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Laraaji has traveled far down a well-worn path.
Rosalía's LUX is an intriguing collision of commercialism and academic obscurity.
The guitar virtuoso talked to me about film school, the creative process, and the state of instrumental guitar music.
These guys won't be around much longer.
Bennington defends Thurston Moore (a friend) from two-year-old negative reviews.
The Wall Street Journal continues its slide.
Chubby Checker, born Ernest Evans in 1941, is still performing, still on the road at 83.
U2's Achtung Baby and the origins of their red-letter song "One."
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley argues that the sensitive singer didn't possess the traits required for breakout stars of the 1990s.
Growing up with Feels So Good on vinyl.
A lifetime of fandom that by no means ends with Osbourne's death.
Another day of life at a retail music store.
The lyrics of their later work lurch between Mother-Goose level nursery rhymes and half-baked spiritual hooey.
I watch upon your scorpion who crawls across your circus floor.
Blondes galore, hardcore honky-tonk, the Western intellectual canon as a whole: this year's traditionalists sound fresh and eccentric as well as old-time.
You might blame Fleetwood Mac or the Black Eyed Peas. I blame the Beatles and Bob Dylan.
An extraordinarily accomplished country debut.
Labeling Irish rap group Kneecap as “terrorists” is ludicrous and insults history.
A scholar and a gentlewoman.
A 2024 NUVO interview with musician Pat Monahan vs. a 2009 Running the Voodoo Down interview with musician Bruce “Loose” Calderwood.
The second side of 1971's Jack Johnson, with an unforgettable bassline by Michael Henderson.
The late singer performs with a full band at The Stone Pony in New Jersey in this recording from May 16, 2019.
The magician explains why Dylan is misunderstood by so many people.
A very early performance by the band at the famous New York City no wave club on March 13, 1976.
The Blondie singer talks about punk fashion, Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, and drugs in this new interview.
New single from the upcoming solo album Play Me, out March 13 on Matador.
The band play "Sugar Magnolia," "Throwin' Stones," "Touch of Grey," and many more in this show from the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.
The legendary producer talks to Ezra Klein about working with Bowie, Cage, Talking Heads, U2, and many more in this recent interview.
Newly discovered recording of the band performing at the Warfield Theater promoting Heaven or Las Vegas on March 13, 1991.