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Some of the world's biggest music stars reveal the records that changed their life

Wed, May 15 2013 8:22am - Source: The Independent - Music

"I never understood guitar music until 'Girls & Boys' by Blur – and that led into a love for Oasis – though I did not get bands at all when I was growing up (my first record was Glenn Miller's Greatest Hits). I was into electro music, so I was cool at one point. And that was the point. And then my sister bought me Adam & the Ants' 'Prince Charming' but I have never listened to it. I could not understand it. It all changed with Oasis."

The world's biggest music stars reveal the records that changed their life

Tue, May 14 2013 5:21pm - Source: The Independent - Music

"I never understood guitar music until 'Girls & Boys' by Blur – and that led into a love for Oasis – though I did not get bands at all when I was growing up (my first record was Glenn Miller's Greatest Hits). I was into electro music, so I was cool at one point. And that was the point. And then my sister bought me Adam & the Ants' 'Prince Charming' but I have never listened to it. I could not understand it. It all changed with Oasis."

Olympians: The TVD First Date

Mon, April 29 2013 3:12pm - Source: The Vinyl District

"When I was 12 years old I bought my first 7 inch record; Blutonic by The Bluetones. Prior to this I had a shitty transistor radio which only picked up long wave radio before upgrading to a double tape and radio. I had owned a few tapes (most notably a Classic Rock collection I begged my dad to buy with his ESSO tokens featuring my then favourite, "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty) and some copied albums from school friends. The only ones I remember were Nevermind by Nirvana and Definitely Maybe by Oasis, both of which were listened to till they snapped."

Music & Movie Moments: Part 4

Fri, February 22 2013 8:10pm - Source: Spinner

George, the keyboardist in the wedding singer's band, is a Boy George lookalike who only knows -- and really only cares to know -- one song.

Hidden treasures: Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush

Fri, February 15 2013 10:18am - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Back in April 1974, I picked up my brother's copy of New Musical Express (as it was then known) for my weekly dose of rock'n'roll polemic and happened across an interview with Sir John Betjeman.

Like, Omigod! Digging Through the ’80s Pop Culture Box, Part 1

Wed, February 13 2013 2:12pm - Source: Pop Dose

Welcome to OMG! , our brand-new roundtable series, where a gathering of your favorite Popdose writers (and, um, Jack Feerick) come together to spout ill-considered opinions about our pop-music heritage!

Lulu: Music That Rocked 2012

Thu, January 17 2013 9:28pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

When I was a teenager browsing the aisles of record stores, I never would have imagined the day that millions of songs would be available to us at the push of a button, at any time and at any place.

You Could Get Lost Out Here

Wed, November 07 2012 9:04pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

"WITH THE New Pornographers, I've never really been trying that hard to make a big statement about anything," says Carl Newman.

Shorties (The Feminism of Tori Amos, Junot Diaz Talks Science Fiction, and more)

Thu, October 04 2012 2:01pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

Wired: You were recently featured in The New Yorker's first-ever science fiction issue.

Update: Carl Newman

Thu, August 23 2012 2:55pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Talking about his current upstate New York country life in an interview with us last year, New Pornographers leader Carl Newman wondered, "All I really wanted to do was make maple syrup and be left alone. Now I'm there. Where to next?"

Danny Elfman, Elliott Smith: Between The Bars And Beyond: The Lasting Impact Of The 'Good Will Hunting' Soundtrack

Fri, August 10 2012 10:45am - Source: Prefix Magazine

Stereo IQ breaks down the pairing of Elliott Smith and Danny Elfman and their roles making music for the Academy Award-winning film.

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 47

Wed, May 30 2012 12:14pm - Source: Pop Dose

Certainly you've noticed by now that we have good weeks and bad weeks here on Digging for Gold.

Bonnie Raitt Captivates in Chicago

Sun, May 20 2012 7:53pm - Source: Rolling Stone

"I should go away more often," Bonnie Raitt told the hooting-and-hollering crowd at the Chicago Theater on Saturday evening before unspooling a multi-song encore highlighted by the heart-wrenching 1991 ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt, of course, was referring to the two years she had spent away from the road – a break that ended earlier this month when she kicked off an 80-plus-show tour in Oklahoma.

WATCH: Bonnie Raitt Covers Classic Rock Fave In New Video

Mon, April 09 2012 7:10pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Bonnie Raitt's first music video in fourteen years has a decidedly retro feel.

Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream (2012)

Fri, April 06 2012 11:42am - Source: Something Else!

Bonnie Raitt uses her first album in seven years to move fluidly between expected slide-guitar swagger and these deeply intriguing asides featuring impressionistic asides from Bill Frisell.

Bonnie Raitt Gets Skanking “Right Down the Line” on New Single

Fri, January 27 2012 7:22pm - Source: Cover Me

"Right Down the Line" is one of those radio hits from the '70s that if someone hummed a few bars you would recognize it instantly, but might not know the artist or song title.

Quick quips: Madonna, Coachella, Bruce Springsteen, Sinead O'Connor, Leonard Cohen, Gerry Rafferty, Charlie Collins

Mon, January 16 2012 7:46am - Source: Music-News.com

Veteran artists picked up or were the subject of a couple of movie awards over the weekend.

Bob Holness dies aged 83

Fri, January 06 2012 5:57pm - Source: NME

The Blockbusters presenter had been living in a nursing home, following a long period of ill health after a series of strokes.

One Track Mind: Greg Lake on “Lucky Man,” “Court of the Crimson King,” “Touch and Go,” others

Thu, January 05 2012 2:14pm - Source: Something Else!

On this special edition of Something Else!

Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You: The Hits Collection (1998)

Thu, January 05 2012 12:14pm - Source: Something Else!

Having a hit single the first time around is either a blessing or a curse.

Bonnie Raitt Readies First Album in Seven Years

Tue, January 03 2012 5:55pm - Source: Rolling Stone

In April, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt will release Slipstream , her first album in seven years, with major tour dates to follow.

Gone in threes: 2011

Fri, December 30 2011 9:37pm - Source: Am, Then FM

Alan Sues ("Laugh-In"), Charlie Callas (rubber-faced comic), Kenneth Mars ("The Producers").

Review of the year 2011: pop music

Wed, December 21 2011 7:39pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

As for the electric guitar, well, it has been said before and I'll say it again: rock is dead or dying, even if nobody with skinny jeans and a Stratocaster is quite ready to roll over and give up the ghost.

Arts review of 2011 - Rock: Girls stole the show – even the annoying ones

Sun, December 18 2011 12:28am - Source: The Independent - Music

Primark-soul shouter Adele swept all before her, the album 21 outselling everything in sight and the single "Someone Like You" becoming Britain's official sad song for all occasions, until throat problems forced her to cancel her UK tour and even order coffees with a talking iPhone app.

Thank You for the Music!

Thu, November 24 2011 4:39pm - Source: Pop Dose

Thanksgiving is a time for reflecting on all the things we're thankful for, be it large or small.

New Music Monday: Something Else! takes a sneak peek at the week’s new releases

Mon, November 07 2011 12:41pm - Source: Something Else!

Here's a run down — with a few of our thoughts — on some notable music projects, both new and reissue, slated for release for the week of Nov. 7, 2011.

Musicians add their support to term extension

Mon, September 12 2011 1:54pm - Source: Music Week

"Fantastic news and it means that a lot of musicians like myself will benefit financially from the extra twenty years. But I must just say that, as songwriter and published author where rights last for much longer, this is only fair."

Martin Lewis: Is That All There Is? A Fond Farewell to Jerry Leiber

Tue, August 23 2011 12:19am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

The songs he and Mike Stoller wrote starting in 1950 gave voice to every teenager.

Duke Raoul - Young Starlings [EP]

Wed, July 13 2011 8:52am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Well, they are Duke Raoul , presumably named after the Hunter S. Thompson drug munching character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and other works.

Farewell to music legend Rafferty

Fri, January 21 2011 2:12pm - Source: The Sun - London - UK

HUNDREDS of mourners gathered to pay their last respects to singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty at his funeral today.

Deserving Voices

Tue, January 11 2011 9:59pm - Source: The Hits Just Keep On Comin'

Can't remember where I read it exactly, but I saw a piece suggesting that while "Baker Street" was about leaving behind rock-star craziness ("he's got this dream about buying some land/he's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands"), its success threatened to make Rafferty into the very thing the protagonist of "Baker Street" didn't want to be.

“Baker Street” singer Gerry Rafferty dies, age 63

Sun, January 09 2011 12:48am - Source: MOG

Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, whose 1970s hits include "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You," has died at age 63, his agent said on Tuesday.

Andy Gill: In rock music's cruel lottery, living fast and dying young is for the lucky

Sat, January 08 2011 12:34am - Source: The Independent - Music

Unlike other, more normal jobs, the pop industry is built on incredible highs and unbearable lows.

Top 5: Brief and Incomplete

Fri, January 07 2011 7:29pm - Source: The Hits Just Keep On Comin'

Mark Twain famously wrote that "Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

Liam Gallagher: 'I've heard half of Noel's solo album' – Daily Gossip

Wed, January 05 2011 1:25pm - Source: NME

Welcome to the Daily Gossip : your daily stop-off to find out what the stars of the music world have been up to in the tabloids and beyond, with the help of plenty of "anonymous sources".

Win A Copy Of Jimi Henedrix:The Guitar Hero

Fri, December 17 2010 3:53pm - Source: Glasswerk National \ Thirst for Music

In many ways he wrote the book on the electric guitar, leaving behind an encyclopedia of sounds, riffs and styles that guitarists have been mimicking ever since.

Midnight Juggernauts Live

Wed, November 17 2010 12:55pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Melbourne's space cadets in residence, Midnight Juggernauts, have been steadily gaining a following in the UK with their peculiar brand of space-rock and electro, each trip to these shores gaining more dedicated Juggernaut disciples with very good reason.

Dw. Dunphy On… Traveling “City To City”

Fri, November 12 2010 11:43pm - Source: Pop Dose

Gerry Rafferty was said to be gravely ill after collapsing at home last week and being admitted to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

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