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The Police ‘Synchronicity’ Gets 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe

The trio’s fifth and final studio album has gotten a lavish makeover with previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demos, and dozens of live concert recordings

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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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David Gilmour Shares Rehearsal Clips Ahead of 2024 Studio Album, Tour

It’ll be a busy 2024 with his first tour in eight years and first studio album since 2015

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Tributes For John Mayall, British Blues Legend, Dead at 90

The musician mentored such guitarists as Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. He had retired from touring in 2021

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‘Down on the Corner’ Book Tells the Story of Busking & Street Music

Adventures in Busking and Street Music, from longtime music industry insider, Cary Baker, traces the development of blues, doo-wop, folk and more, in a variety of non-traditional venues

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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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