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Speaking of albums... What bothers me more than the boo-hoo of those mourning the inability of today's audience to spend time with today's long players, never mind pay for them, is the complete disappearance from public consciousness of albums that...

44 years ago today, Mick Jagger released his very first solo single, a song which was taken from the soundtrack of the film that provided him with his first chance to be a movie star. With the Rolling Stones running...

38 years ago today, Chicago found themselves atop the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in their career with a song written and sung by bassist Peter Cetera, thereby firmly establishing him as the band’s go-to guy for romantic...

R.E.M.'s REMTV, a six-DVD collection chronicling the band's special relationship with MTV through live performances, award show highlights, and a new feature-length documentary may not be available until November 24th, but you can take a first look over here.

New this week in the Rhino Room at iTunes: Slipknot, The Studio Album Collection 1999-2008: For most of the time between 2008 and 2014, it would’ve been considered a sucker’s bet to expect the band Slipknot to regroup for the...

This edition of Dr. Rhino’s Picks (#85 already…yeesh!) is dedicated to that jewel of Memphis, the Stax label and recording studio. Come on and groove with Otis, Sam & Dave, Eddie, Booker T., and the rest of the crew. This...

12 years ago today, Madonna released the title song to the 20th film in the long-running James Bond franchise…or the 22nd if you count the original 1967 version of Casino Royale and 1983’s Never Say Never Again. (We know some...

Mike Oldfield has had a lengthy and successful career as a composer and musician, one which started in a big way when he released his first album, Tubular Bells, back in 1973. Unfortunately, that’s also the album where most Americans’...

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the debut album by The Hollies, and to celebrate this momentous occasion, the band just released 50 at Fifty, a new three-disc, 50-track set which covers their career to date, including a new track...