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Director Malcolm Leo, whose work includes This Is Elvis and films on The Beach Boys and Crosby, Stills & Nash, interviewed the late Jerry Garcia in 1987. He recently unearthed the footage and decided it would make for a gre...
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Singer Aaron Lewis is best known as the front man of the hard rock act Staind, which has had a number of huge radio hits throughout the ’00s. With his new album, The Road, he’s wholeheartedly embraced country music. We recently...
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Just out on DVD, director Gorman Bechard’s Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements (2011) is a terrific documentary chronicling the trials and tribulations of the Replacements, one of post-punk’s most notorious bands. ...
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Singer Olivia Newton-John has amassed some big numbers: 40 years in the music biz, 100 million albums sold and four Grammy Awards awards. She’s also picked up an Emmy and received numerous People’s Choice, Billboard, Coun...
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Some 15 years ago, indie rockers Of Montreal coalesced in Athens, Georgia and quickly became part of a loose collective of neo psychedelic bands dubbed Elephant 6. Led by singer-songwriter Kevin Barnes, the group stands poised ...
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Ten years ago, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals formed ten years ago in Waitsfield, Vermont and immediately found a following with jam band enthusiasts. The band eventually caught on with the country crowd, too, and Potter’s due...
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A “military brat” who moved around a lot and ended up playing punk rock in England in the late ’70s, singer-guitarist Mark Eitzel moved from city to city before settling in San Francisco shortly after graduating from Ohio State...
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Since performing their new single “Same Love” on Ellen, the hip-hop group Macklemore & Ryan Lewis has seen its popularity escalate. The two white dudes from Seattle have been selling out shows on tour in support of The Heis...
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Given that most bands are lucky to celebrate a 10-year anniversary, it’s remarkable that the Moody Blues are still around to mark the 45th anniversary of Days of Future Passed, a concept album that put the band on the British p...
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A jazz guitarist who has won over rock and jam band fans with his innovative style of playing (he simultaneously plays lead and rhythm guitar and bass on his 7-string instrument), Charlie Hunter has been touring and recording w...