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The RBP Flashback: The MC5 Record "Kick Out The Jams" 40 Years Ago

Posted Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:34pm PDT
It’s exactly four decades since Detroit’s incendiary Motor City Five recorded the frenzied call-to-arms that was their live debut album. This was how Mike Jahn reported its release in the New York Times. -- Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, More »
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Aaron Neville

Cry Me A River: The 100 Most Heartbreaking Songs Of All Time, Pt 1

Posted Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:06pm PDT
I'm not the only one who ever felt this sad/bad/abandoned. Over the following weeks, Rock's Backpages offers up a ton of sobworthy classics from all walks of pop. Country, soul, AOR, dance. More »
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BURT BACHARACH

What The World Needs Now: The Brilliance Of Burt Bacharach

Posted Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:35pm PDT
With a new live album from the Sydney Opera House, Rock's Backpages celebrates the pop genius of octogenarian Burt Bacharach with an excerpt from Bill DeMain's 1997 piece for Switch. More »
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bettywright

Git Down, Brutha! The Rock's Backpages 50 Funkiest Tracks Ever, Pt 5

Posted Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:34pm PDT
Five years ago, the Rock's Backpages posse knocked their fevered crania together and came up with the 50 greatest tracks ever laid down in the name of Da Fonk. Layz'n'gennermen, get on the good foot for our towering Top 10, from Wacko Jackson to, uh, More »
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levistubbs

Reach Out And He Was There: Levi Stubbs, Jr.

Posted Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:35pm PDT
Billy Bragg wrote a whole song about Levi Stubbs' tears: such was the emotive power of the Four Tops' lead singer, who has died aged 72. We remember him with a 1970 interview from Britain's Beat Instrumental. ... More »
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The Marble Index

Lost In A Wilderness Of Pain: 40 Years Of Nico's Marble Index

Posted Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:51am PDT
Christa Päffgen, who died 20 years ago, would have been 70 next week. We recall the forbidding German chanteuse – better known as Velvet Underground plus-one Nico – in this riveted revisiting of her 1968 masterpiece The Marble Index. The album's More »
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Kraftwerk

Git Down, Brutha! The Rock's Backpages 50 Funkiest Tracks Ever, Pt 4

Posted Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:26pm PDT
Five years ago, the Rock's Backpages posse knocked their fevered crania together and came up with the 50 greatest tracks ever laid down in the name of F.U.N.K. All hail the next ten, from Kraftwerk to Led Zeppelin via Bootsy and Kool & the Gang. More »
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james brown

Git Down, Brutha! The Rock's Backpages 50 Funkiest Tracks Ever, Pt 3.

Posted Thu Oct 9, 2008 5:25pm PDT
Five years ago, the Rock's Backpages posse knocked their fevered crania together and came up with the 50 greatest tracks ever laid down in the name of F.U.N.K. Here come the next ten, from K.C. More »
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JACKSONbrownyellow

Say A Prayer For The Pretender: Jackson Browne

Posted Mon Oct 6, 2008 5:09pm PDT
Jackson Browne, the singer-songwriter's singer-songwriter, turns 60 on October 8th – a birthday marked by the release of the fittingly-titled Time The Conqueror. Late in '76 Jackson was at the peak of his acclaim, with the bestselling masterpiece T More »
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