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‘At the end, it’s all about hope’: Julian Lennon on his new album, working with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler

For Julian Lennon, the long-waited U.S. release of his album Everything Changes has given him a chance to talk about the project’s broader themes. Of course, all anybody wants to discuss is the Steven Tyler song. You May Also Like: Steven Tyler – We’re All Somebody From Somewhere (2016)

Forgotten series: Brownsville Station - Yeah! (1973)

Forgotten series: Brownsville Station – Yeah! (1973)

Formed in 1969 by Cub Koda, who later reaped the title as an honorable music historian, Brownsville Station issued a trio of albums prior to harvesting honey with this disc. You May Also Like: Spencer Davis Group – ‘Gluggo’ (1973): Forgotten Series

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Foghat’s only instrumental “495 Boogie” transformed by fan into “The World of Rock ‘n’ Roll”

Foghat fan Phil Dessinger has won a contest to add lyrics to “495 Boogie,” the classic rock band’s first-ever instrumental. The new track, steaming here, is called “The World of Rock n’ Roll.” You May Also Like: JUNO Fever (or Not): The Modern World Meets the Boogie Woogie Flu ExploringRead More

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‘I’ve got about 150 hours in’: New short film reveals massive tattoo for Van Halen’s David Lee Roth

You could be forgiven for wondering, after absorbing the idea of David Lee Roth as Japanese hitman in his weirdly transfixing new short film, whether that giant tattoo on the Van Halen frontman’s back is real. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘It made me invent a new way of playing’: How Django Reinhardt inspired Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi

The manager of the sheet-metal factory where Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi lost the tips of two fingers helped him regain his passion for the guitar — by playing an album from the gypsy jazzer Django Reinhardt. You May Also Like: Why Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Was Only in Jethro TullRead More

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‘Of course, it was a real shock’: Greg Lake on the iconic cover image of King Crimson’s debut album

Nearly 45 years later, the cover of King Crimson’s ground-breaking debut album is understood to be a genre-defining prog classic — and the personification of the project’s signature song, “21st Century Schizoid Man.” You May Also Like: Why King Crimson’s Biggest Hit LP Was ‘So Fully Formed, But Also SoRead More

Partial Journey Reunions With Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Steve Smith + Jonathan Cain: Gimme Five

Partial Journey Reunions With Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Steve Smith + Jonathan Cain: Gimme Five

Fans of Journey’s best-known lineups — Gregg Rolie’s free-form 1970s version, and Steve Perry’s arena-ballad 1980s edition — have little hope of seeing any meaningful reunion of these wildly divergent camps. After all, Rolie split back in 1980, and the similarly departed Perry hasn’t even put out a solo albumRead More

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‘I’m moved by time, and the weight of time’: Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant on what drives him

As Led Zeppelin recedes further into his rear-view mirror, Robert Plant continues to stay busy — collaborating with Allison Krauss, the Band of Joy and currently with the Spectacular Space Shifters. Still, he’s keenly aware of how much time has passed. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Roy Harper, Pink Floyd collaborator and Led Zeppelin inspiration, returns with first album in 13 years

Roy Harper, perhaps best known to American audiences for his mid-1970s collaboration with Pink Floyd and for inspiring a Led Zeppelin deep cut, returns with his first album since 2000. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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‘You ask and maybe they’ll say yes’: Bloody Beetroots’ song with Paul McCartney began with off-hand remark

An out-of-nowhere collaboration between the Beatles’ Paul McCartney and Bloody Beetroots, the masked Italian DJs, grew out of a shared producer — and a remix. You May Also Like: Paul McCartney Found Collaborative, First-Take Genius Again With ‘Electric Arguments’