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45 years ago this month, James Taylor released his fourth studio album, an LP which provided him with his third consecutive top-5 album on the Billboard 200. Recorded variously at A&R Recording in New York City, Clover Records in Los...

44 years ago today, the ABC TV program The Midnight Special aired a very special episode, one which – unlike the majority of the series’ installments – centered around a longform performance by a single artist: David Bowie. The episode...

Not enough people anymore buy music in order to be pummeled. Some do, to be sure; Slayer, Mastodon and others like them remain quite popular among people who enjoy a good auditory beating. It's just not the same, though, as...

A new era in the history of Stone Temple Pilots began last night in Los Angeles, when the band took to the stage of the Troubadour for a private show and introduced the audience of the iconic nightclub to their...

Earlier this year, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first of those two albums, LEAVE HOME, and later this month we’re celebrating the 40thanniversary of the other one, ROCKET TO RUSSIA. On November 24th, Rhino is issuing ROCKET TO...

45 years ago this year, the horn-driven dynamos known as Tower of Power released their second full-length album, an effort which put singer Rick Stevens in the spotlight from start to finish. When Tower of Power released their debut album...

Did you ever hear the one about the Everly Brothers’ hit single that was the only songwriting collaboration between two of the most successful pop composers of the latter half of the twentieth century? In 1961. Howard Greenfield and Carole...

A few weeks ago, Rhino reissued Whitesnake’s self-titled 1987 album to celebrate its 30 th anniversary, but we’re in no way done with our efforts to show a little love to the back catalog of David Coverdale and company. This...

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of Aretha Franklin signing to Atlantic Records, kicking off a career with the label which led to her not only earning the title “Queen of Soul” but proving the absence of hyperbole in...