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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Bob Seger's Still Making Night Moves
posted: November 23, 2011
The Bob Seger catalog is the rock & roll equivalent of your skeletal system”you probably take it for granted to the point that you seldom think about it, but where would you be without it?…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Graham Parker & The Rumour's Complicated Reunion
posted: November 16, 2011
In these nostalgia-mad, reunion-hungry times, it seems like pretty much every band of the last forty years that could or would has already reunited, either for a one-off event, a tour or a full-fledged second…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Sifting Through The Paul Simon Story
posted: November 9, 2011
There was a lot of action in the Paul Simon world in 2011. In and of itself, that statement might not automatically signify much, since Simon’s album releases tend to be few and far between,…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Geddy Lee Revs Up Rush's 'Time Machine'
posted: November 2, 2011
It was thirty years ago that Moving Pictures bumped Rush up from successful journeymen with a respectable following to full-fledged rock stars. While its predecessor (Permanent Waves) was the Canadian power trio’s first commercial breakthrough…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Joe Henry's Rumbling, Rattling 'Reverie'
posted: October 26, 2011
Joe Henry has been exploring the relationship between songs and their aural atmosphere for a quarter of a century. His early albums cloaked his carefully crafted compositions in a variety of artful atmospheres provided by…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Chris Barron – The Spin Doctor Is In
posted: October 19, 2011
1991 was a strange year in the mainstream rock & roll world. The hair-metal sounds that had dominated radio and MTV since the late ˜80s were on their way out, but the grunge revolution had…
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