Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images On April 11, 2026, Jack White performed a last-minute set at Coachella. His performance became one of the most ta... read more
Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on "Beat It" as a favor to Quincy Jones, who produced the album.
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Starting with her debut album, Little Earthquakes, the preacher's kid gone wild established her reputation as a '90s alt-rock icon with confrontational tracks about religious intolerance and female empowerment.
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Into the vaults for Bruce Pollock's 1984 conversation with the esteemed bluesman. Hooker talks about transforming a Tony Bennett classic and why you don't have to be sad and lonely to write the blues.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
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Does he have beef with Gaga? Is he Sean Lennon's godfather? See if you can tell fact from fiction in the Elton John edition.
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This is one of most heartfelt, genuine and moving songs that I have heard. I used to get emotionally overwhelmed listening to the anguish and angst expressed by Brett when describing how unfair life seems and how he questions God to explain to him how some people have it so bad while others so good. It is spot on when it talks about how the so-called spiritual healers take advantage, how wars leave deep emotional scars on a soldier, how difficult it becomes to cope with the pain of losing someone you care about. Ultimately, it shakes your inner core and makes you wonder why is there so much misery, poverty, and pain in life. Why is it that only a mile away there are people who can afford to drink from the golden cup while others literally h...