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The guitarist’s blues club was damaged during Chicago’s recent protests against police brutality. But he says the movement “might help us achieve more than we have”
Inspiration in a taxi cab, a favor from ‘Lost Boys’ director Joel Schumacher and other factors that played into the success of the band’s 1987 smash
With the release of “Stars,” a new song featuring Dr. Cornel West and Béla Fleck, the bass legend reflects on the power of music, what James Brown taught him, and more
With subtle production and lines about looking back on life, the ballad is a beautiful send off from one of America’s greatest songwriters
Legendary sidemen Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, and Russ Kunkel unveil their latest collaboration with a Zoom-filmed video
A highlight from a great new U.K. band’s debut
As TikTok’s user-base has ballooned, the cost of promoting music on the app has skyrocketed
“You have to look at the song itself,” Inner Circle bassist-songwriter Ian Lewis says. “What is the song saying? How is it being misconstrued?”
On their new LP, Far Enough, the Melbourne trio infuses furious punk with socially conscious lyrics
The keyboardist has spent the last four years gigging with Guns N’ Roses, but it’s just the first part of her quest to become ‘the female Trent Reznor’
