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Howlin’ Wolf ~’Howlin’ Wolf’ Album Review

A scintillating album, one of the greatest blues records ever made.

More than twenty years have passed since the untimely death of Warren Zevon of cancer at the age of 56. We celebrate his genius.

Sparkle Moore was on the music scene briefly, but anyone who saw her or heard her perform never forgot her.

It was January of 1967 when the Beatles conducted a 34-hour marathon that resulted in one of the most influential songs in rock history.

Etta James accomplished so much more than her early goal of becoming “a raunchy blues singer”.

Emmylou Harris’s 2011 album Hard Bargain reflects deeply on the passage of time.