How the Unsung ‘Jokerman’ Showed the Way Back for Bob Dylan
Released 40 years ago this week as the opening cut on ‘Infidels,’ Bob Dylan’s “Jokerman” has a labyrinthine quality that makes it endlessly fascinating.
Released 40 years ago this week as the opening cut on ‘Infidels,’ Bob Dylan’s “Jokerman” has a labyrinthine quality that makes it endlessly fascinating.
Rock’s most unexpected supergroup debuted 35 years ago today, after George Harrison asked Jeff Lynne: “Do you fancy doing some songs with me?”
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If you remember Leon Russell, then you remember a certain era. Even-handed author Bill Janovitz takes us back.
The most difficult comparison Bob Dylan ever faces is with his former selves. Still, some selves were undoubtedly worse than others.
Released 20 years ago this month, the Top 5 U.K. smash album ‘Reality’ found David Bowie doing something unusual.
Jeff Lynne’s Beatles collaboration yielded two hit singles – and partial work on a third song, “Now and Then,” which is apparently slated for release soon.
Issued 35 years ago today, ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ ranks with ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ and ‘Diary of a Madman’ when discussing Ozzy Osbourne’s top solo records.
Neil Young memorably tipped his hat to Bob Dylan two decades ago on ‘Greendale,’ but only after years of staying far away from his work.