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You know Michael Nesmith, of course, from his work as one of the members of The Monkees, but there’s so much more to this man than a wool hat, a flair for comedy, and a gift for songwriting, and you’ll...

Glorious, gifted, groovy…it’s the one & only letter ‘G’! ABOUT DR. RHINO A young Dr. Rhino first encountered the magic of song whilst being born in the front seat of a Lincoln Continental. As the attending physician recalls, the tune...

Today marks the Billboard Hot 100 debut of the most successful US single of Howard Jones’s career. Written by Jones and co-produced by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham, “No One Is To Blame” was originally released on Jones’s second studio...

32 years ago today, Grand Ole Opry Live! – a half-hour version of the weekly concert at the venerable country music venue – made its debut on The Nashville Network The original Grand Ole Opry concerts first kicked off on...

45 years ago today, Stephen Stills released the self-titled debut album by his short-lived band Manassas. Manassas came into existence in the wake of Stills touring behind his second album, STEPHEN STILLS 2, which made it into the top 10...

47 years ago today, Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green announced in New Musical Express that he was leaving the band. Although Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer may have had a slightly unwieldly name when they first started...

51 years ago today, Buffalo Springfield performed their first show in front of a proper audience. It was at the famed Hollywood club The Troubadour, and the players involved – just in case you don’t know them by name –...

"Make It A Double" is a bi-monthly column where we'll be spotlighting studio records by artists whose muses could simply not be contained on two sides of vinyl. For a band given to epic songs and grand gestures, it’s a...

Postponed a month to allow guitarist Johnny Marr to recover from a car accident, The Smiths' 1986 Artists Against Apartheid performance at London's Brixton Academy offered a solid summation of their career to date. Including two encores, the 15 songs...