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41 years ago today, Rod Stewart released his sixth studio album as a solo artist and, in doing so, secured his fourth chart-topping album in a row in the UK. Unlike the LPs that had preceded it, however, Atlantic Crossing...

Has it really been 20 years? Apparently so, because Sean “Diddy” Combs, a.k.a. Puff Daddy, and Bad Boy Entertainment have released a five-disc, 80-track compilation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bad Boy. As Combs said in a press release...

Rhino has made it a point to reissue classic albums on 180-gram vinyl on a regular basis. This is the latest to get that treatment. You're welcome. Say, have you heard about this new Monkees album? Or has that joke...

30 years ago today, the first four albums by the Monkees – The Monkees, More of the Monkees, Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. – all reentered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, definitively confirming that Monkeemania was...

42 years ago today, Roberta Flack found herself atop the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time in her career, this time with a composition by Eugene McDaniels. Released a full nine months before the album sharing its title hit...

41 years ago today, the brothers Gibb – that’s Barry, Maurice, and Robin, of course – arrived at the pinnacle of the Billboard Hot 100 with the song that, for all practical purposes, served as the trio’s comeback single. Of...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most enduring music festivals in the UK, and although it’s gone through a couple of different names over the years, it’s never failed to provide an impressive roster of talent...

In July 1970, The Stooges released one of the greatest rock albums of…well, we’ll let you pick: it could be of the year, of the decade, of the century, of the millennium, or of all time. Any or all of...

Fresh tracks to beat the August heat. Tune in for Mudcrutch, Wilco, The Shelters, Big Thief, Dolly, Linda, Emmylou and more.