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Why We're Still Watching That Video of Aretha Franklin at the Kennedy Center

By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the viral video of the Queen of Soul singing for the Obamas and songwriter Carole King at the Kennedy Center...

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Elvis Costello's Hardcover Rock: Why Music Memoirs Matter

THIS Christmas, booksellers are featuring several memoirs by rock musicians in their product queues. The authors are not all household...

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U2's Age Against the Machine

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST Many of today’s top touring artists, including Taylor Swift, One Direction, the Rolling Stones,...

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Joys of Moogfest: Geeks, Hippies and Nile Rodgers

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST First, let me set the tone: Imagine you’re walking around in downtown Portland, Oregon....

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Rock Hall of Famers Honor Gregg Allman

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ROLLING STONE Rock and Roll Hall of Famers joined current and former members of the Allman Brothers Band for a...

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Little Richard Confesses to Cee Lo About Heart Attack

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR ROLLING STONE Last night in Atlanta, Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy...

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Paul Weller: Apollo Landing

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST THE Apollo Theatre’s place in music history dates from 1914, when the building opened as a...

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Stephen King and John Mellencamp Make Terrifying Music Together

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Southern Gothic once referred exclusively to scribes and literature from the land of...

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Paul McCartney's Ballet: Ocean's Kingdom

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE ECONOMIST PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the...