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See Tim McGraw’s Rollicking Tribute to Merle Haggard

Following the news of Merle Haggard’s death on April 6th, country stars and musicians of all stripes expressed their gratitude and said farewell to the country legend. Tim McGraw showed his appreciation in song, posting a backstage jam of “Workin’ Man Blues” to Facebook late last week.

While McGraw perches atop a…

Five Reasons That Fans Love Vinyl

While overall physical sales of music have seen a massive decline in recent years as more listeners transition to streaming, vinyl has been making a remarkable comeback, with its sales almost doubling in the past several years. Here we look at some of the reasons behind this unprecedented resurgence in…

16 Things We Learned Hanging Out With Cheap Trick

It’s taken 42 years, 17 studio albums (including their brand new disc Bang, Zoom, Crazy … Hello), about 5,000 concerts and perhaps a half million guitar picks thrown into the crowd, but Cheap Trick finally entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 8th. We travelled with frontman Robin…

See Rayland Baxter’s Cinematic ‘Mr. Rodriguez’ and ‘Yellow Eyes’ Videos

Rayland Baxter might take a stroll with cult songwriter Sixto Rodriguez in the imaginary world of “Mr. Rodriguez,” but in the new video for that song as well as “Yellow Eyes,” he’s searching for a silver man, not Sugar Man. In the set of clips, meant t…