any concert or video, albums and songs, etc.––has of course found its way on by now, and much of this is blessedly free of ads because it is copyrighted material often posted by unaffiliated users, and thus can only be monetized by the often opting-out owners (and perhaps the bands ...
of hack musicians." That is not the case for this hourlong 1983 concert, with Reed, Quine, Saunders (who would stay with Reed for years) and drummer Fred Maher in a beautifully straightforward set. Playing VU and solo classics and then-new songs like the great "Martial Law" and the ...
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DOUG JOHNSON: John Legend and the hip-hop group the Roots released a new album together this week. “Wake Up!” is a collection of mostly protest songs from the nineteen sixties and seventies. John Legend says the idea for the album came in the heat of the summer and an important Americ...