Tag "best classic bands"

Ian & Sylvia’s Ian Tyson, Canadian Folk & Country Great, Dies at 89

Originally a popular folk singer, whose classics included “Four Strong Winds” and “Someday Soon,” he later became a cowboy singer.

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A Hot Concert Highlights the Beach Boys’ ‘Sail on Sailor—1972’ Box

Six years removed from their last big hit, the group was unsure how to move forward. A new collection focuses on what they came up with.

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Making the Scene With Lenny Kaye: Musician, Author, ‘Nuggets’ Curator, Fan

Kaye: “Ideas start coming together, almost like cosmic dust starts to form a planet. Then there’s a realization that something different is happening.”

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2022 in Review: Best Boxed Sets, Collections & Reissues

Our annual roundup of the year’s best archival rock releases includes impressive packages from the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Elton and more.

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Petula Clark Delivers Her Big Hits: 2017 Concert Review

The English singer performed many of the singles that delighted radio listeners in the ’60s, displaying an air of confidence befitting her 7 decades as an entertainer.

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Steely Dan’s ‘Gaucho’: Perfection and Chaos

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s quest for the perfect groove proved a key denominator across the 1980 album.

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Thom Bell, Legendary Producer of the ‘Sound of Philadelphia,’ Dies

The producer, arranger and songwriter, was one of the cornerstones of the Sound of Philadelphia, with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff

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Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 1970 Royal Albert Hall Show Finally Surfaces: Review

Though the group would begin to splinter less than a year after the Royal Albert Hall show, you’d never know it from that performance.

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Abbey Road Studios Documentary From Mary McCartney: Review

“If These Walls Could Sing” includes interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elton John, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and more

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Terry Hall, Singer of British Bands The Specials and Fun Boy Three, Dies at 63

The frontman for the band that launched the 2-Tone ska revival, and later put in time with other popular British groups, has passed.

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