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Ex-Inmate Musician Returns To Jail With Guitars

AP | By JOHN ROGERS | Posted 03.04.2012 | Home
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LOS ANGELES -- He spent two years in a federal lockup for trying to sell cocaine to undercover agents, and all Wayne Kramer can think about these days...

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Legendary Detroit Musician Dies

AP | By SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 02.24.2012 | Detroit
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LOS ANGELES -- Michael Davis, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, has died of liver failure, his wife said Saturday. He was 68. Davi...

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Rock Music's Political Thump Turns to Thud

Jason Schmitt | Posted 01.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Third Eye Blind, Occupy Wall Street, Stephan Jenkins, El General, Tom Morello, Wayne Kramer, Rock, Occupy Movement, Rock and Roll, Protest Music, mc5, John Sinclair, Home News
Jason Schmitt

The apathy of the last decade seems to have lifted. And truth will emerge, the way it always has, through the murky waters of social critique. We need more leaders. We need more anthems.

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Wanda Jackson Parties On: Every Inch an Elvis

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, Jack White, Social Distortion, mc5, Kathleen Hanna, Punk Rock, Johnny Cash, Bad Brains, Wanda Jackson, Lux Interior, Mike Ness, Ron Asheton, Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes, Elvis Presley, Conan O'Brien, The Cramps, Rockabilly, The Blasters, El Rey, Little Richard, The Party Ain't Over, Alison Mosshart, Loretta Lynn, Los Angeles News
S.X. Rosenstock

With her brand-spanking-new Jack White-produced album, The Party Ain't Over, Wanda Jackson, 73, is making her case not for mere rock and roll relevance. She's cementing her status as royalty.

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"Shakin' All Over": A Playlist for Southern California and Mexico

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Tori Amos, Earthquake, The Lemonheads, California Earthquake, The Wiggles, Prince, Los Lobos, Jeff Beck, Eddie Money, Guess Who, mc5, The Plimsouls, The Temptations, Butthole Surfers, Mama Cass, Jackson Browne, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Del Fuegos, Entertainment News
David Wild

Here -- from a guy who just left San Diego -- is a playlist to calm your nerves while there's a whole lot of shakin' going on.

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My "Detroit Medley": A Playlist for Our Motor City

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Was (Not Was), Starz, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Eminem, Brenda Holloway, John Rich, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Sufjan Stevens, Grand Funk, Detroit Bailout, White Stripes, Detroit, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Kiss, Sammy Davis Jr., Chairmen of the Board, Doug Fieger, Jack Scott, Madonna, Kid Rock, Jackie Wilson, The Stooges, The Parliments, Bob Seger, Bobby Bare, mc5, J. Geils Band, John Lee Hooker, Ted Nugent, The Dramatics, Detroit Cobras, Jimmy Ruffin, The Spinners, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, Funkadelic, Entertainment News
David Wild

I forever owe Detroit a huge debt of gratitude, as does anybody who's loved contemporary music this past half century. Before we bailed Detroit out, Detroit bailed us out of a lot of boredom and bad moods.

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Almost Famous: On the Road with Nico Vega (Part 4)

Mihal Freinquel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Mihal Freinquel

An interview with the musicians, the lovers, the forces to be reckoned with - some of the most positive, thoughtful, supportive, open people I have ever met and spent time with: Nico Vega.

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