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This past Sunday, the world commemorated the 50 th anniversary of the death of Otis Redding. In a few weeks, we’ll be celebrating the 50 th anniversary of Redding’s posthumously-released single, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay,” and it’ll...

35 years ago this month, Black Sabbath released their first official live album but not their first live album, and to get an explanation about what that thoroughly confusing statement means, you’ll have to keep reading. Recorded variously in Seattle...

Those who thought (foolishly) that John Lydon's scabrous personality would mellow after the dissolution of the Sex Pistols were completely wrong. Gaining exit from punk rock's powerful but puerile poster children did, however, help him expand his musical palate in...

Given the number of rock icons whose work can be found within the Rhino catalog, it’s not what you’d call a major shock when word reaches us here at Rhino HQ that a few folks with ties to the label...

32 years ago today, Phil Collins made his U.S. acting debut, an occasion made slightly less momentous by the fact that he’d made his U.K. acting debut 20+ years earlier in a little film called A Hard Day’s Night. Actually...

47 years ago today, The Doors performed their final concert with Jim Morrison as their frontman, and while it’s an event that we can’t let pass without a mention, the show itself wasn’t what you’d call one of the band’s...

There are a few things that most people know about Dionne Warwick right away: Burt Bacharach and Hal David loved to write songs for her, and she was Whitney Houston’s cousin. In fact, it’s arguable that there are more people...

20 years ago today, the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert took place in Oslo, Norway, and Jewel, Sinead O’Connor, and Emmylou Harris were all there to commemorate the occasion. The Nobel Peace Prize Concert became an annual tradition in 1994...

10 years ago this week, Phish released their ninth studio album, an effort which – along with a pair of talk show appearances and the band’s New Year’s Eve 2002 show at Madison Square Garden – served to celebrate the...