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If you missed Mrs. Young's debut album released in 2007, no worries, she's ready to follow that up with Foul Deeds this year. Here's the latest from camp Young.    More at Spinner

ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, the Stooges, Genesis and the Hollies will be inducted into the Rock Hall tonight in NYC. Rock 'n' roll staples? Not quite.    More at The Plain Dealer

Who would have thought that the Grateful Dead's long and winding musical journey would one day be studied by scholars?    More at The New York Times

Check out this interview with six Seattle record store heads on how their stores are surviving.    More at The Stranger


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By Charles Bermant, Sonic Boomers
Originally Published: 03/12/2010

The Beach Boys were at a turning point in 1974. They had spent the previous six years in the commercial wilderness cranking out arty, clever albums, but there emerged a renewed interest in the surf/car sounds that first built their reputation.

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Shelf Life

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“Finnegan’s Wake” by The The Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem:
Folk’s heartiest, most hellish foursome adapts Joyce’s masterwork to a three-minute musical masterpiece.

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Bentley's Bandstand

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Rockin' In Rhythm
Telarc Records
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If you are going to pay tribute to a single musician, you could not choose a better candidate than Duke Ellington. He just may be the greatest American composer of all-time.

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VIDEO VIDEO

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Artist: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Year: 1977
In a lot of ways, Tom Petty and the band have been defiantly anachronistic since they hit the music scene. This performance from 1977 clearly illustrates that. Forget punk, new wave and disco, these boys were '60s-influenced rockers. While the song may have mentioned cocaine as a nod to the decade they were in, the delivery was classic-era Byrds ... mixed with a dash of the Rolling Stones.
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

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Hellbound Train
By Roberta Penn
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Ever been on a Hellbound Train? It's the ride that lulls you like a Quaalude with a vodka back. You don't know where you're goin' but it feels mighty fine, all liquid and loose.

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Boomerangst

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By Roy Trakin

You can tell Crazy Heart writer/producer/director Scott Cooper's a country, blues and gospel music fan from the references in his feature debut to not-so-well-known greats like Pinetop Perkins, Billy Joe Shaver and Lefty Frizzell.

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ON THE CORNER

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By Binky Philips

Thank you Thank you Thank you, Dad! Over dinner, one night in late June of 1964, my father announced that he’d bought tickets for the Beatles at the end of the summer.

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