Unaired Jon Brion Show Features Lost Elliott Smith Performance

By Mark Rozeman at 6:00 PM on January 17, 2013

Prepare yourself: The level of talent on display in the video below is nothing short of mind-blowing....  read more

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20 Great Chuck Berry Covers

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 10:06 AM on October 18, 2012

Today, the legendary Chuck Berry turns 86 years old.  read more

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The 15 Greatest Sets of Musical Siblings

By Ryan Bort at 9:11 AM on September 17, 2012

Some feuded, some got along splendidly, but they all used their brotherly or sisterly bonds to write and record some of our favorite music.  read more

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20 Songs for Sticking It to The Man

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 10:13 AM on July 3, 2012

Today is National Disobedience Day, and we celebrate anyone with the courage to stand up to unjust authority with some quality tunes.  read more

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Universal to Release The Kinks at the BBC Box Set

By Katie King at 2:47 PM on June 28, 2012

Universal has put together an immense box set of the Kinks’ BBC archives, featuring live recordings, BBC session and previously unreleased material....  read more

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From the Vault: Ray Davies, 1983

By Kristen Blanton at 6:00 PM on April 5, 2012

Recorded for an episode of Inside Tracks with Lisa Robinson, this interview focuses on the subjective side of Ray Davies' career.  read more

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20 Happy Songs About Sunshine

By Hilary Saunders at 6:23 PM on March 11, 2012

With Daylight Savings Time now springing us ahead and granting an extra bit of sunlight each day, we compiled a list of 20 happy songs about sunshine.   read more

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The Kinks Reissue Three More Albums

By Nathan Spicer at 2:30 PM on May 20, 2011

After March’s re-release of Kinks, Kinda Kinks and Kink Kontroversey, The Kinks have reissued three more albums: Face to Face, Something Else and Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)....  read more

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The 50 Best British Artists of All Time

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 2:13 PM on April 29, 2011

While all eyes are on the throne, we pay tribute to our 50 favorite British artists—a rock 'n roll royal family of sorts.  read more

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Catching Up with Ray Davies

By Holly George-Warren at 9:04 AM on April 22, 2011

Until recently, British Invasion songwriting icon Ray Davies, 66, had limited most of his musical collaborations to his longtime band the Kinks.  read more

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