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Cat Stevens Gets ‘Foreigner’ Remastered Reissue
The 1973 album has been remastered and returns to vinyl for the first time since its original release
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Eric Clapton Pays Emotional Tribute to John Mayall, ‘My Mentor’
“He found me and took me into his home and asked me to join his band, and I stayed with him and I learned all that I really have to draw on today”
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Farm Aid 2024 Sets Lineup Led By Willie Nelson, Neil Young
Also performing are fellow board members John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), as well as Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and more
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New Photo Book, ‘Jukebox,’ Covers Hippie Era to Punk & Beyond
For over 50 years music journalist and former Rolling Stone senior writer Michael Goldberg has also been photographing musicians
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Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, Last of the Original Four Tops, Dead at 88
The Motown group’s hits included “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “I Can’t Help Myself” and “Bernadette.”
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Revisiting Woodstock 99 via the ‘Peace, Love, and Rage’ Documentary
The 3-day festival promoted the unity and counterculture idealism of the 1969 original but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
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Jerry Miller, Moby Grape Guitarist, Dies at 81
Jerry Miller, lead guitarist in the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, has died. The band was championed but fell victim to legal troubles.
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Tributes For ‘The Most Hilarious Man,’ Bob Newhart
The beloved comedic actor was mourned by Billy Crystal, Carol Burnett, Judd Apatow, and others
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Happy Traum, Folk Music Stalwart, Dead at 86
A consummate folkie, he was an early advocate of Dylan and cut a series of highly regarded albums, both solo and with his brother Artie.
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Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt to Receive 2024 Kennedy Center Honors
Honors will go to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval and NYC’s storied Apollo Theater.
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