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Beatles Get a Biopic. A Fab Four of Them, Actually.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes was given full rights to the band’s music and their life...
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How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later
The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years...
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Mojo Nixon, Who Mixed Roots and Punk Rock, Dies at 66
A self-described voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird,” he was known for satirical songs...
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Where Has Tracy Chapman Been? Her Grammys Triumph Has Fans Wondering
Her triumphant performance at the Grammy Awards left fans wondering what she has been doing since...
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Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs Gave America a Rare Gift: Harmony
Culture can too often drive us apart. At the Grammys on Sunday, two artists delivered something...
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Wayne Kramer, Guitarist With the Incendiary MC5, Is Dead at 75
He was half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the influential Detroit band’s live performances and...
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Adele Springsteen, Rock Star’s Mother, Is Dead at 98
Bruce Springsteen has long said that his mother was among his greatest influences and credited her...
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The Mother Who Gave Springsteen His Rock ’n’ Roll Spirit
Adele Springsteen bought her son, Bruce, his first electric guitar and encouraged him to get up...
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Melinda Wilson, 77, Who Helped Brian Wilson Through Mental Illness, Dies
“She was my savior,” Mr. Wilson, the Beach Boys visionary, said of his wife of 28...
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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and a MAGA Meltdown
The fulminations surrounding the world’s biggest pop icon — and girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis...
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Sinead O’Connor Died of Natural Causes, Coroner Says
The Irish singer-songwriter, known for her powerful, evocative voice, died at 56 at a residence in...
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Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48
He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career...
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David Soul, a Star of the Hit Cop Show ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ Dies at 80
An actor and singer, he rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of the...
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Simpleton? Genius? Who was Tom Smothers?
He was close with John Lennon, and had a sophisticated understanding of wine, politics and literature....
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Opinion | ‘Fairytale of New York’ Isn’t Like Any Other Christmas Song
It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what anyone says, the life in you is worthy...
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The Musicians We Lost in 2023
A playlist honoring David Crosby, Wayne Shorter, Sinead O’Connor, Jimmy Buffett and other musicians who died...
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Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year
The magazine chose the pop star over finalists that included the Hollywood strikers, Barbie and King...
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Brenda Lee, a Queen of Christmas and So Much More
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has been a holiday staple for 65 years. But Lee, who...