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‘It might take people to the wrong areas’: Geoff Downes on what happens when you search for ‘Asia XXX’

Whether it was intended or not, Asia did much to thwart internet piracy by naming its new album XXX. You May Also Like: John Wetton, Jonny Greenwood, Downes Braide Association + Others: Five for the Road Carl Palmer, of Asia and Emerson Lake & Palmer: Something Else! Interview How YesRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: Rolling Stones, “Doom and Gloom” [Benny Benassi remix] (2012)

Check out a new remix of the Rolling Stones’ “Doom and Gloom,” which has been glammed up by Benny Benassi. That’s the DJ/producer perhaps best remembered for a club hit from the summer of 2002 called “Satisfaction” You May Also Like: Rolling Stones – ‘GRRR Live!’ (2023) How the RollingRead More

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Dave Brubeck (1920-2012): An Appreciation

Dave Brubeck, convention-defying jazz pianist and author of the standards “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke,” among others, has died — just one day shy of his 92nd birthday. You May Also Like: Lyle Mays (1953-2020): An Appreciation Anthony Braxton – ‘Quartet (Standards) 2020’ (2021) Dave Stryker –Read More

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Toto co-founder Steve Lukather on his emotional new solo album: ‘I really dug deep’

‘Transition’ is Steve Lukather’s seventh solo project – and it may just be the Toto legend’s most personal yet.

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‘It was obviously something she needed’: Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham brushes off reunion talk with Christine McVie

Even as Fleetwood Mac announced a new tour for 2013, the question remained: What about Christine McVie? You May Also Like: How Lindsey Buckingham Balanced It All on the Underrated ‘Gift of Screws’ Lindsey Buckingham’s Live at the Bass Performance Hall Torqued Up Memories King Crimson, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp +Read More

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‘There was this funny little kerfuffle in the studio’: Jeff Lynne on his Wilbury relationship with Bob Dylan

Jeff Lynne, so meticulous in the studio that he’s now painstakingly rerecorded all of the Electric Light Orchestra’s best-known hits, wouldn’t seem to be a great fit with the famously low-fi Bob Dylan. You May Also Like: For ELO’s Jeff Lynne, Meeting George Harrison ‘Was Like a Dream Come True’Read More

Something Else! sneak peek: Spock’s Beard, Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep (2012)

Something Else! sneak peek: Spock’s Beard, Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep (2012)

Check out a seven-minute steam of song samples from Spock’s Beard’s new studio effort, Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep — their first with new vocalist Ted Leonard. You May Also Like: Neal Morse Did It All (Again) on ‘Songs from November’ Neal Morse on ‘The Great Adventure,’ Sequels and CruiseRead More

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‘The passion and the drama’: Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page pays tribute to fellow Kennedy Center honoree Buddy Guy

Led Zeppelin, appearing last night on David Letterman’s television program, paid tribute to fellow Kennedy Center honoree Buddy Guy — with Jimmy Page enthusing about Guy’s “out of this world” guitar style. You May Also Like: Why ‘Celebration Day’ Provided the Perfect Farewell for Led Zeppelin ‘A Hard Day’s Night’Read More

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‘I’m bigger than that’: King Crimson/ELP co-founder Greg Lake tries to shake off prog-rock label

After associations both with King Crimson and Emerson Lake and Palmer, it’s unlikely that Greg Lake will ever be identified as anything other than a prog-rock icon. Still, he’s trying to push out at the edges of that stereotype. You May Also Like: King Crimson, ‘In the Court of theRead More

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Jason Bonham Shares Real Reason Robert Plant Won’t Reunite as Led Zeppelin: ‘He’ll Probably Kill Me for Telling’

Jason Bonham says Robert Plant will “probably kill me for telling.”