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As Flag Day gives way to July 4 festivities, it's the finest time of the year to hoist a flag, ignite some shoddily manufactured fireworks (imported, of course) and sit at your computer while streaming a whole bunch of music that sings the praises of our great land. Happy birthday America.
More at NPR, 06/25/2009In a new book for the Prince’s Trust, celebrities including Kevin Spacey, Tony Blair, and Al Pacino reveal the songs that have most inspired them -- with surprising results
The most important financial question facing Michael Jackson's estate, and the music business, following his death last week likely will be one of the toughest to answer...
The breaking of the sound barrier is not just an audible phenomenon. As a new picture from the U.S. military shows, Mach 1 can be quite visual.
It was the late 1970s when a drummer named Topper Headon joined The Clash. There followed five years of non-stop playing, partying and drug-taking until Clash leader Joe Strummer was forced to sack him him in 1982. Here, a reflective Headon retells his story.
A few of rock's finest, including the man who designed the prototype, explain why the Les Paul is unlike any other guitar in their collection.
A woman who inherited some Chinese carved jade from her father has scored the first $1 million appraisal from experts on PBS's hit series "Antiques Roadshow."
What is a zombieconomy? And how does Michael Jackson factor in to it? We'll tell you one thing, you'll never look at today's economic landscape and the "Thriller" video the same again.
This year New York joined more than 300 cities around the world in celebrating Make Music, a global sonic bacchanal that takes place each year on the summer solstice.
Here's your chance to watch Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform "A Day in the Life" live together for the first time ever at London's Hard Rock Calling this past weekend.
Recent studies have found that coffee -- the second most studied substance after cigarettes -- may protect against dementia, stroke and skin cancer. Drink up.
The argument has been made that the best rock music hails from a different era. If that's true, what does that mean for rock journalism? Have the best stories already been written?
These siblings of soul legends may forever live in the shadows of their brother's and sister's fame, but their talents are equally as impressive.
Delmark Records founder Bob Koester's lifelong love affair with music started as a teenage collector of 78s in Wichita, KS. Today, Delmark Records is the oldest continually operating independent jazz and blues label in the United States.
At 62 years old, the two-piece swimsuit reigns supreme as the queen of summertime beachwear. Here's a look back at how the tiny swimsuit conquered America.
The founder of 1960s band the Seeds died last Thursday in Austin, Texas. The Seeds' garage-band sound was popular with the flower-power generation.
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