Tag "best classic bands"

Sire Records Founder Seymour Stein, Who Signed Talking Heads, Madonna, and The Ramones, Dies

The much-honored exec was an early champion of the punk and new wave music that was breaking out of the downtown New York City clubs

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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Play First NYC Concert in 7 Years

The band performed at Madison Square Garden, their first of five area concerts this spring. The tour began Feb. 1 and continues into December

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Ray Shulman, One of 3 Brothers in Prog Rock Band Gentle Giant, Dies at 73

With his brothers Derek and Phil, and several other members, the band released 11 studio albums during the 1970s

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1 Dead, Dozens Injured as Roof Collapses at Concert

The Illinois city was in an indirect path of dangerous tornadoes. Roughly 260 people were attending the metal concert

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Joni Mitchell Joined By All-Stars at Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Concert

The lineup included James Taylor, Graham Nash, Annie Lennox, Brandi Carlile, Herbie Hancock, and Mitchell herself

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A New Box Celebrates Pink Floyd’s Classic ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ @50: Review

Both adventurous and accessible, the album is one of the most commercially successful in the history of rock.

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Prince Insiders Talk About His 1987 Masterpiece, ‘Sign O’ the Times’: Exclusive

“A lot of musicians end up doing the same song over and over. This sounds like nothing he’d ever done before,” his archivist says. “It is staggering”

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Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist, Dies at 76

“We skip the light fandango”: The man who wrote the words for “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” , and all of the British band’s songs, has passed.

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Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe Announce 2023 Tour

Costello and Love have a long collaborative history dating back to the ’70s. The new tour is called “We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday”

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Mudcrutch ‘2’ Review: Tom Petty & Friends Making Great Music Together

Mudcrutch is an American rock band, Southern division, from the ’70s, from which Tom Petty emerged. Our review of their 2016 album…

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