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By any measure, Cain’s Ballroom should be too small for Charley Crockett. But on a sweltering August night — when the Oklahoma heat and humidity gave the air conditioning system of Tulsa’s timeless honky-tonk a battle for the ages — Crockett didn’t get caught up with the size of the …

L os Angeles is not only an entertainment epicenter, but a place where different voices and styles converge, creating a unique symphony of creativity. It’s here where figures like Maria Zardoya, of The Marias, and Finneas, both Los Angeles residents and living examples of how this city can propel careers …

Not long ago, The Edge played Noel Gallagher songs from How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, a new collection of outtakes from U2‘s 2004 LP How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. “His comment was, ‘I want my money back,’” says The Edge. “‘I paid good money back in those days …

Ten years ago, in a move he quickly grew to regret, Art Garfunkel had an imaginary conversation with Paul Simon while speaking to a reporter for U.K. newspaper The Telegraph. They hadn’t played together in five years at this point, and his frustrations were boiling over. “How can you walk …

The Atlanta duo Earthgang released their latest album,Perfect Fantasy,on Oct. 29. A Tuesday. Ever since Beyoncé’s self-titled album surprise-dropped in 2013, the music industry had designated Friday as album-release day. Hence, the prevalence of Friday drops today. But Earthgang say they’re no longer interested in joining the bloated horde of …

About 70 years ago, Art Garfunkel formed his first musical duo when he noticed he blended voices nicely with an elementary school friend named Paul. He formed his second one several decades later when he discovered a similar chemistry with his eldest son, Art Garfunkel Jr. After years of performing …

Before he arrived at the Old Joliet Prison south of Chicago, now the Joliet Area Historical Museum, Erik Devereux made sure his ensemble was in appropriate Blues Brothers order. The basics weren’t a stretch: The 61-year-old teacher at the University of Illinois-Chicago already owns a black jacket and pants, a …

Phil Lesh is one of Mike Gordon’s biggest heroes. Gordon, the bassist for Phish, became aware of the Grateful Dead in high school and soon zoned in on Lesh. The two briefly met at a show in 1993, but it wasn’t until 1999 that they began a friendship that continued …

In 1991, record producer Johnny Sandlin stood in front of the Georgia Theatre in downtown Athens, Georgia. He was asked by an interviewer about rising Athens rock act Widespread Panic, with whom Sandlin was working on the band’s self-titled album. “There’s a trend of getting back to real music now, …

In the heat of their battle this summer, Drake sarcastically rapped, “Kendrick just opened his mouth, someone go hand him a Grammy right now” on the track “Family Matters.” Well, the Recording Academy decided to actually put Kendrick in the running for five Grammys for his magnum opus of a …