A good sound system makes a difference for any movie, but especially for one about music.
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Singer Eric Clapton has revealed that he will not perform at venues that require proof of vaccination.
Black church music has been around for centuries, but gospel only became codified as a genre about a century ago, as this jubilant film reveal…
Jazz giants (Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Coleman Hawkins) gathered for a group portrait in 1958. Jean Bach’s…
It’s impossible to encapsulate a life in a couple of hours but the genius of this Liz Garbus biodoc about Nina Simone is that it doesn’t prete…
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Shot in 1972, when Aretha Franklin was at the height of her powers, the film was not released for decades because of litigation and production…
Even if you’re not nuts about the music of Joan Baez, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and others (I’m not), the film is worth watching for it…
Jonathan Demme’s work seems simple: a concert film so narrowly focused that we rarely even see the audience. But Demme and Talking Heads struc…
Their names were unknown outside the music biz, but the backup singers here — mostly Black, mostly female — demonstrate plenty of star quality…
Stacker chose 15 major festivals with announced 2021 dates to curate a slideshow for music lovers who have been missing the sounds of live music.
These songs all have the end goal being something you’d want to crank up on a road trip to the lake or beach or maybe just an afternoon spent …
Now’s the time to vax that thang up. That’s the message coming from rappers Juvenile, Mannie Fresh and Mia X, who have released an updated ver…
These songs all have the end goal being something you’d want to crank up on a road trip to the lake or beach or maybe just an afternoon spent …
Every playlist should include some TLC, right? So, we will, with this R&B smash hit from “CrazySexyCool.”.
Vocalist Blake Hazard sounds conflicted in this softly romantic offering from Los Angeles indie-rock act the Submarines’ second full-length al…
This was the song that really got the ball rolling for Billie Eilish — after she and brother Finneas O’Connell uploaded the song to the intern…
Let Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys get the ball rolling on a tender note, as you soak up one of the most gorgeous pop ballads ever recorded.
As legend has it, Otis Redding began penning this memorable chart topper while staying on a houseboat in Sausalito, California, during the fab…
The song is written about the Rockaway Beach in Queens, not the one in San Mateo County. But Bay Area fans won’t hold that against the mighty …
Debbie Harry and her fellow New Wave titans in Blondie hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for their third time with this reggae-pop number, wh…
Sure, this Guns N’ Roses classic might not scream “summer fun,” especially once Axl Rose starts talking about the (brrrr!) “cold November Rain…
R.E.M. is at the height of its substantial powers on this devastatingly beautiful remembrance of youthful days gone by, using the act of “nigh…
Quad-City Times photographers were there to document the many rock concerts held on the Mississippi riverfront or at the Scott County fairgrou…
Silver Lining Album's release date is June 29, and all proceeds go to the Artist Relief Project.
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