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’70s
The Roots of Prog-Metal: 1969-1977
Progressive metal first emerged in the late ’80s, a whirlwind of ambitious themes, sprawling concepts,…
Off the Wall: Great Quincy Jones Productions from the ’70s and ’80s
With a career that spans more than 60 years, Quincy Jones has one of music’s…
Last Night a Disco Compilation Saved My Life: A Chat with Bill Brewster
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Sylvester’s Mighty Realness
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Studs, Synths, and Liberation: A Brief History of SF Disco
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Revolution, With Bongos: The Indie Disco Explosion
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Echoes: Foreigner, “Juke Box Hero”
Two Brits and an American met in New York City in 1976. Nope, it’s not…
The Foreigner Strut: Mick Jones and Lou Gramm’s Sweet Science of Swagger
There’s something uniquely satisfying and majestically meta about a hard rock classic whose core subject…
David Bowie’s Rockin’ Ronson Years
A guitar hero in the term’s truest sense, British axeman Mick Ronson distinguished himself with…