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 Song of the weekEach week we showcase a classic track as Song of the Week. Check the current and past choices. Tom Jones covers Leonard Cohen's Tower Of SongCheck out Sir Tom Jones' brand new video for "Tower of Song," which will be the opening track on his forthcoming album "Spirit In The Room". A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis - The Definitive Retrospective - reviewSalvo's new four-CD Jerry Lee Lewis box set provides an excellent overview of the singer's finest studio work. Janis Joplin - The Pearl SessionsThe two-disc "Janis Joplin - The Pearl Sessions" features Joplin's classic "Pearl" album and premieres newly discovered studio recordings. Springsteen releases Death To My Hometown videoCheck out the new music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Death To My Hometown." CompetitionsEnter prize draws for the chance to win concert tickets, CDs, DVDs, cash, the latest gadgets, holidays and more. Before they were famous - high school yearbook photosSee if you can identify these stars before they were famous. |
Archive for the ‘American Rock’ Category
Song of the Week #101 – “The Wind Cries Mary”
Written by admin on April 9, 2012 – 10:39 pm - |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s third single “The Wind Cries Mary” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. |
Tags: Are You Experienced, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Wind Cries Mary
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New releases update – April 2012
Written by admin on April 4, 2012 – 8:54 am -The New Releases page has been updated to include music CD, DVD and Blu-ray releases for April.
Highlights for April include:
- Elvis Presley’s “Such A Night in Pearl Harbor” (Apr 2 – UK)
- Johnny Cash’s “Bootleg Vol. IV – The Soul of Truth” (Apr 3)
- Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson’s “Thick as a Brick 2″ (Apr 3)
- “Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis” 4-CD box set (Apr 10)
- Grateful Dead’s “All the Years Combine” 14-DVD box set (Apr 17)
- Janis Joplin’s “The Pearl Sessions” – (Apr 17).
Tags: new CDs, new music Blu-rays, new music DVDs, new music releases, new releases
Posted in 60s pop, American Rock, Elvis, Folk, Motown, New releases, Soul | No Comments »
Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham announces tour dates
Written by admin on March 30, 2012 – 6:09 pm - |
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham will embark on a solo tour of the US in May. The tour will begin on May 3 in Solana Beach, CA and conclude on May 21 in Spokane, WA. |
Tags: Lindsey Buckingham, Lindsey Buckingham tour
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Elvis Presley’s “Burning Love” – 40 years on
Written by admin on March 28, 2012 – 2:12 pm - |
Elvis Presley recorded his hit single “Burning Love” on this day 40 years ago. |
Tags: Burning Love, Elvis Presley, Emory Gordy, Glen D Hardin, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Ronnie Tutt
Posted in American Rock, Elvis, Rock 'n' roll | No Comments »
Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin – Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968
Written by admin on March 14, 2012 – 11:02 am - |
Columbia/Legacy Recordings have released a previously unavailable live concert recording of “Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin – Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968″. |
Tags: Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin - Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968, Janis Joplin, Owsley Stanley
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