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News
John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90
Mr. Mayall was best known for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted young lead guitarist after another, starting…
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Magazine
Can You Retire if You Never Had a Job? NOFX Will Try.
After 40 years, the punk band NOFX is walking away with a farewell tour that is nothing short of a…
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Arts
The Jesus Lizard, Underground Rock Heroes, Surface With a New Album
The band known for its raucous early ’90s records made with Steve Albini is returning with fresh music in September:…
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Arts
She Landed One of Music’s Great Gigs, but First Came Boot Camp
Classical musicians have limited options to play professionally, so some turn to the U.S. military. Those who emerge successfully from…
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World
In Kyiv, Blinken Adds Rock Notes to a ‘Free World’ Message
The secretary of state, a longtime guitarist, strummed along to a song chosen to underscore a central message of President…
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Arts
Steve Albini’s 10 Essential Recordings
The musician and audio engineer, who died on Tuesday at 61, gave artists including Nirvana and PJ Harvey an authentic…
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Arts
Is ‘The Idea of You’ Harry Styles Fan Fiction? The Answer Is Complicated
The filmmakers do more to align star and character than the novel did. But somehow that doesn’t make the movie…
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Arts
How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors
The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited…
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World
Piknik, a longtime Russian rock band, is now at the center of a tragedy.
Early Saturday, Piknik, one of Russia’s most popular heritage rock bands, published a message to its page on Vkontakte, one…
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News
Mars Williams, 68, Saxophonist Who Straddled New Wave and Jazz, Dies
He made his name in the 1980s with the Waitresses and the Psychedelic Furs, but his roots were in the…