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Fred Hellerman, Last of Folk’s Weavers, Dies

One-quarter of the influential folk group of the postwar years passed at his Connecticut home. He produced Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant album

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Offer 50th Anniversary Live Set

Recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the collection offers the American roots music group with John Prine, Jackson Browne, Alison Krauss and more

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Duane Allman Skydog Box Set to Vinyl

Just 1000 individually numbered copies of the 14-LP set are being made via a Pledge Music campaign, from the popular CD box that was released in 2013. Details and order info….

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Grammy Salute to Music Legends to Air in October

This year’s Special Merit Awards recipients include Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, Ruth Brown, Herbie Hancock, Earth, Wind & Fire and more

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Meat Loaf – Jim Steinman ‘Braver Than We Are’ Update

Meat’s new album also features a reunion with singers Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito with whom he collaborated on “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”

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New Frank Zappa Compilation to Be Released

ZAPPAtite—Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks collects some of his “best known and beloved compositions into one easily digestible collection”

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Frank Sinatra Audio, Video Collections Coming

Classic TV specials like Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back and The Main Event are coming to DVD and a 4-CD/DVD box set called World on a String with 4+ hours of previously unreleased audio/video footage are on their way

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Americana Music Association Names 2016 Honorees

Bob Weir and Woody Guthrie are among the honorees who will be celebrated during the organization’s 15th Annual Honors & Awards show this fall

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Bryan Adams 1996 Live DVD Release Coming

The Canadian rocker’s performance was taped July 27, 1996, in front of 70,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium during his “18 ’Til I Die Tour.” Watch “Summer of ’69”

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The Verve’s ‘A Northern Soul’ Goes Super Deluxe

Prior to the English psychedelic band’s commercial breakthrough, they were known simply as Verve. Now expanded editions of their early albums are coming

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