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New ‘Laurel Canyon’ doc will make boomers swoon over the scene all over again

May 31, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

One of the most sacred musical places in the baby boomer bible sits just above Los Angeles' Sunset Strip in the once-ramshackle Laurel Canyon neighborhood. The era's own Garden of...

Richard Penniman, known as Little Richard, left, appears at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel with Carl Gardner of The Coasters in New York City on Jan. 20, 1988. Little Richard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the evening's ceremonies.

11 videos that prove Little Richard rocked harder than anyone, ever

May 10, 2020 at 9:31 a.m.

Little Richard upended American culture starting in the mid-1950s with a set of scorched-earth performances on record, in concert, in film and on television. The high-pompadoured pianist, born Richard Penniman,...

Drummer Tony Allen performs on September 22, 2018, at Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, Italy.

Tony Allen, famed Afrobeat drummer for Fela Kuti, dies in Paris

May 1, 2020 at 7:44 a.m.

Tony Allen, who drummed his way out of Lagos, Nigeria, with Fela Kuti to become an architect of the Afro-beat sound, has died. Allen's work on percussion starting in the...

Bob Dylan performs on stage during Hop Farm Festival at Hop Farm Family Park on June 30, 2012 in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.

Listen: Bob Dylan shares another new song, ‘I Contain Multitudes’

April 17, 2020 at 5:40 a.m.

Bob Dylan is on a roll. After the surprise release last month of the 17-minute song "A Murder Most Foul," the 78-year-old singer-songwriter has dropped "I Contain Multitudes." The creeping...

The lost art of deep listening: Choose an album. Lose the phone. Close your eyes.

March 23, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

What's your favorite album? When was the last time you listened -- actually listened -- to it from start to finish? With intention, like you were watching a movie or...

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performing at at the Chicago Theatre Dec. 16, 2019 in Chicago.

Self-quarantined? Here are 7 ways to experience live music without ever leaving your couch

March 14, 2020 at 7:45 a.m.

In September, the experimental rock duo 100 gecs premiered a new track to a gathered posse of avatars inside the video game Minecraft. Part of an event called the Mine...

Steve Sheldon, el dueño de RainbRecords en Canoga Park, dentro de la sala de pruebas de sonido de los discos. La compañía de 80 años está cerrando.

El boom de los discos LP en peligro tras incendio en el Inland Empire

February 18, 2020 at 5:18 p.m.

Una mañana de la semana pasada, justo después de las 8 a.m., mientras Sarabjeet Ubbu comenzaba el día detrás del mostrador de su tienda de alimentos en Banning, California, notó...

How a fire in the Inland Empire could spell doom for the worldwide vinyl LP boom

February 16, 2020 at 9:20 a.m.

On Feb. 6, just after 8 a.m., as Sarabjeet Ubbu was starting the day behind the counter of his 7 Star Food Store in Banning, Calif., he noticed black smoke...

Frank Ocean attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York.

Report: Coachella 2020 headliners include Frank Ocean, Travis Scott and Rage Against the Machine

December 21, 2019 at 8:39 a.m.

Those with generous parents can add a last-minute item to their wish list: a spring weekend outside Palm Springs with singer Frank Ocean. On Friday, news broke that Ocean will...

Electronic producer Amon Tobin’s very productive and wildly surprising year

December 5, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

Call them hard and soft companion pieces. Two sides of a coin. Yin and yang. When listened to back-to-back, with attention and at full volume, the two full-length albums that...

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