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Tom Waits is an American treasure. His first album Closing Time (1973) features folk-style piano ballads with smooth baritone vocals. The…

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John Lennon’s masterpiece about Eastern mysticism.

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How a throwaway song saved the career of a prominent ’80s band.

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There’s nothing like live music. Hearing a band you love among thousands of strangers is like discovering your extended family. You feel…

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Memories of Working at a Record Store in the ’80s

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On September 11, 2001, Berry Berenson-Perkins was heading home to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11. She was among the 92…

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Working at a Retail Record Store in the ’80s

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Jeff Buckley’s musical coming out party occurred on April 6, 1991 at the St. Ann Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn. He made his first public…

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Thom Yorke does not like celebrity culture. When Jack Black and Miley Cyrus expressed a desire to meet him, he spurned their requests.

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In 1984, I worked on a low-budget independent film in New Zealand called Shaker Run. I was a production assistant and traveled with the…

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