Archive for September 13th, 2014

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‘F**k polish’: Graham Nash on Crosby Stills and Nash’s lingering rebel spirit

Don’t be surprised if there are, well, a few surprises at their shows.

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‘It’s a common urban myth’: Micky Dolenz says the Monkees were never meant to be the American Beatles

“If you go to Wikipedia,” he quips, “that’s the kind of thing you’re going to hear.”

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An Appreciation: Joe Sample and the Crusaders, “It Happens Everyday” (1977)

Remembering a drop-dead gorgeous tone poem that was so emblematic.

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Loudon Wainwright III – Haven’t Got The Blues [Yet] (2014)

He talks the language of those his age, but in a way that transcends eras.

‘A classic album that is really timeless’: John Oates picks his favorite Hall and Oates moment

‘A classic album that is really timeless’: John Oates picks his favorite Hall and Oates moment

“I like some of the more obscure records,” John Oates admits.

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One Track Mind: Lucinda Williams, “Magnolia” from Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)

A perfectly calibrated tribute, one full of broken Stonesy grandeur.