Tag "best classic bands"
The Ambitious ‘Nilsson Schmilsson’ LP Revisited
Noteworthy for its scope and ambition, the album was justifiably rewarded with worldwide success that took Nilsson to the next level of stardom.
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Dave Mason Heart Surgery a Success: ‘So Lucky to Have Caught This’
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has had quite a career as a session player, band member and solo artist
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‘Play Misty For Me’: The Clint Eastwood Stalker
“You ever find yourself completely smothered by somebody,” his character asks a friend. Jessica Walter’s Evelyn arrived 16 years before Fatal Attraction
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‘Down on the Corner’ Book Tells the Story of Busking & Street Music
Adventures in Busking and Street Music, from longtime music industry insider, Cary Baker, traces the development of blues, doo-wop, folk and more, in a variety of non-traditional venues
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Nick Lowe Sets 2025 Tour to Support New Studio Album
Inside Safari represents a culmination of his decade-long working relationship with the mysterious masked men and labelmates, Los Straitjackets
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The Sex Pistols’ Era-Defining ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’
They only released one album but it sparked a musical revolution. We look back at a punk-rock game-changer 4+ decades after its release
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When Neil Young Found a Neil Young Bootleg
What happened way back in 1971 when a rock star went record shopping and found a bootleg of his own music? It wasn’t pretty, but it’s fascinating
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Joe Walsh Interview: Paying It Back for Veterans
Walsh: “I had played a lot of functions for other people, friends and stuff for various charities they were involved with. But I never had my own.”
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Radio Hits in November 1967: Take a Look
It was a melting pot in the Top 10 on WABC this week, with plenty of all-time favorites topped by a band with a psychedelic name and an unusual path to #1
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The Moody Blues’ Masterpiece, ‘Days of Future Passed’
It was a new concept: a rock band would play its new songs, read some poems and be backed up by an orchestra. Today it’s considered a landmark recording
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