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Black Sabbath brought the best out of Ronnie James Dio. Whatever high-level mystical mojo Dio had on his own (the lush operatic tenor, the “horns up” hand sign, simply being Ronnie James Dio, etc.) was amplified by the formidable crunch...

Welcome back to our weekly run-through of a quartet of cover songs from the Rhino catalog. This time around, we’ve got a collection of tunes which were originally recorded by The Smiths, Morrissey, LL Cool J, and Wreckless Eric, and...

50 years ago this month, The Modern Jazz Quartet released an album which offered fans of the group a rootin’, tootin’ good time...or at least implied as much with its title. Recorded in New York City during sessions in May...

20 years ago this week – if you’re the kind of person who needs to know the specifics, it was actually this past Saturday – The Rentals released their long-awaited sophomore album. Little did their fans know at the time...

It’s Tax Day, of course, which provides us with the opportunity to spotlight a Ry Cooder song which – while not formally released as a single – scored enough airplay through placement on promo compilations that we’re calling it a...

"Gary Stewart was a great man and a dear friend. He was truly the architect and guiding spirit of Rhino. He defined what it meant to be a catalog label… not only for Rhino, but for the entire music industry...

27 years ago today, Don Henley demonstrated his love for Henry David Thoreau by doing his part to save Walden Woods from destruction. After discovering that publisher-developer Mortimer Zuckerman was planning to take an 18.5-acre parcel of land and put...

You knew it was coming…or if you didn’t, then you haven’t been paying attention, because it’s not like we haven’t been telling you about it…but this Saturday it’s finally here: Record Store Day! Yes, once again, vinyl junkies around the...

You know David Byrne – he was the lead singer of Talking Heads and has since carved out a nice solo career for himself – and you also know Brian Eno, thanks to his work as a member of Roxy...