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10 Essential Keyboard Tracks to Celebrate National Piano Month

September is National Piano Month. As you’re probably well aware, musicians have been tickling the ivories for centuries now, and popular music as we know it wouldn’t be the same without the instrument....  read more

The Roots, Lou Reed, Jim James, Many More Contribute to New Booker T. Record

After the huge success Booker T. Jones had with his 2009 record Potato Hole, there were doubts as to whether or not he would continue recording. In his acclaimed career, Jones has only released three solo albums, with gaps of 19 and 28 years between each. But apparently his collaborations with the Drive-By Truckers and Neil Young on that last record went well enough that he opted to take another prolonged recording break. Jones has just announced plans to release The Road From Memphis—an album that features another all-star cast....  read more

Booker T.: Potato Hole

Everybody has heard Booker T. & the MGs’ loping, twisting...  read more

Rancid preps first album in six years, Booker T. guests

Green Day isn't the only Bay Area punk outfit to make a big announcement this week. After six years of hibernation, Tim Armstrong (no relation to Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, of course), Lars Frederiksen and what have to be some of the quickest fingers in the world on a bass fretboard, Matt Freeman, are returning with a new album on June 2, Let the Dominoes Fall. ...  read more