• 'Forrest Gump' Soundtrack To Be Reissued in Triple Vinyl Set For 20th Anniversary

    Rolling Stone reports that the classic soundtrack to the Academy Award-winning film Forrest Gump will be getting its own triple-LP reissue to mark the film's 20th anniversary. Among the artists included on the soundtrack are Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, The Doors, and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

  • 8 Artists Jack White Should Produce

    When news broke this week that Jack White was possibly interested in producing the next Libertines album, it made perfect sense, since The Libertines' garage rock sound is just the sort of thing that White is known for. Here are some other artists that we'd like to see Jack White produce.

  • 5 Albums Named After Lyrics By Other Bands

    One of my favorite types of album titles are those that are taken from the album's lyrics, but these five artists took a slightly different approach. Instead of naming their album after one of their own lyrics, they named their album after a lyric by another band entirely.

  • Bob Dylan Announces Fall Tour Dates Of North America [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Bob Dylan has just announced the next leg of his Never Ending Tour, which is set to kick off on Oct. 17 in Seattle and end on Dec. 2 in New York City. In eight cities on the North American tour (Seattle, Los Angeles, Oakland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Toronto, Philadelphia, New York City), Dylan will be performing brief residencies. You can check out the complete tour schedule below.

  • Bob Dylan To Release Complete 'Basement Tapes' Sessions In Six-Disc Box Set

    Bob Dylan and The Band's legendary The Basement Tapes is one of the most revered albums in rock history, a rough collection of basement-recorded originals, covers, and traditional songs that helped popularize Americana music. Though the original 1975 version of the album features 24 tracks, today it was announced that Dylan will be releasing the complete, 138-track sessions as a part of his Bootleg album series on Nov. 4

  • Steve Lowenthal Talks New Book 'Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey'

    "This is not rock 'n' roll. It's not pop music. It's not folk music; it's this sort of transcendental guitar music," Steve Lowenthal emphatically tells me over the phone. And, indeed, his new book, Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, details the style (and story) of perhaps this country's most influential "American primitive" guitarist.

  • My Morning Jacket's Jim James Sings Bob Dylan-Written 'Nothing To It,' Featuring Elvis Costello And Marcus Mumford [LISTEN]

    As reported back in March, an all-star group of musicians including Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James teamed up to record two dozen songs featuring previously unreleased Bob Dylan lyrics. Today, the album's full details have been released, including the release date, artwork, and tracklist, as well as the song "Nothing To It," which you can check out below.

  • 14 Album Covers With An Illustration Of The Artist

    Sure, a photograph of the artist is probably the simplest route to take when designing an album cover, but a painting or a drawing can sometimes proves to be far stranger. Here are 14 album covers with an illustration of the artist.

  • 8 Albums Named After Their Cover Songs

    When you put a cover song on an album of otherwise original music, it's typically the sort of thing that's tucked away somewhere deep into the tracklisting and not really highlighted. However, these artists felt that their cover songs were so important to the fabric of their albums that they made them the title tracks. Here are eight albums named after their cover songs.

  • 8 Duets We Don't Want To Hear

    With the upcoming releases of Smokey Robinson's duets album (Smokey & Friends) and a collaborative album between Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett (Cheek To Cheek), it seems like duets have become pretty popular recently. Though Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's voices seem like they would go well together, there are plenty of other artists who definitely shouldn't sing together. Here are some duets that we do not want to hear.

  • 6 Great Songs Originally Done In Different Styles

    Some chord progressions, lyrics, and melodies just lend themselves to a particular style of music, but sometimes an artist plays around with a few different styles before finding one that fits the song best. Here are six great songs that were originally done in different styles.

  • 8 Artists Who Should Make Dance Albums

    When country legend Dolly Parton announced today that she's planning on releasing an LGBT-friendly dance album, it got me thinking about what other artists I'd love to hear dance albums from. Here are eight artists who should release dance albums, too.
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