10 best farewell songs from huge artists
While no artist can claim to know exactly when they will take their final bows, these songs were the best way these acts ...
Shel Talmy, Early Producer for the Who and Kinks and a Pioneer of the Brit Beat Sound, Dies at 87
Sheldon “Shel” Talmy, the American-born producer behind classic ‘60s songs by the Who, the Kinks, the Easybeats and even a ...
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The Story and Meaning Behind “All the Young Dudes,” the Mott the Hoople Song That David Bowie Wrote To Keep the Band Together
David Bowie helped put the glam rock movement on the map in the 1970s. He obviously did this via his own music. In addition, he wrote one of the era's defining hits, "All the Young Dudes," which was ...
The horrifically low chart positions of some of the UK’s favourite songs
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is one of the UK’s most beloved albums of all time, with millions of copies sold in this country ...
Taylor Swift is ‘up there’ with the Beatles and Bob Dylan, says Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield
The author reads from his brand new book, “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music” at local ...
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47 of the best albums in history that weren't nominated for album of the year at the Grammys
As Richards noted for The Washington Post, Madonna deserved to take home the Grammys' top prize for her ... "Let's Dance" by ...
11 Popular Songs You Didn’t Realize Are Actually Racist
Unfortunately, not all sentiments expressed in songs deserve to live forever. Systemic racism has been known to work itself ...
Is the Labyrinth remake poster starring Tom Hiddleston as David Bowie’s Goblin King Jareth real?
FANS of the iconic 80s movie Labyrinth went into meltdown when a remake poster appeared online. The advert for the “new movie ...
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Talking Taylor: Rolling Stone writer comes to Westerly with his new book about Swift
Rob Sheffield, a longtime journalist at Rolling Stone, has been a fan of Taylor Swift’s for a long time — back to the eras ...
Pet Shop Boys on what they really think about their fellow pop stars after their MTV awards success
They won one of the biggest awards of Manchester's MTV EMAs on Sunday. But Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have some very choice words to say about today's music royalty ...
Did Taylor Swift reinvent pop music? This author makes the case
Rob Sheffield's new book, ‘Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,’ looks at Taylor Swift's impact on the music industry.
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It’s been 40 years since Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ album touched us for the very first time
“Like a Virgin” was Madonna’s first #1 single and the album would soon follow by topping the album charts in February 1985.