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Willie Nelson New ‘Last Man Standing’ LP: Listen
The iconic singer, who will turn 85 in April, is releasing his latest album for Legacy Recordings. Nelson co-wrote all of the new music on the set.
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Listen: Henley and Gill Sing on Elton John Tribute LP
A wide range of artists, from Willie Nelson to Rosanne Cash, Emmylou and more, salute the songwriting of Elton and Bernie Taupin
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Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow New Album: Listen
The band’s first new single since 1996 is from the Memories in Rock II album. We’ve also got two favorites including “Smoke on the Water”
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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ National Tour in 2019
Following the successful NBC broadcast, a new national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical has been announced.
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Beatles Publicist Derek Taylor: Memoir Reissue
The 1973 book from The Beatles and Apple Records press officer was one of the first ’60s pop-cultural history books to be published
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Nick Lowe Releasing New EP + Touring
For his first new music in five years, the singer-songwriter imagines a bleak landscape as “the polar opposite of what it really is.”
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Emmylou Harris ‘Ballad of Sally Rose’ Reissue
Released in 1985, the song cycle is based loosely on her short time with singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, who died in 1973.
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Steven Bochco, ‘Hill Street Blues’ Creator, Dies
One of television’s most important and innovative creative forces in the 1980s and ’90s gave us series with sprawling casts and gritty realism
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Alice Cooper in Jesus Christ Superstar on Easter
The live NBC broadcast of the Webber-Rice musical also stars John Legend, Sara Bareilles. The performer, cast as King Herod, is no stranger to the role
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Neil Young Releases ‘Paradox’ Film Soundtrack
The album, also featuring Promise of the Real, includes music from a new film directed by Daryl Hannah. It was recorded spontaneously with no overdubs.
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