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Today we celebrate the birthday of the late but still great R&B singer, LaVern Baker, who was born on this date in 1929 and left us on May 10, 1997. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve put together a list of...

50 years ago this month, The Hollies released an album which – at least in title – was intended to remind listeners that just because they’d issued an LP earlier in the year that was all covers, it didn’t mean...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Stooges’ self-titled album, one of those rare LPs about which you can truly say that it changed rock ‘n’ roll, in that it served to pave the way for the punk rock...

We’re not sure if listening to Rhino’s latest vinyl reissues will feel like being touched for the very first time, but if there’s anyone whose back catalog could inspire such a sensation after you’ve spun it on your turntable, it’s...

10 years ago this week, the Scottish band Biffy Clyro released their fifth album, an LP which became a top-5 hit in the UK and the biggest success of the band’s career up that point. That said, they’d only find...

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of this or any generation: Joni Mitchell. To commemorate the occasion, we’ve compiled a list of five songs that you may or may not have been aware feature Ms...

It’s Wednesday, so it must be time to take another dip into the Rhino catalog and trot out a new quartet of cover songs that you may or may not have heard before. Let’s get started, shall we? • Cliff...

There’s been a lot of buzz around Martin Scorsese’s new Netflix film, The Irishman, but most of it thus far has been about the actors participating in the film, which is not in any way unreasonable. That said, it’s time...

Today we celebrate the birthday of the late, great country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons, known for his work with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, of course, but also for his short but highly influential solo career. It’s the latter...