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Well, hopefully lots of great jazz gigs – and there’s still a chance to catch a few more before the break (and don’t forget t ...

Since 1960, the Beatles—four fabulous lads from Liverpool, England—have remained the greatest rock and roll band in the history of music. How John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo ...

Queens of the Stone Age had just finished performing the most obscure track (“Mosquito Song”) off their most popular album (“Songs for the Deaf”) beneath dense murder-red lights when a screeching ...

If you grew up with MTV in the 1990s, your most trusted cultural critics were known by two names: Beavis and Butt-Head. The stars of Mike Judge's animated series were tastemakers in their own sense.

Country legend Hank Williams has many enduring and influential songs to his credit, from “Hey, Good Lookin’” to “Honky Tonk Blues” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Now the Alabama native is earning new ...

Never say never. Henry Rollins has revealed he and fellow punk legend Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) have been working together on a "great project". In a post on his website, Rollins revealed the ...

Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye go way back. Before Rollins led the hardcore punk pioneers Black Flag, he was in the short-lived band State Of Alert, whose 1981 EP No Policy was one of the first ...

Compiled by Paul McCartney and edited by Ted Widmer, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run” is a must-read for fans of The Beatles in general and their solo careers in specific. And the story of ...