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Bringing It All Back Home: 60 Years of Dylan's most genre-inspiring work
If Bob Dylan invents mainstream punk but continues to release influential work, will anyone remember he invented punk?

Ashley Musante
Mar 216 min read
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Jeff Beck Finally Hits a Knock-out: Blow by Blow at 50
Jeff Beck realizes corporate rock is bullshit and reinvents guitar

Ashley Musante
Mar 1216 min read
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You’re Going to Make Me So Lonesome: Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, and the Public Eye
How Bob Dylan tackled media perception, divorce, and identity all while reinventing the heartbreak album

Ashley Musante
Jan 2235 min read
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Let Your Heart Be Your Guide: Wildflowers at 30
Tom Petty and his Magnum Opus of Change, Love, Loss, and Healing

Ashley Musante
Nov 1, 202438 min read
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll at 50: The First Stones Stumble?
The Rolling Stones and the first whispers of doubt (soon to be crushed)

Ashley Musante
Oct 18, 202417 min read
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And In the End...
The Beatles and Abbey Road.

Ashley Musante
Oct 2, 202414 min read
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On Top of The World in Six Years: The Case of the Legendary Let Down of Rod Stewart's Smiler
The beginning of the end of the beginning of Rod Stewart

Ashley Musante
Sep 27, 202417 min read
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Does He Have the Same Face?: Fifty Years of Ronnie Wood's Defining Debut
The most star-studded debut album of all time turns 50

Ashley Musante
Sep 13, 202415 min read
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How High Can You Go Before Falling: Oasis and 30 Years Definitely, Maybe
The humble beginnings of the band that self prophesied their status as Rock and Roll icons

Ashley Musante
Aug 29, 202418 min read
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A Hard Day's Night at 60: The Beatles Using The World's Eyes to Craft The Best Pop Record of their Time
Beatlemania, Movie Deals, Expert Pop Songs, and Cultural Impact? All in A Hard Day's Night!

Ashley Musante
Jul 10, 20248 min read
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Caribou at 50: How to Make A Filler Album Go Number One (You Have to be Elton John in 1974)
50 Years of Elton John's filler album - full of number one hits, lyrical masterpieces, and a band at the height of their powers!

Ashley Musante
Jun 26, 20248 min read
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The Real National Anthem was written by Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. at 40
Bruce Springsteen and the misunderstood masterpiece that put him on the map

Ashley Musante
Jun 4, 202412 min read
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The Queen Reclaims Her Throne
Tina Turner and 40 Years of the Cultural Reset that was Private Dancer

Ashley Musante
May 29, 202416 min read
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Black and Blue and Ignored All Over
So Much To Say, So Little that Matters

Ashley Musante
Apr 10, 20248 min read
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Would You Trust These Men With the Future of Rock and Roll?: Faces and First Step, The Little Debut That Could've Saved Rock and Roll
Faces at their best was also Faces at their beginning, if that could be believed.

Ashley Musante
Mar 20, 202410 min read
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What Happens When the King Midas of Rock gets Knocked Down? He Writes Another Hit Song [Or Three]
The story of one man's trouble to take it easy [due to court, law, and affiliations with multiple Judas wannabes]

Ashley Musante
Jan 31, 20247 min read
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The Banquet that Dared to Raise a Dirty Glass to The People
The Rolling Stones quintessential 1968 piece is still relevant today - why is that?

Ashley Musante
Dec 6, 202316 min read
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How Escapism Helped Wings Cage Infamy: 50 Years of Band on the Run
Paul McCartney's stunning comeback album celebrates 50

Ashley Musante
Dec 5, 202313 min read
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Old Enough to Smoke: The Rolling Stones and The 18 Year Wait for Hackney Diamonds, A Review
Hackney Diamonds, Overproduction, and Ron Wood getting his due

Ashley Musante
Oct 20, 202310 min read
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Throwing Yellow Bricks Through Emerald Houses
Bernie Taupin, Elton John, and fifty years rock's most cynical look at fame

Ashley Musante
Oct 5, 202321 min read
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