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This Japanese Sax Polymath Might Be a Postmodern Bach
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100 Best Country Albums of All Time
Spread the love Country music, with its rich history and diverse styles, has produced countless masterpieces over the decades ...
How Alison Krauss Found the Song That Rekindled Her Distinctive Band
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The 100 Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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An Interview With Whitechapel on Their ‘Sequel’
Hymns in Dissonance simply put, is a malevolent masterpiece. The album, Whitechapel’s ninth, was released on March 7, and the ...
The 25 most overrated albums ranked, from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper to Nirvana’s In Utero
Sometimes critical hysteria hits, and records are hoisted into positions of historic importance. The Independent’s music team ...
How Saba Connected With His Dream Producer No ID for ‘The Private Collection’
Saba details how he and legendary producer No ID connected for what's arguably going to be the rap album of the year with The ...
Billboard’s Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century Chart, Nos. 100-21
Women artists etched some of the most vaunted records ever on Billboard’s charts over the first quarter of the 21st century, ...
10 albums artists swore never to make again
Artists almost have the necessity to put their all into their work, but once these albums were completed, bands would have rather never gone back to it again.
Zombie Love Kensington Paradise (Deluxe)
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Jesse Colin Young, Who Sang Youngbloods’ 1960s Anthem ‘Get Together’ Before Going Solo, Dies at 83
Jesse Colin Young, who enjoyed a long solo career after breaking out as the singer of the Youngbloods' 'Get Together' in the ...