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Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Cereal Box Records Sound Horrible. They Still Look Incredible.
Decades ago, singles were printed on cereal boxes as cutout prizes. Now, a dedicated few are working to save these cardboard treasures from extinction.
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Yusuf Islam Wants to Explain Himself
As Cat Stevens, he helped define the singer-songwriter. After converting to Islam, he became a lightning rod. His new memoir explores it all.
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Bobby Hart, Who Helped Give the Monkees Their Music, Dies at 86
He and Tommy Boyce formed a hit songwriting duo of the 1960s, and were best known for the unexpectedly popular tunes of a made-for-TV boy band.
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What Happened to Cameron Crowe? He Has Answers.
The writer-director made hit after hit movie, until he didn’t. But he doesn’t let it get him down.
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In ‘Spinal Tap’ and Its Sequel, Rock Fact and Fiction Happily Blur
Initially drawing from real life, the director Rob Reiner and his cast found that actual bands experienced moments from their work.
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Ed Sheeran on ‘Play’ and Not Giving Up His Pop Throne
The superstar singer-songwriter sat down with Popcast to discuss overcoming personal and professional turmoil ahead of his new album, “Play.”
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Stephanie Burt on Taylor Swift and Her Favorite Books
She put aside a bunch of projects, including a book about Walt Whitman, to publish “Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift.”
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‘Saturday Church’ Puts House Music, Gospel, Sia and ‘Noisy Singers’ Together
“Saturday Church” taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith.
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Was There a Song of This Summer?
Ten tastemakers (and two staffers) weigh in on the season’s signature tracks.
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Life Can Be Brutal. Lucrecia Dalt’s Music Makes Its Own Reality.
The experimental Colombian composer looks inward on “A Danger to Ourselves,” a new album inspired by a new musical and personal partnership.
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Rick Davies, Singer and Co-Founder of Supertramp, Dies at 81
He wrote hits including “Goodbye Stranger” and “Bloody Well Right,” and his use of the Wurlitzer piano became one of Supertramp’s signature sounds.