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Oct. 28, 2020

Mr. Bungle and the Case of the Bizarre Reunion

?Guitarist Trey Spruance explains how the long-dormant experimental rock band returned with a stated mission to play none of its best-known music, but rather to celebrate the band’s earliest chapter… Read More

Sep. 29, 2020

Confessions of the Metal God

?Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford goes deeper on some of the stories featured in his new memoir, Confess, including his spontaneous coming-out, the overtures he made to rejoin his band, and which Priest… Read More

Sep. 25, 2020

Patty Smyth Revises Her Interpretation of Tom Waits’ “Downtown Train”

?33 years after releasing her version of the track (and two years before Rod Stewart's hit cover), Smyth discusses why she revisited the song, shares some fond train memories, and how the music business… Read More

Aug. 28, 2020

Author Ken McNab Sheds Light on the Beatles’ Tumultuous Final Year

?The Scottish journalist discusses his book And In the End: The Last Days of the Beatles, which carefully reconstructs the events of 1969 and the series of gradual cause-and-effect relationships that… Read More

Aug. 20, 2020

No Joy’s Beautifully Bizarre ‘Motherhood’ Gleefully Celebrates Going off the Rails

As her band departs from its earlier shoegaze sound, leader Jasamine White-Gluz shares some of the new album's unexpected influences, why it was time for the band to change course, and how the recording… Read More

Aug. 14, 2020

Rumer Revitalizes the Hugh Prestwood Songbook on ‘Nashville Tears’

?The English musician discusses her interpretations of 15 songs by the Texas-born songwriter, whose work has been tackled by Judy Collins, Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Jimmy Buffett, and Alison Krauss. Read More

Jul. 31, 2020

Charley Crockett Talks ‘Welcome to Hard Times,’ the Album No One Else Would Make

?Following a brush with death, the Texas-born musician goes big with an album that aims to join the cinematic country records of the '60s. Read More

Jul. 23, 2020

Creed Bratton Wants to Heal You

?The healing power of music has been at the forefront of musician and actor Creed Bratton's mind. On his new album, Slightly Altered, he delivers a new set of originals along with a fresh take on a song… Read More

Jul. 17, 2020

How the Bacon Brothers Hit Their Stride by Learning to Write for Themselves

Actor Kevin Bacon and his composer brother Michael have been releasing albums since 1997. The duo spoke with AllMusic about the sound of Philadelphia, happy accidents, and how their day jobs relate to… Read More

Jul. 10, 2020

Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club Shares Tales From His (Mostly) Upbeat Memoir

?From strange encounters with Lou Reed and Patti Smith to touring with the Ramones in 1977 to finding the love of his life in bandmate Tina Weymouth, Frantz packs a lot into Remain in Love. He also… Read More