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Eagles Release Comprehensive ‘Legacy’ Set: Listen
The set follows the Eagles through the different stages of the band’s career, from the country-rock of early albums to their most recent studio album.
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John Mellencamp Announces New Album, Tour
Says Mellencamp, “These are songs that have been recorded over the last 40 years of my career, but had never been put together as one piece of work.”
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Big Star Live 1974 Radio Show to Be Released
The 15-track set features material from the band’s first two albums, as well as a cover of “Motel Blues” by Loudon Wainwright III.
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Stephen Stills & Judy Collins Announce Fall Dates
From our review last year: “Collins still possesses a golden singing voice; Stills’ singing is more controlled and his guitar is concise and taut.”
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Traveling Wilburys 30th Anniversary Picture Disc Due
It was about five friends gathering to make music together in a home studio-except for the fact that they all happened to be rock ‘n’ roll royalty.
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Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal on New Compilation
The track is from a compilation album titled ‘Blue Muse,’ which also features contributions from blues great Taj Mahal and others.
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Steely Dan’s Walter Becker Gets His Own Street
The unveiling, in the NYC neighborhood where he was born, was accompanied by a ceremony that included remembrances from Becker’s friends and colleagues
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George Hawkins Jr., Bassist for Many, Dies
Among the numerous artists with whom Hawkins played were members of Fleetwood Mac, John Fogerty, Loggins and Messina, Jimmy Webb and the Monkees.
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Kinks ‘Village Green’ 50th Anniv. Deluxe: Listen
Ray Davies: “I think ‘The Village Green Preservation Society’ is about the ending of a time personally for me in my life.” Listen to a previously unreleased song
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Beatles’ ‘White Album’ Symposium Features Insiders
Monmouth Univ.’s 4-day event includes author Mark Lewisohn, producer Chris Thomas, who worked on the original, and many others
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