22+ hour, 51+ min ago   (508+ words) Listen to the “Hungry Freaks, Daddy (1966 Mono Mix)” A standalone Dolby Atmos mix of the core album’s 15 tracks will also be available on all Atmos-supporting streaming services. Listen to “Who Are the Brain Police?” from the original album Related: Our…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (396+ words) Several hours after Frankie Valli’s Aug. 14 post, his brother backpedaled. “I apologize,” he wrote. “I was misinformed. I was under the impression my brother Frankie was retiring. Hoping for him to have a speedy recovery to continue his illustrious career....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (185+ words) It was R&B music that really drew him in though, and he was happy to take gigs with artists like the Coasters, on whose hit “Yakety Yak” you can hear his work. That’s also him in the early ’60s blasting…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (212+ words) Ritchie Blackmore performing “Smoke on the Water” with Deep Purple, on August 12, 2026. Ritchie Blackmore shared the stage with his former Deep Purple bandmates on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) for the first time since 1993. Not surprisingly, the legend joined the classic rockers on…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (236+ words) Rod Stewart nearly fainted while performing at this concert in Utah on June 19, 2026. He later had to cancel the remainder of his North American dates. “On the advice of his doctors, he will take the next four weeks to recuperate…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (553+ words) Jeff Beck joined Sharon Corr on stage in 2011. Stanley Clarke—“Hello Jeff” (1975)—In the wake of Blow By Blow’s success Beck struck up a friendship with the great jazz fusion bass player Stanley Clarke, a relationship that yielded an album’s…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (208+ words) Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers, a feature documentary that tells the origin story of Jimmy Buffett’s original Coral Reefer Band in the 1970s and early 1980s, will be released theatrically in major cities in early September. The opening is timed to…...

5+ day, 41+ min ago   (289+ words) Cover art for Before the Gold Rush: An American Country Rock Anthology 1966-1973. From the label’s announcement: The American country rock genre wouldn’t peak in commercial terms until the mid-1970s, when the likes of Linda Ronstadt and her former backing band,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (688+ words) Phil Lynott performing with Thin Lizzy in 1977. Thin Lizzy built their legacy one album at a time, blending twin-lead guitar harmonies with songs rooted in Dublin streets, Celtic tradition and rock ‘n’ roll swagger. Phil Lynott remained the creative force…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (395+ words) Best Classic Bands Editor Jeff Tamarkin has been a prolific music journalist for nearly five decades. He is formerly the editor of Goldmine, CMJ and Relix magazines, has written for dozens of other publications and has authored liner notes for…...