Guitar World

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“GOSSIP” WORDS AND MUSIC BY DAVID DAMIANO, VICTORIA DE ANGELIS, ETHAN TORCHIO, THOMAS RAGGI, JOE JANIAK, MADISON LOVE AND THOMAS B. MORELLO. COPYRIGHT © 2023 SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (ITALY) S.R.L., PROMISED LAND MUSIC LTD., ARTIST PUBLISHING GROUP WEST

Guitar World

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Green Day began the 1990s as a trio of snot-nosed Bay Area-punks, but they ended it as one of the biggest rock bands in the world, with three consecutive multi-platinum albums (led by the mega-smash 1994 effort Dookie), a string of hit singles (inclu

AppleMagazine

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Given his prolific and highly acclaimed back catalogue in hip hop, the legendary Nas can be easily excused for spending much of his new release looking back at the good times. There’s a wistful tone to King’s Disease that will chime with many of the

Prog

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We asked. You voted. In your thousands. Almost 80,000 of you to be precise, by far and away the biggest reader vote this magazine has ever undertaken. So the past month has been a heady whirlwind of names, numbers, quotes, frayed tempers, late nights

Global Voices

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"Jamaica has lost the rhythm and soul of a prolific music icon who has inspired many. Perry was one of the most important creative figures to come out of Jamaica."

NPR

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The influential reggae group, whose name means "black freedom," brought songs of solidarity and love to the Tiny Desk.

Goldmine

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Gary Brooker Procol Harum leader, co-founder, vocalist, pianist and composer known for the Top 40 hit singles “A Whiter Shade of Pale” and “Conquistador,” the latter with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. In 2002, Brooker performed The Beatles flip si

UNCUT

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LEROY “Lonnie” Jordan is outlining the War manifesto. “Our choice of weapon was our instruments, shooting out rhythm, melody and harmony,” says the band’s singer and keyboardist. “That was our motto. We were called War, but we were all about keeping

NPR

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Taylor Swift is far from the first to revisit her old catalog for reasons of business as much as art – but even if it's often a managerial decision, the process can't help but be heartfelt.

Classic Rock

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FOR MORE NEWS: WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM INSIDE THE WORLD OF ROCK May 19, 1949 – July 27, 2021 The sudden death of bass player, singer, songwriter and keyboard player Dusty Hill at the age of 72 is especially devastating given the man’s robust, yet

Goldmine

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Uriah Heep’s “Easy Livin’” brought drummer Lee Kerslake to the U.S. Top 40 in the 1970s and, as a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz band, he was heard on FM rock radio in the 1980s on “Crazy Train.” In England, in the late 1960s, drummer Lee

NPR

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Trumpeter Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine organized the 1974 festival and produced the new album Zaire 74: The African Artists, which captures performances by Miriam Makeba, Franco and more.

NPR

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Influenced by jazz, the Kingston-born vocalist revolutionized the art of occupying a space with his words. "Before U-Roy, no one was toasting," Grammy winner Sean Paul tells NPR.

Goldmine

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EMITT RHODES WAS SOMETHING of a cult figure in music. The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer never achieved widespread commercial success or fame, but his music inspired and influenced many who would follow him. Hailed in his earl

Goldmine

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Retirement hasn’t been able to stick with Tommy Roe, who by his own count has stepped away from the concert spotlight at least five times. What makes the pending return from his February 2018 retirement different from the others is that this time he’

The Independent

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In recent years, the music industry has seen a growing trend of very public copyright lawsuits against popular artists. Although Ed Sheeran just won his court battle over his hit 2017 single “Shape of You”, this is not the first time the singer-song

Guitar World

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“THERE ARE TRADITIONS in the world that musicians are aware of — the power of music can do certain kinds of things. You can change somebody’s life. A lot of people have experimented with that, want to know what it is, but a lot of it is kept secret.

Los Angeles Times

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James Mtume, a musician, songwriter and producer who played in Miles Davis’ electric band of the early and mid-1970s before founding the eponymous R&B group whose 1983 hit “Juicy Fruit” became one of the most recognizable samples in hip-hop history,

Goldmine

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The fact that the Eagles’ opus, Hotel California, became one of the bestselling albums of all time is, of course, not only a testament to its success, but also its triumph as one of the most heralded artistic accomplishments in the entire span of Ame

Classic Rock

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Formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody (the latter died six years later) – both members of the Allman Brothers Band – American southern rock jam group Gov’t Mule have carved out a successful career while flying beneath the

Classic Rock

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Their third album, Toys In The Attic, had changed everything for Aerosmith in 1975, going Gold and rising to No. 11 in the Billboard chart. In 1976, with the follow-up, Rocks, the band would take things to yet another level. While the Toys album has

Los Angeles Times

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Gord Downie, the singer for the Tragically Hip and one of Canada's most beloved rock musicians, died Tuesday night, according to an official statement from the band. He was 53. Downie had been previously diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brai

NPR

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Universal Music Publishing Group announced Monday that it had bought the lucrative publishing rights to over 600 Bob Dylan songs. The deal is worth a reported $300 million.

The Independent

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In the same way Hoover came to represent all products that suck up dirt and Google every internet search function, it’s no exaggeration to say that Van Halen was a byword for all that is awesome about hard rock. Formed in Pasadena, California, in 197

Goldmine

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On September 15, we lost singer-songwriter and producer Ric Ocasek, a founding member and leader of The Cars. Ric and Benjamin Orr had played in a few Ohio bands before ultimately moving to the Boston scene, which led to The Cars’ self-titled polishe

UNCUT

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Crossover jazz pianist (1935-2022) AFTER hearing Dobie Gray’s “The ‘In’ Crowd” on the radio in May 1965, jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis opted to lead his trio through an instrumental version of the song that evening in Washington DC. The response from the

Goldmine

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Few bands have ever been forced to overcome as much tragedy and adversity as Lynyrd Skynyrd. Taking their name from Leonard Skinner, a gym coach at the high school the original members attended — and a man known as a strict disciplinarian given his d

Music Tech Magazine

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Few figures have had more of an impact when it comes to blurring the lines between the dance and rock genres than Andrew Weatherall. Coupled with his trailblazing work as a pioneer of the not-so-humble remix, Weatherall’s influence on the development

JazzTimes

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Our Highway, the new album by New York-based quintet Cowboys & Frenchmen, invites listeners to recall busier days. The 43-minute suite harks back a couple years to a time when a jazz quintet was safe to pile into a minivan and hit the road, soaking u

Goldmine

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The energetic British bassist Pete Way was a member of UFO since the band’s late 1960s beginnings through the early 1980s, and then returned for six more albums beginning in the early 1990s. In the U.S., UFO’s highest charting album was Lights Out, w