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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: David Bowie Flirts With Fascism!

Posted Fri Feb 5, 2010 1:15pm PST
It was 35 years ago that David Bowie--having metamorphosed from Ziggy Stardust to the "plastic soul man" of Young Americans--gave an extraordinary phone interview to Anthony O'Grady. "The best thing that can happen," Bowie told the young Australian j More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Gil Scott-Heron

Posted Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:08pm PST
The return of the great rap-poet Gil-Scott Heron--not to mention his return from the hell of crack addiction--gives us the chance to revisit his august back pages. Rolling Stone's Sheila Weller talked to him just after he'd signed to Clive Davis' Ari More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Simon & Garfunkel Cross A Bridge Over Troubled Water

Posted Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:28pm PST
40 years ago, at the start of a brave new pop decade, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel released one of the defining albums of the '70s. Bud Scoppa tells the story of Bridge Over Troubled Water. More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Remembering Kate McGarrigle

Posted Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:38am PST
It is with much sadness that we mark the passing of the great Kate McGarrigle, half of a remarkable folk duo with her sister Anna, and mother of Martha and Rufus Wainwright. This NME review of the pair's sublime 1975 debut album reminds us of how son More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Journey As A Way Of Life

Posted Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:29pm PST
With Journey's immortal AOR anthem "Don't Stop Believin'" ensconced in the UK singles chart--and with the Glee cast's version due to follow in its wake this weekend--why not let Yahoo's very own Dave DiMartino take you back to 1981 as he hangs and ch More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Teddy Pendergrass, Sex Symbol Of '79

Posted Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:26pm PST
Teddy Pendergrass had a tougher life than most sex symbols: an auto accident in 1982 paralyzed the "Love TKO" man from the waist down. Blues and Soul's David Nathan met and profiled Teddy at the height of his soul success. More »
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Nick Cave's Right-Hand Man: Remembering Rowland S Howard

Posted Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:36pm PST
I knew Rowland Howard well in his days as the unhinged guitarist with Nick Cave's infamous band the Birthday Party. The news of his death from cancer has come as a great shock. Jenny Valentish interviewed Rowland for Australian Guitar in the spring o More »
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Good As He's Been To You: Bob Dylan's Best Albums

Posted Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:48am PST
In this highly engaging selection, Mick Gold nominates his favorite albums by rock's greatest singer-songwriter. More »
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willie

The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Remembering Willie Mitchell, 1928-2010

Posted Thu Jan 7, 2010 3:08pm PST
The death of Memphis legend Willie Mitchell robs us of one of soul's greatest producers: the man who patented the genius sound of Hi Records and masterminded a run of peerless hits ("Let's Stay Together," "I Can't Stand the Rain") by Al Green, Ann Pe More »
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Transvision Vamp: Lady Gaga

Posted Tue Jan 5, 2010 1:32pm PST
Simon Warner explains the biggest pop star of 2009. More »
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