2025), especially “Last Train to London;” — I’m a huge Jackson Browne fan; his “Running on Empty” (album 123, Oct. 18, 2023), which is one my Top 5 albums ever, and “The Pretender ...

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Nick Lowe knew what he was doing with the melody of “So It Goes”. This repetitive, stuck-in-your-head classic power pop track was inspired by Kurt Vonnegut and isn’t anything particularly ...

He’s pushy and profane; definitely no Willy Wonka. But Jim Fetzer – aka the Chocolate Nazi – is a one-man factory, churning ...

She joined several bands before creating The Pretenders with Pete Farndon (the name was taken from the R&B song “The Great Pretender ... with the albums Control and Janet Jackson’s ...

The R.E.M. frontman performed a cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" in a rare solo appearance at Carnegie Hall ...

But a number one single and album turned out to be only the beginning-for both Jackson and MTV. Featuring Jackson’s videos for “Billie Jean” and two weeks later for “Beat It” widened the ...

Jackson made a name for himself as a songwriter early in his career. He wrote or co-wrote many of his biggest career hits. However, his albums also featured outside songs and covers. Good Time ...

In 1992, while visiting Lhamo La-tso and Lhasa in Tibet, China with Buddhist author Robert Thurman, Laurie Anderson became seriously ill from altitude sickness. Anderson recalls being brought down ...