For me this was always the consummate Byrds track, given as it is one of the earliest outriders, 1966, for their later more overt countr...

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Klaatu : Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft [ purchase ] In 1976, it seemed that Beatlereunionmania was rampant. Lorne Michae...

Dixie Dregs : Free Fall [ purchase ] One of my minor pleasures is when I get to write about a band that I like, but which has never b...

Purchase Rain is Falling , by ELO. I always thought ELO was a space age band. The strings and the crystalline keys bring to mind the s...

“Harry, I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be both wonderful and strange,” says Special Agen...

Falling You have heard of Michael, I hope. I mean, you must have, he, and this album, were in everyone's best of list for 2016, were...

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I hate singers who spend most of their songs whisper-singing. They either have a crap voice, haven’t figured out who they are or have ...

In 1991, when Axel Rose was asked about some of his favorite new bands, he said “The singer of Soundgarden has a beautiful voice.” I ...

No, this isn’t an article about Jerry Garcia (who died in 1995) or Bob Weir (still very much alive). As always, we find ourselves l...

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  We interrupt the In Memoriam theme for our third annual listing of the most viewed posts of the prior year. Through our (usually) two...

I actually chanced upon the music of the grizzled and younger member of the eponymous brothers band via his solo work, which may be the e...

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