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Today we celebrate the birthday of noted sax man David Sanborn, whose back catalog as a solo artist stretches all the way back to the ‘70s, but to celebrate his birthday, we thought we’d take a deep dive into the...

You know a TV series is good if a big-time movie star like Amy Adams is agreeable to stepping away from the silver screen to do it, and based on the critical acclaim that’s been heaped upon Sharp Objects ,...

There's probably never been as ambitious a film score as Howard Shore's 10-hour epic for the "Lord of the Rings" series... the music is rich and complex, drawing on a vast range of styles and exotic instruments to evoke J.R.R....

43 years ago today, the Eagles’ four studio album flew into the #1 position on the Billboard 200, an achievement which they had never before achieved at that point in their career. Recorded partially at Mac Emmerman’s Criteria Studios in...

When something remains ongoing for an extended period of time, people often describe the situation by saying, “The flame still burns,” which is why we were planning to adapt it slightly in order to cleverly mention how today marks the...

Crosby, Stills & Nash scored their biggest record as a trio with 1977’s CSN, selling four million copies of the album, which bode well for the group, considering the changing landscape of popular music at that time, with disco on...

The legendary Stax guitarist and producer Steve Cropper joins Dennis and Rich to discuss the impact of Otis Redding and the creation of the classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” Tune in here .

40 years ago this month, Talking Heads released their sophomore album, an LP which found them teaming for the first time with a soon-to-be repeat collaborator: Brian Eno. Recorded at Compass Point in Nassau, MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD...

17 years ago today, a public protest in Itasca, Illinois resulted in the arrest of – among others – singer/songwriter Bonnie Raitt and drummer John Densmore, late of The Doors. The protest was a demonstration by members of the Rainforest...