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Gerry Marsden, lead singer and main songwriter for Merseybeat pioneers Gerry and the Pacemakers, died yesterday of a heart infection at age 78. Before Beatlemania became a worldwide phenomenon, Marsden…

So I'm minding my own business the other night, reading online while my wife watched TV, when the speakers swelled with someone singing what sounded like a gospel song. I…

With luck, the cancellation of the Mummers Parade this year should forestall yet another blackface incident, but let's face it -- mummery's roots are intertwined with minstrelsy's, and not everybody…

I'm not a big fan of year-end lists, but everybody else seems to like them. Yossarian was right: If everybody else feels that way, then I'd certainly be a damned…

I imagine lots of people will ignore the risks to hold New Year's Eve parties, though I doubt they'll be as big or raucous as usual. But no matter how…

The deadly year of 2020 claimed yet another notable musician on Christmas Day when influential bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice died, age 69, at his North Carolina home -- according to…

However you felt about them at the time, the new documentary "The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" on HBO takes viewers on a roller-coaster ride tracking…

20. 19.   18. 17. Yves Tumor: Gospel For A New Century.  Click 'n watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9QCsH3OQM&has_verified=1 16.   15. 14. 13.  Sheer mastery. With a suitably goth video to match.…