Perhaps the most beloved person in America: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html To me, the empathy of this song says a lot about Dolly Parton as a human being:
The Hollies, who other than the Rolling Stones are the longest-running British rock band that never broke up, have reached the end of the road. Guitarist Tony Hicks, 80, announced…
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona When Michael Stipe first sang “Exhuming McCarthy” with R.E.M. in 1987, the title alluded to the early ‘50s right-wing, commie-hunting, fear-mongering U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy.…
Donald Trump has always had a capacious caboose, but as El Somnambulo points out in today's Open Thread, these days something else is going on back there. Even a diaper-covered…
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One of the longest-running feuds in rock history was put to bed last Wednesday, for one night at least, when guitarist Ritchie Blackmore joined the current iteration of Deep Purple…
Rod Stewart, now 81, has canceled the remaining dates on his farewell tour after a heart operation to insert a stent in a cardiac artery. His announcement said the shows…
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