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You’ve never heard Rolling Stones’ songs rendered this way. The band’s long-time (30 plus years) backup vocalist, Bernard Fowler, delivers a spoken word treatise on select, deep-in-the-catalog Stones’ songs that’s … Read more
The Rolling Stones went back to their roots and recorded the album all long-time Stones fans were waiting for. When the Stones started out, they would all sit in … Read more
The first 40 or 50 seconds of the opening, title cut, with its repetitive riff and cheap-sounding rhymes gave me the queasy feeling that I was about to suffer through … Read more
Between the two of them, Ricky Skaggs and Ry Cooder can probably play just about any string instrument known to man. And now they have an opportunity to show off … Read more
To showcase her true potential as a bluesy, R&B heavy hitter, Amy Black had to go home. Thankfully, home for her is Muscle Shoals, Alabama, home to the mythic FAME … Read more
Gov’t Mule is celebrating their 20th in true rock-star style. In addition to an extensive tour, they’re treating fans to release after release of archival material. To follow up December’s … Read more
Ian McLagan, the keyboardist best known for his work with the Small Faces and the Faces, has died, according to reports coming out of Austin. He was 69 years old. … Read more
Legendary British singer Marianne Faithfull will celebrate her 50th year in music later this fall with the release of a new album, Give My Love To London (due out November 11). Produced … Read more
QUESTION: A long time ago but not so far away, a “single” record came on a disc with two sides. The A side was the song destined, if lucky, for … Read more
FEATURES Applaud Americana Art Ames tracks Americana music’s trajectory across the Home of the Brave and up the charts Bluegrass Like “Orange Blossom Special,” bluegrass picks up steam. Young bands … Read more
