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Extreme's third album, the three-part III Sides To Every Story, was the sound of a band over-reaching themselves ...
A deluxe version of Elliott Smith’s acclaimed 2000 album ‘Figure 8’ will be released on vinyl for the first time in honor of its 25th anniversary.
That said, of course things always start with the album’s first track ... and the tapping of his foot on the wood floor at Abbey Road studio. And the vocals are, well, so intimate and honest ...
Soul covers of The Great American Songbook have ... His cut of “Stormy Weather,” from his classic 1964 album, Tobacco Road, finds him utterly in charge of a 17-piece big band on a song written ...
Punk rock icon Billy Idol released his first new album in 11 years on Friday. Titled “Dream Into It,” he tells The Associated ...
Mike Oldfield’s 'Hergest Ridge' is getting a 2LP deluxe reissue for its 50th anniversary, including Oldfield’s 2010 mix of ...
In the spring of 2020, amid pandemic pandemonium, I wrote a column meant to encourage local congregations whose weekly services had been canceled or moved online because of COVID. The gist of that ...
A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N’Dour’s voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music legend geared up to do what he does best: rock through the night.
Bob Dylan's influences in 1964 led to a thematic shift for his album 'Another Side of Bob Dylan.' Here's a look at the introspective turn.
And it doesn’t stop there: fresh material has been laid down at none other than Abbey Road Studios ... Their debut album Curse Our Love delivered on the hype, packed with heartland anthems ...
(The album) covers a lot of ground.” Steve Stevens, Idol’s guitarist and main collaborator since 1981 and co-writer of all but one track on Dream Into It, wasn’t entirely surprised to see ...