Happy 80th to Tom Rush. He began performing while at Harvard singing his own songs along with those...
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Joni at Carnegie
Tony Bennett’s Battle With Alzheimer’s Disease
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Gris-Gris
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The Graduate
Simon and Garfunkel — and Dave Grusin. The soundtrack to the movie of the same name is released...
Turn, Turn, Turn turns 55
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My Generation
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21-year-old Bob Dylan performs on Studs Terkel’s 1963 show
At the time, Dylan had just finished the recording of his second record, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, but...