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Todd Rundgren talks about Burt Bacharach's influence as he joins the 'What the World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook ...

AC/DC were among the biggest rock outfits of the 1970s, but Angus Young greatly resented the rise of punk rock bands like The ...

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Making one of their rare appearances, the post-rock Slate Trio's clever and original music left their audience wanting more.

H.E.R. directs a documentary full of all-star conversations framed around archival footage of an artist who remains an ...

Sheryl Bailey, the nationally revered jazz guitarist, plays a series of shimmering ascending and descending chords to open ...

Lizz Wright’s exquisite singing breaks all boundaries between soul, gospel and jazz. In so doing she channels many interwoven strands of the African-American experience. Wright thrives on singing to ...

The Rolling Stones might be one of the greatest rock bands still going, but Keith Richards knew that things could get a bit boring after a while.

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