Tag "best classic bands"
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace featuring Suzi Dian: 2025 Concert Review
While promoters rely on his name, it’s clear that he is content being in a band rather than just having them back him up.
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The Number One Singles of 1981
Top 40 radio wasn’t rocking too hard, as programmers were favoring lighter sounds that were also succeeding on rival Adult/Contemporary stations.
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Neil Young Sets 2026 Tour With the Chrome Hearts
It’s a summer run of their “Love Earth” world tour.
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New Eric Clapton ‘Journeyman: Deluxe Edition’ Includes Prev. Unreleased Tracks
The 1989 album includes the classic songs “Pretending,” “Bad Love,” and “Before You Accuse Me,” and features many guest performances.
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Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’: A Defining Moment
The 1982 album endures as the group’s defining record, a foundational success whose signature sound has aged as gracefully as the irresistible smile that stares out from its sleeve.
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO Lights Up NYC Stage: 2015 Review
It was a triumphant night for the Maestro as he played to an enthusiastic sold-out crowd at NYC’s Irving Plaza for his first U.S. comeback show.
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ZZ Top Announces 2026 Tour
Billy F Gibbons has his own tour at the start of the year. The “Little Ol’ Band From Texas” then has U.S. shows with Dwight Yoakam followed by a summer run in Europe.
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When Jefferson Airplane Sang From a NYC Rooftop
When the French filmmaker Godard needed a band for his new film on radical culture in 1968, he invited San Francisco’s finest. They responded by waking up New York City.
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Willie Nelson’s ‘Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle’: Review
The program features 11 numbers written (or in two cases, co-written) by Haggard, and embraces some of his best-known songs.
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The Wit and Wisdom of Graham Parker
The British songwriter tells about acting in a Judd Apatow film, how he builds a setlist and his real life This is Spinal Tap moment with one of its stars.
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