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Grammytech 1: A Conversation With Musical Director, Engineer & Producer Phil Ramone

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Brian Wilson, Donald Passman, Simon & Garfunkel, Lorene Michaels, Ed Koch, Madonna, Kenny Ehrlich, Foster the People, Eminem, Mike Love, Roy Halee, Sting, Paul Simon, Mike Green, The Beach Boys, Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Mark Linnet, Rihanna, George Michael, Pierre Cossette, Taylor Swift, John Cossette, Phil Ramone, Elton John, Art Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Over the next two weeks, I'm going to share a series of interviews with some of the music industry's heroes and working stiffs who literally brought you this year's awesome Grammy Awards with nary a hiccup. First up at bat is Phil Ramone.

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From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Brett Dennen, Chris Botti, Paul Simon, Paul Motian, Pete Tong, Bobby Colomby, Colbie Caillat, Lil? Kim, John Mayer, Eric Marienthal, Notorious B.I.G., Kenny G, Michael Brauer, Joe Berlinger, Bill Evans, Jazz, Jimmy Haslip, Herbie Hancock, Blood Sweat & Tears, Coldplay, Randy Brecker, Chick Corea, Ben Folds, Red Garland, Paul Simon's Graceland, Graceland, Entertainment News

Man, it was 25 years ago. The Grammy-winning album Graceland -- following what was arguably Paul's best album to that point, Hearts And Bones -- helped change the rules of pop music and politics.

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Art Garfunkel On The 60s, Elvis And Paul Simon

www.esquire.com | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Quotes, Esquire, 1960s, Simon & Garfunkel, Musicians, Music, Art Garfunkel, Elvis Presley, Interview, Fifty News

Garfunkel and Paul Simon recorded just five albums before they split in 1970. Since then Garfunkel has released more than 130 solo songs and a book of...

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'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Revisiting the Monterey International Pop Festival Through A Perfect Haze

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Bob Weir, Rock Festivals, Santa Monica Press, Kenneth Kubernik, Monterey International Pop Festival, Alex Gibney, Lou Adler, Zeitgeist, Magic Trip, Roger Daltrey, New Books, Ravi Shankar, Al Kooper, Pop Culture, D.A. Pennebaker, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Big Brother & the Holding Company, The Who, Woodstock, Altamont, Booker T. Jones, Harvey Kubernik, Books News, Book Publishing, Alison Ellwood, Ken Kesey, Simon & Garfunkel, Hippies, Music News, Counterculture, Steve Cropper, 1967, Sixties, Monterey Pop, Merry Pranksters, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Books News

The Monterey International Pop Festival took place at such a guileless time that the promoters used the word "pop" in its title. Not long after this would have been unthinkable, after the lines were drawn between "pop" music and rock and roll.

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Jeff Lorber Fusion's Exclusive Download, Plus Chatting With Chicago's Lee Loughnane and JB Baretsky

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., Simon & Garfunkel, Jason Scheff, Chicago, James Pankow, Walter Parazaider, Hootie & the Blowfish, Al Kooper, Lee Loughnane, America, Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Dean Martin, Steve Cropper, Darius Rucker, Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, Leonard Cohen, Joe Montegna, Michael Bublé, Lou Pardini, Kyle Mooney, Blood Sweat & Tears, Phil Ramone, Bobby Darin, JB Baretsky, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Robert Lamm, Video, Entertainment News

Come January 31, 2012, Jeff Lorber Fusion's Galaxy album will hit the streets. Here's a taste of the album, a track titled "Horace," that's an exclusive download for readers of The Huffington Post.

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"The Sounds of Silence": Songs About Silence and Shame for Penn State

David Wild | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Penn State, Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam, Penn State Scandal, Annie Lennox, Edmund Burke, Joe Paterno, Bruce Springsteen, Sports News

It's taken me a few days to begin to make any sense whatsoever of the disturbing and disgraceful story still unfolding at Penn State. Yet this much seems clear: what we are seeing at long last is another tragic example of the human cost of silence in the face of evil.

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Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

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Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Dylan Chenfeld, New York Rangers, The Goldbergs, The Pointer Sisters, Noah Chenfeld, Eminem, Grand Ole Opry, Tracy Nelson, Ncis, Carrie Underwood, Chris Salewicz, Teen Idol, A Day to Remember, Harriet Nelson, Panic! At the Disco, Fela Kuti, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Cash, The Box Story, Eric Rushing, H Is Orange, Metallica, Mark Bright, Elvis Presley, Chelsea Grin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Kickstarter, David Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Freestyle, American Idol, Ozzie Nelson, Justin Bieber, The Devil Wears Prada, The Strokes, Mac Miller, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Scotty McCreery, Merle Haggard, The Beatles, Sam Nelson, Matthew Nelson, The Artery Foundation, Rick Nelson, Conway Twitty, Mark Harmon, Guitar Hero, Vampire Weekend, New York Knicks, Big L, The Partridge Family, The Crimson Armada, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson, The Warped Tout, Gunner Nelson, The Donna Reed Show, Baaba Maal, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chillli Peppers, Life Magazine, Ozzie & Harriett, Father Knows Best, Ben Folds, Saturday Night Live, John Scheinfeld, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Scotty McCreery's new album Clear As Day just hit #1 in Billboard, and it features some very personal songs that seem to fit him perfectly. He tells me how he picked this batch.

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Great Rock & Roll Reads for the Fall

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Save the Last Dance for Satan, Tom Potter, New Books, Caryn Rose, 33 Days, Divine Weeks, Sweet Baby James, Carrie Potter Devening, Bill See, And the Lost Story of 1970, Joey Ramone, Simon & Garfunkel, B-Sides and Broken Hearts, David Browne, Nick Tosches, John Hammond, Unsung Heroes, Rock & Roll, Upstage Club, Fire and Rain: The Beatles, For Music?S Sake: Asbury Park?S Upstage Club and Green Mermaid Café, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Jaynetts, Books News

As we leave summer 2011 behind, it's time to curl up with a good book, remembering some of the moments that brought us to where we are currently in music and pop culture.

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Just a Juggalo: Chatting with Insane Clown Posse, Plus Audio Fidelity's Marshall Blonstein and N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Insane Clown Posse, Xzibit, The Eagles, JJ Walker, MC Hammer, Mario McNulty, Lou Adler, Flavor Flav, The Beach Boys, Steve Hoffman, Ten Years After, No Evidence of Disease, Bad Company, John Soper, Rush, William "Rusty" Robinson, Women's Cancer Foundation, Vanilla Ice, Steve Winwood, Chris Brown, Kiss, Iggy Pop, Marshall Blonstein, Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Kevin Gray, Juggalo Gathering, Wally Heider, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ringo Starr, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Charlie Sheen, N.E.D., Mitch Ryder, Kottonmouth Kings, National Allstar Wrestling, Ode Records, Grace Jones, Cbs, Sade, Island Records, Whitney Houston, The Roches, Carly Simon, Gynecological Cancer Foundation, The Wallfowers, Elton John, Marianne Faithful, DJ Quik, Bob Marley, Simon & Garfunkel, Third World, Carole King, Paul McCartney, George Clinton, Alice Cooper, Audio Fidelity, Ice Cube, Bobby Brown, Rihanna, The Doors, Lenny Kravitz, Women's Health, Horrorcore, DCC COmpact Classics, Bryan Adams, James Taylor, Geart, Cky, Entertainment News

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Chatting With Joe Jackson And Earl Klugh, Plus Mick Harvey's "The Ballad Of Jay Givens" Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Ted Danson, Mary Tyler Moore, Ian Dury, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Christian McBride, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Hubert Laws, Rosie Westbrook, Johnny Mandel, PJ Harvey, Mick Harvey, Chick Corea, Blue Note, Burt Bacharach, Regina Carter, John Cassavetes, Suzanne Vega, Marvin & Tige, George Benson, Lenny Waronker, Roberta Flack, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Michael Franks, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Fallon, Donald Passman, Mo Ostin, Just Between Friends, William Shatner, Milestone, Tupac Shakur, Paul Simon, Larry Rosen, Jamie Foxx, Chuck Mangione, Dave Grusin, How to Beat the High Cost of Living, Downbeat, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The Merv Griffin Show, Joe Jackson, Grand Theft Auto, David Bowie, Chet Atkins, Billy Dee Williams, Questlove, Motown, J.P. Shilo, George Shearing, Simon & Garfunkel, Dave Houghton, A Cure for Gravity, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Patrick Williams, Steve Vai, Bill Evans, Anthrax, Nelson Rangell, Ludacris, Ben Folds, Earl Klugh, Graham Maby, Roland Kirk, Wes Montgomery, Cti, Entertainment News

According to Joe Jackson, performing is the best part of the "madness" that he's involved in. It's better than being in the studio or anything else.

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So Beautiful Or So What So Christian?

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Christianity, Sacred Sounds, So Beautiful So What Review, Spiritual Music, New Paul Simon Album, Christian Music, So Beautiful or So What, Paul Simon Album, Paul Simon, Paul Simon Jewish, Simon & Garfunkel, Religion News

Is the "best Christian album of the year" from a man who famously described himself in a long-ago lyric as one part of "one-and-one-half wandering Jews"?

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Orchestras and Mixtapes: Conversations With Brandi Carlile and Jared Evan

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.08.2011

Read More: Roy Orbison, Young & Reckless, Buddy Holly, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Pulp Fiction, Dave Matthews, Grey Goose, Jim Reeves, Antonis Kanakis, Brandi Carlile, Onerepublic, Patsy Cline, Matt Graham, Gregory Allen Isakov, Ill Mind, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Big Sean, Mel DeBarge, Elton John, Buckingham Palace, Disney, Hank Williams, Queens of the Stone Age, Katie Herzig, Jack White, Entourage, Tammy Wynette, Simon & Garfunkel, Pusha T, Mos Def, Radio Arvila, Jimmy Douglass, Jessica White, Eddie Vedder, Freddie Mercury, Adriana Lima, Ill Factor, Ray Lamontagne, Benaroya Hall, Sxsw, Ryan Tedder, Jamlake, Entertainment News

Brandi: My greatest piece of advice -- and it's not taking a shot at individualism -- is to band together with other artists, and to completely abandon the idea of the competitive nature of music.

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Crosstalk Thursday: Conversations with Billy Currington, Brett Dennen, Al DiMeola, and Yellowjackets' Bob Mintzer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Kevin Seddiki, Whole Foods, Ron Carter, Jimmy Garrison, Brett Dennen, Gumbi Ortiz, Charlie Rouse, Return to Forever, George Coleman, Paul Simon, Thelonius Monk, Fausto Beccalossi, World Sinfonia, Peter Kaszas, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastroius, Tony Williams, The Beatles, John Mayer, Bobby McFerrin, Jimmy Haslip, John Coltrane, Bob Mintzer, Al Di Meola, Robben Ford, Stills & Nash, Chick Corea, Ricky Lawson, Russell Ferrante, Tommy LiPuma, Incognito, The Yellowjackets, Cmt, Will Kennedy, Ben Riley, Keith Jarrett, Victor Miranda, Simon & Garfunkel, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Mark Russo, Astor Piazzolla, The Barry Miles Quartet, Marcus Baylor, Mahavishnu Orchestra, John Lennon, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, Paco De Lucia, Crosby, Weather Report, Peter Erskine, Billy Currington, Kenny Chesney, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Entertainment News

Billy Currington just released a new single, "Let Me Down Easy," which has a music video to go along with it.

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Treme & Beyond: Conversations with Steve Earle, The Belle Brigade and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Dvorak, Csny, Arlo Guthrie, Aaron Arntz, Dwight Yoakam, Bram Inscore, Alison Krauss, Andy Cabic, Treme, Steve Earle, Paul Simon, The Belle Brigade, The Beach Boys, The Everely Brothers, Woody Guthrie, Thom Monohan, Joan Baez, Ink Spots, Beatles, Bill Mumy, Johnny Irion, Jo Hill, Little Feat, Harlan Silver, Gary Louris, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Katrina, Allison Moorer, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Kimmel, Harley Watt, Babylon 5, Mike Finnigan, Hank Williams, The Byrds, T-Bone Burnett, Simon & Garfunkel, Thomas Steinbeck, Johnny Cash, Liuzza's, Hoyt Axton, John Williams, Jay Gruska, The Jayhawks, Mark Olsen, Monsanto, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt, June Carter, Robert Plant, Lowell George, Randy Newman, Matthew Wilder, Blake Mills, Gram Parsons, Barbara Gruska, Joni Mitchell, Ethan Gruska, James Taylor, Allen Toussaint, Low Rider Music, Tipitinas, Nillson, Entertainment News

Steve Earle spoke to me from Liuzza's in New Orleans, where he had just ordered a Po Boy, and where he is currently filming the second season of HBO's Treme.

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Dog Ears Music: March 32nd Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Cass McCombs, Mavis Staples, Simon & Garfunkel, Eels, Greta Keller, Rod Stewart, Etta James, Danielle Evin, Bret McKenzie & Jemaine Clement, Ennio Morricone, Music, Vivian Girls, Fools for April, Patsy Cline, mp3s, Crown Jewels, Great Northern, Joss Stone, Phil Ramone, Maxine Brown, Steve Miller Band, The Anthony Anderson Project, The Black Keys, Smart Brothers With Baby Neal, Benny Goodman, Dog Ears, Foghat, Entertainment News

In this week's post, we listen to tracks by Ennio Morricone Cass McCombs, The Black Keys, Etta James, Smart Brothers With Baby Neal, and The Anthony Anderson Project.

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So Beautiful or So What: A Conversation With Paul Simon

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Simon recorded his new album, So Beautiful or So What with Phil Ramone, which makes it a reunion of sorts. Here's what motivated them to get back together again.

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HuffPost Review: Michael Jackson's Vision, Plus A Conversation With Brazilian Sensation Bebel Gilberto

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Magic Johnson, Julianna Neves, Bebel Gilberto, Prince, Eat Pray Love, Closer, Martin Scorsese, Gal Costa, Vincent Price, Bjork, George Wendt, Steven Spielberg, The Mills Brothers, Lisa Marie Presley, Gilberto Gil, David Francis, Ella Fitzgerald, Joao Gilberto, The Jackson 5, Entourage, Iman, Billie Holiday, Sex in the City, Bossa Nova, Simon & Garfunkel, John Travolta, Chris Tucker, Paul McCartney, Naomi Campbell, Nip/Tuck, Amoeba Records, Michael Jordan, Eddie Murphy, Kings of Convenience, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Marlon Brando, Macaulay Culkin, Lionel Hampton, Carlinhos Brown, Wesley Snipes, Miucha, Sadé, Entertainment News

This 35-track, triple disc DVD collection is such an important and significant pop-culture package that it might scare your unsuspecting holiday recipient into thinking you're saying something more than merely Happy Whatever.

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HuffPost Premiere: Paul Simon's "Getting Ready For Christmas Day" (Free Download)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christmas, Paul Simon, Reverend J.M. Gates, Concord Music Group, Iraq, Simon & Garfunkel, Hear Music, Pakistan, Entertainment News

In Spring 2011, Paul Simon's new album So Beautiful Or So What will be unveiled but not before one of its most interesting tracks, "Getting Ready For Christmas," is made available here.

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Triple Threat Friday: Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Jones, Five for Fighting, Linda Ronstadt, The Mamas and the Papas, Elo, Keith Olbermann, Glen Campbell, Harry Chapin, Dolly Parton, The Beatles, John Mayer, Rooney, Lily Chapin, Abigail Chapin, Wes Craven, The BoDeans, The Thorns, The Electric Light Orchestra, The Brill Building, Disney, Party of Five, Hank Williams, The Rolling Stones, Kurt Neumann, Simon & Garfunkel, Depeche Mode, Paul McCartney, WHY Hunger, Led Zeppelin, Mary Travers, Taylor Locke, Jessica Craven, Train, All in the Family, Tom CHapin, Emmylou Harris, Time of Your Life, The Jeffersons, Sam Llanas, John Adams, Glenn Beck, Cashman & West, American Idol, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Bleu, Statistics, Entertainment News

Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas of BoDeans talk their new album, the band's early days, and why their six-year break was a dark period.

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From No Chocolate Cake to a Reckoning: Conversations with Gin Blossoms, Luke Doucet, and Tony Lunn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Chocolate Cake: Conversations With Gin Blossoms, Robert Crumb, High School Reunion, A&M Records, Sarah McLachlan, And Tony Lunn Tony Lunn, Sarah Palin, South by Southwest, Hot Hot Heat, Marc Cohn, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sloan, Judy Collins, Crowded House, The Odds, Marshall Crenshaw, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Capitol Records, Hurricane Katrina, Cheap Trick, President Clinton, Rick Parker, All We Are Saying, Cubbie Bear, Switchfoot, Columbia Records, Pat Pattison, Eddie Money, David Anderle, Tom Petty, Rosanna Arquette, Tom DeSavia, Merle Travis, Christine O'donnell, Darrell Scott, Grammy Award, The Rembrandts, Styx, Peter Case, Scott Johnson, Benny & Joon, Paul Simon, David Collier, Danny Wilde, John Hiatt, Janis Joplin, Andrew Scott, Gas Giants, Luke Doucet, Kelly Ryan, Chris Murphy, Chet Atkins, Control, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Steve Seskin, Bill Leen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elektra Records, Jethro Tull, Harvey Pekar, Simon & Garfunkel, Robin Wilson, The Shoes, Arif Mardin, Geffen Records, Kruu-Fm, The Jerk, Train, Craig Northey, Virgin Records, Gin Blossoms, Anton Corbijn, Badfinger, Jess Valenzuela, Shubas, Anberlin, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News

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HuffPost Review: John Legend & The Roots' Wake Up!, Plus Conversations With Seal and Matt White

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eugene McDaniels, Mumford & Sons, Teddy Pendergrass, Henry Hirsch, Sam Cooke, Billy Joel, Otis Redding, David Foster, Richard Nixon, Woodstock, Elton John, Matt White, Batman Forever, Quincy Jones, James Brown, John Legend, Simon & Garfunkel, Madonna, Nirvana, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Bon Iver, Led Zeppelin, The Roots, Heidi Klum, Peter Cincotti, Bob Dylan, Lykke Li, David Baron, Curtis Mayfield, Roberta Flack, Temper Trap, Lenny Kravitz, Brendan James, Arianna Huffington, Joel Schumacher, Bruce Springsteen, Seal, Entertainment News

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"American Tune": A Playlist For These Un-United States

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Testament, Prince, Bunny Wailer, War, Paul Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Lower Manhattan, Neil Young, The HIlls, Woody Guthrie, Smashing Pumpkins, James McMurtry, Stevie Wonder, Abraham Lincoln, Fleetwood Mac, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Newt Gingrich, John Stewart, Sugarland, David Byrne, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Laura Nyro, Queen Latifah, Ground Zero Mosque, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Winwood, Neil Diamond, Brooks & Dunn, Bryan Ferry, Madonna, Bree Sharp, Green Day, Brotherhood of Man, Iggy Pop, The Youngbloods, Buck Owens, George Washington, U2, Al Green, Jakob Dylan, Will Rogers, Brad Paisley, Entertainment News

I had a waking dream last night in which Newt Gingrich was lobbying to have the word "United" in the "United States Of America" formally removed once and for all.

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Listening Booth 1970: A Conversation With Marc Cohn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Cocker, Roseanne Cash, Charlie Sexton, Van Morrison, Simon & Garfunkel, John Leventhal, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Maroon 5, Wayne Carson, Shawn Colvin, Bread, Neil Young, Sam Cooke, Big Star, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Grateful Dead, Ringo Starr, Alex Chilton, Al Green, Adam Levine, Thom Yorke, Cat Stevens, The Box Tops, Smokey Robinson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Listening Booth: 1970 is a concept album that compiles Marc Cohn's favorite -- and many would feel greatest -- songs from that year.

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Jazzfest Weekend One: David Simon & Garfunkel

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spinal Tap, Simon & Garfunkel, Alison Miner, Terence Blanchard, Alex Chilton, Treme, Wilco, George Clinton, Bobby Charles, Spike Lee, New Orleans Musicians, Harry Shearer, Dr. John, David Simon, Marva Wright, Entertainment News

At New Orleans' Jazzfest, Dr. John let loose, and the Huffington Post's own Harry Shearer spoke about Treme, Spinal Tap, and moving on after the hurricane.

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