Music
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40 Years of Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
Sir Elton John is often recognized by fans and critics more for his long string of classic singles than for his albums. It is true...
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Kate Bush to perform live for first time in 35 years
The legendary British musical icon, Kate Bush, is never predictable, but nobody could have imagined the news that hit this morning and sent shock waves...
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Flashback: Top 25 Modern Rock hits this week 20 Years Ago
As the ‘80s faded into the ‘90s, many so-called ‘Children of MTV’ and fans of punk, post-punk and new wave bands turned away from the...
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Twelve Outstanding Albums to start 2014
2013 was a terrific year for music — there were dozens of outstanding releases, 30 of which we compiled in a list of last year’s...
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Classic album revisited: Depeche Mode “Violator”
Twenty-four years ago this week, on March 19, 1990, British synth-pop titans Depeche Mode released the most successful and acclaimed album of their career: Violator....
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George Michael releases tepid new live album “Symphonica”
George Michael hasn’t released a new studio album in a decade, and it seems fans yearning for one will need yet a little more patience....
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Cat Dail explains the collaborative magic behind “The Wonder”
The latest CD by NYC-based Indie-rockers Cat Dail & The Magnets, The Wonder, most definitely lives up to its name. Dail is a veteran of...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week in 1990
This week 24 years ago the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart was an eclectic mix of rock, pop and R&B. The...
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Rah-Rah for Rye Rye
''My show is really high-energy, a lot of dancing -- Baltimore club dancing,'' Rye Rye says. Anyone who's seen the Charm City rapper perform knows...
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Classic album revisited: Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” turns 25
Twenty-five years ago this March, after months of feverish anticipation, one of the most successful pop albums of the ‘80s hit stores with a whiff...
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Flashback: Cold War songs of the ’80s
With the escalating tensions between Russia and the US and Europe over the developing situation in Ukraine, thoughts of the Cold War surge back into...
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25 Great Albums from the new Millennium that you might not have heard (but you should!!)
There have been some outstanding albums released since the turn of the new millennium, and many have become at least reasonably successful. But, as in...
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Boy George coming to D.C. on upcoming tour
Boy George has announced Spring tour dates for the US and Canada on his website, which includes a stop in Washington, D.C. He will perform...
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Classic album revisited: Fine Young Cannibals “The Raw and The Cooked”
Twenty-five years ago this week, British trio Fine Young Cannibals released one of the biggest surprise hits of the decade. “The Raw & The Cooked,”...
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Sweetlife: A Music + Food Festival Announces 2014 Lineup
The musical line-up for the Fifth Annual Sweetlife: A Music + Food Festival has just been announced, and it’s impressive. The event will take...
