clannad, Dies
Bono described her voice as “one of the greatest the human ear has ever experienced.”
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David Porter, Stax Records Songwriting Giant, Publishes His Memoir, ‘The Soul Man’
His compositions, written with Isaac Hayes, became hits for Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and others.
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Rock Hall 2026 Inductees Led by Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Sade, Oasis, and… Ed Sullivan
The names include artists from the worlds of metal, hip hop, soul, Latin, alt-country and, yes, even rock music.
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The ‘Lucky 13’ Number One Albums of 1968
Each of the LPs that claimed the top spot had a story to tell. The year began and ended with The Beatles on top with a whole lot of Simon & Garfunkel in between.
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The (Brief) History of Buffalo Springfield
The group, with Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin, enjoyed an intense 2-year run. Decades later, Young wrote, “We never reached our peak.”
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