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Fifteen Musical New Year's Resolutions for 2010

Hey, there's only one week left the year! Must mean its time to...  read more

The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed

Today’s list begins a series that will recur every Friday for the next few weeks, in which I’ll highlight my favorite lesser-known Beatles tracks. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote and recorded such consistently amazing songs that, even if you ignore all their #1 hits and everything on their famous Red and Blue best-of compilations (which I’ll be doing for these more obscure Beatles lists), there are still dozens and dozens of amazing songs, some of which you might’ve missed along the way—even if The Beatles are the biggest, most influential band in rock history. As you...  read more

In Memory of Buck Owens

"I’d like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time." —Buck Owens I never met Buck Owens, but when I heard that he had died this past weekend, I dusted off his legendary Carnegie Hall Concert album and dropped it on the turntable. That black-vinyl disc turned back time 40 years. Once again I could hear Buck's unique sound and instantly identifiable voice. No doubt he wrote top-notch...  read more