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James Brown and the Making of 'Get On Up'

"I was sitting right there," says Mick Jagger, pointing at a row of seats in the famous first balcony at New York's Apollo Theater. He is remembering how, as a...

AC/DC Shrug Off a Death and Rock On - Rolling S...

There is a full moon out here tonight, and it belongs to Angus Young, the twenty-one-year-old guitarist for Australian jock-rockers AC/DC. While his older brother and rhythm guitarist Malcolm, bassist...

Is Jack White the Last True Rock Star?

The garage rock singer-guitarist virtuoso’s solo LP, Lazaretto, is impressive, as is his live show. Is the former White Stripes front man the last of a dying breed? Is Jack...

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, “American Girl”

A couple winters ago, in the midst of this soul-crushing economy you may have heard mention of, freelance writing just wasn’t covering the caviar bill. So I bit the bullet...

The True Life Confessions of Fleetwood Mac in 1977

After ten years and a particularly lean time just before the group's 1975 smash, Fleetwood Mac, broke loose, everybody loves this quiet little British-American band that could. Fleetwood Mac's music...

Bruce Springsteen on 'Anomaly' of New Album 'Hi...

Tom Morello was driving around Los Angeles in late 2012 when "High Hopes" – one of the most obscure songs in Bruce Springsteen’s vast catalog, originally released on a forgotten...