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Your Blind Date with Beethoven
Janet Jackson lifts Satie. Elvis sings Martini. The Stones raided the Renaissance. And let’s not even get started with the Beatles, who regularly tapped the classical music well.
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“Breaking It Down” Podcast: Where Is the Love?
Our latest episode of the Breaking It Down podcast looks at artists and bands that fall somewhere between "guilty pleasure" and "absolute legend," revered by fans but not the masses.
It Still Stacks Up: 1968 Made Stax Records
Attention should be paid to great singers/groups, largely forgotten today but worth rediscovering like Linda Lyndell, Jimmy Hughes, and Lindell Hill.
Night Grooves: Top 10 Songs of Bob Seger
There are songs he wrote overnight and those that took a year to finish. Bob Seger is second only to Bruce Springsteen in chronicling American life …. and these 10 songs are a perfect catalog.
A Living Link to Link Wray
Six decades later, Link Wray’s “Rumble” feels both like rock n' roll and punk. Our interview with veteran musician Jon Paris sheds light on this guitarist who inspired Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Johnny Winter, and the Stray Cats.