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I totally get it if you're one of those people who can't stand Christmas music. Even people who don't mind it are sick of it by this date. I therefore…

In his heyday, Prince was often compared to Michael Jackson, but while both could sing and dance like nobody else, Prince also wrote his own songs, produced his own albums…

The Tubes were -- actually, still are -- a comic theater-rock troupe that formed in San Francisco in the early '70s. They never sold all that many records, but their…

Today's song is in honor of former White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, who yesterday filed to run for Congress in a deep-red Texas district. Dr. Jackson, who also served…

It was 50 years ago today that the Peace 'n' Love era ended with the free concert at Altamont Speedway outside Oakland, infamous for the stabbing death of a young…

Weed-culture icon Willie Nelson told a TV interviewer the other day that he's given up smoking marijuana because his 86-year-old lungs won't take it anymore. So in tribute to America's…

Martin Scorsese's new film "The Irishman" has sent the book it's based on, Delaware prosecutor-turned-author Charlie Brandt's Frank Sheeran confessional "I Heard You Paint Houses," to the top of the…

And one you'll never get corporate-humping journalists to ask corporate-humping Democrats: Why are proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders called "unrealistic" when the favorite centrist candidate, punch-drunk Joe Biden,…

Pete Townshend of the Who sat for a fascinating interview in yesterday's New York Times magazine in which he looks back on his career, the history of rock and what…

How weird was America in 1969? This weird: Welsh singer Tom Jones not only had a TV show, "This Is Tom Jones," he invited all manner of counter-culture artists on…

Hiss Golden Messenger -- singer-songwriter M.C. Taylor, guitarist Scott Hirsch and lots of guest musicians who change from album to album -- have been turning out beautifully crafted Southern folk-rock…

Ray Davies released this song on an eponymous 2005 EP. As is his custom, the bright, shiny melody covers some pretty dark lyrical territory. "It's all over, the American way,"…