BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
What the Early Reviews Are Saying About the Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’
It stars Timothée Chalamet and is set during Dylan’s days as a folk singer in the NYC music scene of the early ’60s, culminating with his transformational electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
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The Cowsills: ‘The Rain, the Park…’—Happy, Happy, Happy!
The feel-good song was as emblematic of its time as any of the psychedelic records that were starting to dominate rock in 1967.
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‘Yoko: The Biography’ Book Coming in 2025
Drawing from his experiences and interviews with her, her family, closest friends, collaborators, and many others, author David Sheff shows us her nine decades.
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Bev Bevan of ELO Remembers ‘A New World Record’: ‘Jeff Lynne at His Most Brilliant’
Said Bevan in our 2024 interview, “’A New World Record’ is a fabulous album, and I am proud to have been part of it.”
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Remember the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver?
The soft-rock Scottish musicians earned acclaim in the 1970s with several recordings. Rod Stewart scored a big hit with a cover of one of their songs
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Strawberry Alarm Clock’s Psychedelic ‘Incense & Peppermints’
Trivia note: The singer on one of the biggest and most memorable hits of 1967 was not even a band member. Check out the whole back story here.
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What the Early Reviews Are Saying About the Dylan Biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’
It stars Timothée Chalamet and is set during Dylan’s days as a folk singer in the NYC music scene of the early ’60s, culminating with his transformational electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
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Seeing It Said: Confessions of a Former Nick Drake Fraud
He left behind three albums, a talent he believed he had lost, and the pain he could neither escape nor overcome.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’: Closing the Gaps
As the 1972 triple album broke all the rules it revitalized the country-rock scene and made some very old music cool again
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Best Boxed Sets, Collections & Reissues of 2024
Our roundup of the best archival rock music boxed sets, reissues and collections includes the Beatles, Dylan, CSN&Y and dozens more.
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Radio Hits in November 1968: Fantasy Will Set You Free
An amazing week for some all-time greats on the Top 40 including songs by Steppenwolf, Stevie Wonder and CCR. And we answer the question: Who was Derek?
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Jethro Tull Christmas Album Gets Expanded Edition
The original 2003 album was their last studio set to feature longtime guitarist Martin Barre
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J. Geils Band Frontman, Peter Wolf, Announces Memoir
Each chapter in Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters and Goddesses reads as its own short story.
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Steely Dan ‘Can’t Buy a Thrill’: All Systems Go
Their debut is tuneful and literate, and the musicianship can be exuberantly loose or scarily precise, perched midway between jazz, rock, and rhythm and blues.
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