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NYC-based, Boise-born singer, songwriter and cellist Erin Hall has released her latest single, “Lullaby of 55”. Photo: John Keon “Lullaby of 55” is a stirring musical meditation that honors love, life and loss. The track was…
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Brooklyn-based rock 'n' roll artist, Jake Winstrom released new single "Molotov." The release is the first single off of Winstrom's upcoming album Razzmatazz, out Aug. 2. "Molotov" is a one-take vocal duet between Winstrom and Bex…
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NYC’s The Thing is back, dropping two new singles, “Alive (The Sword)” and “Holy Water,” off their upcoming self-titled third album. Set to arrive in full on August 6, the band has been releasing the album in thematic A/B-side pairs…
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The Dreadnoughts’ "Polka Pit" is a riot of punk, polkas, and protest anthems for the end of the world. The Dreadnoughts are trying to start a revolution, and "Polka Pit" is the soundtrack. Polkas, tarantellas, sea shanties, and…
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No group may have shifted the direction of rock music more radically than The Band did at the close of the ‘60s. With their 1968 debut, Music from Big Pink, the Canadian-American quintet single-handedly put an end to the abstraction…
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John McLaughlin and his Mahavishnu Orchestra were, alongside Miles Davis, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, the mightiest of the Four Horsemen of Jazz Fusion. When he burst on the scene in 1971 with this band,…
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Trouser Press books, a New York-based publishing house specializing in music journalism and fiction, is publishing London Calling New York New York by English journalist Peter Silverton on March 12. The book tells the winding tale - or…
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On this day in 1981, The Grateful Dead closed out an East Coast tour with a memorable performance at the War Memorial in Syracuse. The band essentially lived in the Northeast for the first half of May in 1981, with shows scheduled almost…
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On Tuesday, May 16, 2000, Phish appeared on Late Show with David Letterman to perform "Heavy Things," the day Farmhouse was released. Design via PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish One of Phish's poppier tunes, "Heavy Things" was…
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On Friday, April 23, 1993, Phish headlined Colgate University's Spring Party Weekend at Cotterell Court in the Reid Athletic Center, the same room the Grateful Dead had played in 1977. The performance marked the band's second time…
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Music agent Dave Shapiro died on Thursday, May 22 in a tragic plane crash. Shapiro, a native of Delmar, near Albany, owned the plane that came crashing down into a neighborhood in San Diego. He brought "an excellence and positivity…
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Roy Ayers, the legendary vibraphonist, composer, and jazz-funk pioneer behind “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” has died at the age of 84. A statement shared by the singer’s family in a Facebook post announced his death that Wednesday…
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David Johansen, legendary lead singer of the New York Dolls, passed away peacefully on Friday at the age of 75 at his home in Staten Island. He died peacefully, surrounded by those who loved him. Johansen had been battling cancer since…
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