“I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection,” Elliott Smith told the Boston Herald in May 2000, one month after the release
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Four years on from the chart-busting, guest-filled Born In the Echoes, Virgin released The Chemical Brothers’ ninth free-flowing studio dust-up, No Geography. With a title
The 1930s jazz tune “Hey Lawdy Mama” had versions by Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jack McDuff, and many others. But then, much later, along came
As Patsy Cline’s most successful musical disciple and dear friend, no person was better suited to record a tribute to the late country legend than
The song “The Girl From Ipanema” sold nearly five million copies worldwide, helped introduce bossa nova to the world beyond Brazil, and made a star
It’s been too easy to be distracted by the visual drama surrounding Lady Gaga, but when “Just Dance” entered a handful of the international charts,
“The last five-and-a-half years with the Stones have been very exciting, and proved to be a most inspiring period,” read the press statement released by
Their second album and a stone-cold thriller, The Temptations Sing Smokey had a chemistry that could hardly fail. At the time of its release, on
Some hits arrive at the top of the charts like the last link in a chain reaction. “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” was written
As the five musicians, one of whom was accompanied by his wife, arrived at A&R Studios in New York City on Monday evening March 18,