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It’s July 5th and here are some reasons why this day matters in rock history: In 1965, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner formed a ...
There have been far flashier covers than hers. One of the most startling covers I’ve ever seen was [The Rolling Stones’] Sticky Fingers. That was out there in terms of sexual attitude.
Last week, Carpenter unveiled the now-notorious cover for her upcoming album Man’s Best Friend, in which she’s depicted kneeling on the ground, one hand extended toward a figure in a suit who’s ...
I’m working late ‘cause I’m a singer“, and it’s clear all those long days have paid off. It might feel like she’s an ...
Brian Wilson, the brilliant musician who codified the California teen lifestyle in a series of ’60s hits by his band the Beach Boys, has died. He was 82.
Oasis and Blur cemented the two bands as Britpop’s warring kings, but creatively, the movement was unravelling ...
In September 1963, The Rolling Stones were only a few months past the release of their debut single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Come On’, and hadn’t yet put out a full-length album. But under the ...
Late on a Thursday evening in a burlesque-inspired nightclub called the Box, a gaggle of gays and girls gathered to see Addison Rae perform songs from her debut album, Addison, live for the first ...
Chenier, an accordionist and singer who would have turned 100 today, was a pioneer of zydeco, an accordion-reliant, ...
In an exclusive interview with American Songwriter, C.C. Adcock, the producer of The Rolling Stones’ new Clifton Chenier tribute cover, says the track was the “coolest thing I’ve ever … been involved ...
The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" has a secret third verse that made it to a few live performances... and the lyrics are quite risqué.