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Producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and guitarist Adrian Belew has done it all. For 33 years, he was the frontman, singer and guitarist in the prog rock group King Crimson. He’s released 20 solo albums and worke...
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At 65 (soon to be 66), singer Ozzy Osbourne shows no signs of slowing down. He’s just issued Memoirs of a Madman, a collection of classic music videos, unreleased and out-of-print live performances and interviews from his solo ...
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In the ‘80s, Minneapolis was home to plenty of great bands like the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Prince and Soul Asylum. Although the Jayhawks first emerged from that scene, the group played a different style of music with tunes st...
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Country singer-songwriter Frankie Ballard has just embarked on his first headlining run, dubbed the Light ’Em Up Tour. Expect to hear hits like the anthem “Helluva Life” and his latest single “Sunshine & Whiskey,” the title...
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For years, singer-songwriter Chris Allen led Rosavelt, a Cleveland, Ohio-based band that drew equally from Uncle Tupelo and from Tom Petty. The group split up in 2004 after a good long run (it would eventually reunite a few yea...
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A former metalhead who embraced electronic music after attending a rave in San Francisco in the ‘90s, Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) is one of the biggest acts in the world of electronic dance music. Notorious for his live show, whi...
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On a recent radio broadcast, punk rocker Henry Rollins played a wild mix of music that included everything from Ornette Coleman and Jimi Hendrix to Minutemen and the Buzzcocks, showing off his incredible depth when it comes to ...
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Resting at his Nashville home for a 12-hour break after a show in Las Vegas, country singer-guitarist Eric Church sounds a little hoarse. “I caught a cold out in Vegas of all places, so I’m trying to regroup,” he says matter-of...
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The guys in the indie rock troupe OK Go found ways to express their creativity even before they turned to the wildly original music videos for which they’re now known. Singer-guitarist Damian Kulash, bassist Tim Nordwind, drumm...
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A favorite of President Obama, who asked her to play at his Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2009, jazz singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding surprised everyone when she won a Grammy for Best New Artist in 2011. The award-winning a...