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Inside the Birth of the Velvet Underground
Read an exclusive excerpt from a new biography, 'Lou Reed: A Life,' about how an unlikely group of musicians formed one of rock's most important bands
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Bette Midler Wraps 'Divine' Tour With Powerhouse Brooklyn Show
Legendary vocalist brings with bawdy jokes and big hits to Barclays Center
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Sting's Visceral, Emotional 'The Last Ship' Arrives on Broadway
Sting's music takes on new life in striking musical about a young man trying to escape the tough life of a shipbuilder
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Inside Sting's Big Broadway Adventure
Gordon Sumner's debut musical 'The Last Ship' dredges up his tough working-class upbringing
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Standing in the Breach
On a deeply felt folk-rock set, the great singer-songwriter keeps fighting for freedom and love
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Muscle Shoals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Thirteen tracks could never do justice to Muscle Shoals, the Alabama town whose studios and session musicians revolutionized R&B in the Sixties. But as a souvenir of the current documentary, in which Bono, Keith Richards and Alicia Keys pay tribute, this will do just fine. Soul treasures like Arthur Alexander's "You Better Move On" will […]
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The Last Ship
The Last Ship is Sting's first album of new material he wrote himself in a decade, and it continues his effort to find fresh ways to connect with his audience. It's a collection of songs for an original play about the destruction of the shipping industry in Newcastle, the English port city where he grew […]
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Still Within the Sound of My Voice
For well over four decades, Jimmy Webb's songs have helped shape the American musical landscape. And "landscape" is the operative term. A native of Oklahoma, Webb imbues his songs with a cinematic expansiveness and a musical sophistication that smooths the edges of his rootsy sources. They sometimes evoke specific places – "Wichita Lineman," "By the […]
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