Tag "best classic bands"
Eric Clapton’s ‘The Lady in the Balcony: Lockdown Sessions’: Still Superlative, But…
If you ignore the controversy that has landed Clapton in the news during the pandemic, and just listen to the music, it’s clear that he hasn’t lost a thing.
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The Band’s ‘Cahoots’ Gets 50th Anniversary Edition
Their fourth album has been newly remixed, remastered, and expanded with previously unreleased recordings, including a 1971 live concert recorded in Paris
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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘No Nukes’ Concert: The Boss Proves It All Night
If anyone has doubts that this is one of the greatest live bands in the history of rock, ‘The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts’ should decimate them
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Rolling Stones Crowned 2021 Concert Business Champs
The latest edition of the “No Filter” tour was the year’s biggest. Pollstar, which covers the worldwide concert biz, expects 2022 to be the industry’s best ever
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The Monkees’ ‘Farewell Tour’ Review: ‘1966 All Over Again’
Credit is due Dolenz and Nesmith for keeping alive the spirit, as well as the sound, of the Monkees. Their televised impishness continues to translate well.
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Micky Dolenz Leads Tributes to Michael Nesmith: ‘I’m Heartbroken’
“I’m so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together doing what we loved best – singing, laughing, and doing shtick”
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Michael Nesmith’s ‘Lost RCA Recordings’ Includes Alternate Take of ‘Different Drum’
Over 6 albums from 1970-1973, Nez blossomed as a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and producer under RCA Nashville legends Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis
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2021 in Review: The Best New Albums by Classic Rockers
Recording legends such as Jackson Browne, Robert Plant, David Crosby, Lindsey Buckingham, John Sebastian, and many others, released outstanding LPs in ’21
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Bronski Beat Member Steve Bronski Dies at 61
An original member of the group that scored with the dance-pop hit “Smalltown Boy” in 1984 is dead. He later re-formed the band and recorded a new album.
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Steven Tyler Featured in New Reelz Music Series, ‘Frontmen’
Steven Tallarico grew up in a middle class Italian household and went on to become one of the most iconic and charismatic rock and roll frontmen ever
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