With debuts from major artists including Biggie and Outkast, to the apex of boom bap, the dominance of multi-producer albums, and the arrival of the South as an epicenter of hip-hop, 1994 was one of the most important years in the culture's history.
While he doesn't shy away from examining the depressing side of surviving the holiday season as an aging 20-, 30-, 40-something, Murphy does at least give a glimmer of hope to grab onto, transient and fleeting though it may be, as he refrains, "But I'm still coming home to you."...
How Rock and the Royals Jostled for Britain’s Cultural Identity During the Queen’s Lifetime From the Beatles to the Sex Pistols to the Smiths, disgust and fascination with the monarchy became a British rock tradition over the course of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. By Simon ReynoldsSeptember...
his wife and longtime collaborator, fueled further activity. "That led to finding a new, younger producer [Charlie Andrew] who was not tied to any of the old ways of thinking.
younger producer who was not tied to any of the old ways of thinking. In fact, he had no real idea about Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd’s career, me or my solo career or any of those things. A lot of elements from this are just starting from a fresh standpoint that I would describe as...
younger producer who was not tied to any of the old ways of thinking. In fact, he had no real idea about Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd’s career, me or my solo career or any of those things. A lot of elements from this are just starting from a fresh standpoint that I would describe as...
“It has run its course, we are done," Gilmour toldGuitar Playerin 2021. "I’m all for Roger doing whatever he wants to do and enjoying himself." The prior year, Waters toldRolling Stone, “No, [a reunion] wouldn’t be nice. It would be fucking awful. … [W]ould I trade my ...
And that’s the thing about listening to it now, during the week of what would have been Tom’s 70th birthday: as much as I’m delighted to have so much new old music to dive into, I can’t ignore the undertow of sorrow that was there when he wrote the album and surrounds it no...
“No matter what music we release, there will always be some kind of Beatles element in the back of our minds.”The next generation: A 14-year-old fan Gen Z surely won’t be the last generation to love the Fab Four. Isabella Viana, who at 14 falls roughly into the even younger ...
first foray into the genre and 49th album overall - goes all in with 30 songs running over two hours and 20 minutes. Guest stars including John Fogerty, Peter Frampton and the two surviving Beatles assist Parton on classic covers and new originals that toe the line between country and rock...