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Movies: Metallica, Through the Never (2013)

So, I’m just getting around to checking out the Metallica “movie” since it hit Netflix, and it’s a bit of an odd beast. You May Also Like: Metallica, “Hardwired” from Hardwired … to Self Destruct (2016): One Track Mind Metallica’s Remix of “Some Kind of Monster” Finally Fixed What’s WrongRead More

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Violette – Falling Strong (2014)

Violette fits into no easy category, no pre-set box. You May Also Like: Presley’s Beatles, “Can’t Help Falling In Love / Let It Be” (2020): One Track Mind Mark Wade, jazz bassist: Something Else! Interview Simon Hanes – ‘Tsons of Tsunami’ (2024)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "American Girl" (1976): Into the Great Wide Open

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “American Girl” (1976): Into the Great Wide Open

Decades later, this is still one of the absolute best songs Tom Petty ever wrote, and one of the best tracks that the Heartbreakers ever recorded.

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‘Guess what?’: A peek inside the sessions for a new solo album by Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour

The guitarist’s last studio project was 2006’s ‘On an Island.’

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‘I felt embarrassingly unaware of what he did’: The Band’s Robbie Robertson on meeting Bob Dylan

Dylan proceeded to pull out a series of songs that, truth be told, didn’t appeal to the future leader of the Band.

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‘My so-called fans!’: All-request shows have added new wrinkles for Richard Thompson

They’re requested Crowded House, and he’s complied. They’ve also requested Broadway show tunes.

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Shows I’ll Never Forget: Bootsy Collins, May 10, 2014

Bootsy Collins came to North Carolina’s LEAF Festival to spread his gospel of funk.

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‘Don’t just rely on what you’ve done’: Lynyrd Skynyrd eyes follow up to Last of a Dyin’ Breed

Drummer Rickey Medlocke’s history with the band goes back to an early-1970s stint.

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‘One of the hardest sessions’: Legendary Stax smash was no easy task for Steve Cropper

Here’s the story behind one of Cropper’s more brilliantly concise performances.

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Burn List – Burn List (2014)

Burn List represents Seattle’s edgier notion of jazz, and represents it well.