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40 years ago this month, Talking Heads released their sophomore album, an LP which found them teaming for the first time with a soon-to-be repeat collaborator: Brian Eno. Recorded at Compass Point in Nassau, MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD...

17 years ago today, a public protest in Itasca, Illinois resulted in the arrest of – among others – singer/songwriter Bonnie Raitt and drummer John Densmore, late of The Doors. The protest was a demonstration by members of the Rainforest...

When it comes to our recurring “Deep Dive” feature, wherein we take a look at albums which may have flown under the radar of some music fans, we hope you can appreciate that one person’s Deep Dive may well be...

While we continue to wait for scientists to crack the nut that is time travel, there’s still a way that we can be transported through the mists of time to the 1980s, and that’s through the power of music. You...

45 years ago this month, Jethro Tull released their sixth studio album, proving that it was possible to release two concept albums back to back and hit the top of the Billboard 200 with both. (We can assure you that...

Everybody’s had a case of the Mondays at some point or other, but in order to try and lift you out of the darkness and bring you into the light, we’re starting a new feature: “Heavy Metal Monday,” wherein we...

Today we celebrate the birthday of Jay Jay French, guitarist and founding member of Twisted Sister. To celebrate the occasion, we’ve put together a list of five things that you may not have known about Jay Jay, but we also...

Today we celebrate the birthday of Bernie Leadon, a multi-instrumentalist who’s worked with tons of talented folks but is ultimately best known as a former member of the Eagles. To commemorate this occasion, we’ve put together a list of five...

16 years ago today, the city of Philadelphia officially declared it to be Solomon Burke Day in the city. 2002 was a good year for Solomon Burke, who’d found considerable success in the 1950s and 1960s with singles like “Just...