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President Obama Playlist: From Beach Boys to Jay Z
During the day, POTUS enjoys Aretha Franklin, Prince and the Beach Boys. At night, it’s time for Miles Davis, Aaron Neville and Janet Jackson
Read MoreBig Star ‘Complete Third’ Coming in 3-CD Box Set
Following a nearly decade-long search for previously unreleased session tapes, an eagerly awaited box set is coming from the Memphis power pop band
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The Mavericks Set October Date for Live Album
The band are launching their own label, Mono Mundo Recordings, with All Night Live Volume 1, set for Oct 14, featuring performances from their 2015 tour
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R2-D2 Actor Dead; Kenny Baker Was 81
The British actor was the “heart and soul” of the popular Droid and, for many, of the entire blockbuster Star Wars franchise
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Pantera to Release Great Southern Anniversary CD
The Texan groove-metal band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of its most intense yet somehow overlooked albums with an expanded edition
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Glenn Yarbrough Dead at 86, Member of Folk’s Limeliters
The singer enjoyed a 1965 hit with “Baby the Rain Must Fall,” the title song of a Steve McQueen movie but was hardly a one-hit wonder
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Listen: Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans Gets Expanded
The 1973 double-album from progressive rock giants is getting an expanded reissue on what many feel is the band’s classic lineup. Click for full details
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Doyle Bramhall II, Clapton Collaborator, Releasing Solo LP
The singer-songwriter-guitarist who has collaborated with the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Clapton, Roger Waters and many others, has his first solo LP in a decade. We’ve got tour info, too
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Listen: Leonard Cohen to Release New Studio Album
The singer-songwriter, now 82, will release You Want It Darker this fall. We’ve got a preview of the title track of his follow-up to 2014’s Popular Problems
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Led Zeppelin Complete BBC Sessions Offers Unreleased Songs
The newly remastered, expanded and updated version features 8 unreleased BBC recordings, including 3 rescued from a previously “lost” session from 1969
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