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Odds of Led Zeppelin reunion may be better than you think

February 20, 2013 | Goldmine Staff | 0

Led Zeppelin promo photo courtesy Led Zeppelin.com

Denny Somach discusses the lingering controversy over the band’s adaptations of blues songs, the scoop on a reissue project and the likelihood of a reunion. ►

Drummer, keyboardist bridge gap between two historic bands

February 18, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan and Ron Wood reflect on life within Small Faces and Faces: two distinct British bands from two different eras with one shared rock and roll history. ►

McCarty and The Yardbirds are still rockin’ the roost

February 17, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Yardbirds alumni Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page have influenced many artists. But it is drummer Jim McCarty who influenced an entire musical genre. ►

Before there was hip-hop, there was LeRoy Carr

February 15, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

This forefather of the urban blues movement racked up a lot of records, but that didn’t stop his life from turning out like a blues song: tragic and over too soon. ►

Go back to the roots of the seminal folk LP ‘The Circle Game’

February 14, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 1

Then-unknowns James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne came together for Tom Rush’s 1968 folk LP ‘The Circle Game’ ►

Alan Parsons announces rare U.S. tour dates

February 13, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Legendary producer, engineer, songwriter and musician Alan Parsons will perform on the Alan Parsons Live Project tour at several U.S. venues before a European tour. ►

Ten women who influenced rock ‘n’ roll more than you know

February 13, 2013 | Goldmine Staff | 0

List influential women in rock, and you see the same names: Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Janis Joplin. And while they all are worthy artists, there are plenty more who broke new ground, but seldom get the credit they deserve. ►

Limited-edition Beatles prints channel ‘Yellow Submarine’ art

February 11, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

John, Paul, George and Ringo are together again in a limited-edition, screen-printed collection based on the animation art from The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.” ►

Who really was the last of the red-hot blues mamas?

February 11, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

Sure, Sophie Tucker tried to parlay a song title into a nickname, but if you ask most blues fans, Mother Of The Blues Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey wins the title. ►

Discover why it’s good to be Slash

February 8, 2013 | Susan Sliwicki | 0

One of modern rock’s most recognizable guitarists strikes out in a new direction with a new project, a new album and a new songwriting partner in Myles Kennedy. ►