Readers’ Top 10 for 2012: The Beatles, Toto’s Steve Lukather, Bob Dylan, Rush, The Monkees, Donald Fagen
In 2012, readers flocked to a boisterous discussion on those times when the Beatles didn't exactly impress.
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In 2012, readers flocked to a boisterous discussion on those times when the Beatles didn't exactly impress.
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We've each already had our say, individually.
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The Dinosaurs of Rock roamed the Earth again in 2012, racing up the charts past bands half their age and chewing through expectations.
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The Beatles rumbled through our October reader's poll, placing in four different spots, but the month's leader in the clubhouse was Donald Fagen — as the Steely Dan leader issued a long-awaited solo album.
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In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Read MoreBob Dylan, both with and without his legendary collaborators the Band, roared to the top of Something Else!
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Like many of his contemporaries, Neil Young will forever be associated with the 1960s.
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Legendary New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen performed in Dublin on Tuesday night for the first time since his controversial show at last weekend's Hard Rock Calling Festival was unceremoniously ended when the council cut the power during a rip roaring Beatles duet with Paul McCartney.
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The day before Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney had the plug pulled on them at London's Hyde Park, E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren called into Rolling Stone to give an update on the tour. " [Bruce] isn't constrained by curfew fines or set times and lengths," Lofgren said.
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It was, in any case, one of the greatest gigs I have ever witnessed.
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It was, in any case, one of the greatest gigs I have ever witnessed.
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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip … through our record collections.
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Marooned with only a handful of musical choices, which would you make?
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Taking stock last night, as the sun dove below the trees on the year's longest day, it occurred to me that 2012 has already provided a harvest of good-rocking blessings.
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Bruce Springsteen's two-night stand at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena – and Bob's rambling, inconsistent thoughts on it – coincided with a busy point in my life.
Read MoreOn two occasions, he pulled youngsters up on stage.
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A scalding, feedback-laden take on the traditional track "Oh Susannah."
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Paramount Theater, Oakland, Ca March 20, 1999.
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Last night Sab and I and several thousand other people saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Palace of Auburn Hills, in suburban Detroit.
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As fans dig deeper into the newly announced track listing for Neil Young's long-awaited reunion project with Crazy Horse, a theme of familiarity certainly emerges.
Read MoreIf only for stamina alone, Bruce Springsteen is a phenomenon.
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Bruce Springsteen has just notched his tenth U.S. No. 1 album — knocking off the previously unstoppable juggernaut that is Adele, no less — on the Billboard charts.
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Jonathan Demme's new documentary focusing on Neil Young is set to debut at theaters beginning June 29.
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Nearly three decades ago, Bruce Springsteen wrote with sadness about a man showing his young son a hometown ravaged by outside economic forces, a town the family was about to leave.
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A new reunion with Crazy Horse had us going to back to Neil Young's most recent collaboration with the band, an early 2000s concept album that arrived long after we thought the idea was dead.
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A fine new release from Ben that evinces quite nicely the maturation process.
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I was 17 the year Tunnel of Love was released; Bruce Springsteen was 38 and intent on ruminating, on taking stock, on running down a list of decisions and regrets, looking backward and around himself, because he was unable to see the way forward.
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Neil Young, in a Sunday talk at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, revealed that he has been recording with Crazy Horse again, according to Neil Young News. One album is complete, according to the report, and another is in the works.
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We made a series of lists, checked them twice, then published our best-ofs.
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This year's rock and pop list is a heady mix of the old (Paul Simon, Lindsey Buckingham) and the new (the Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie).
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Nils Lofgren has worn many hats during his 40-plus years in the music business.
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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 Dec. 6, 2011.
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Eddie Van Halen is once again about to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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Rolling Stone has gone to a new set of eyes to update its 100 Greatest Guitarists List that was first published eight years ago.
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There's an argument I like to use when 'defending' music.
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In a small rehearsal on the fringes of North Hollywood, a band is working hard.
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Nils Lofgren, the longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has emerged with a fiery, emotionally frank solo release – his first in six years.
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Despite 27 years as a member of the E Street Band, guitarist Nils Lofgren has no more idea than anyone when the legendary group might tour or record again.
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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 Oct. 31, 2011.
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I'd like to say that Dave Lifton entered into an ill-advised marriage with a young actress, while I grew my hair into a midlife-crisis ponytail and recorded an album of bare-bones dark folk.
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