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I first heard Steely Dan back in Kansas City, Missouri, where I ended up living with my dad after running away from home a second summer in a row. It was 1970 and I was just 15 years old. "Do It Again" was playing on the radio that summer night. I had just dropped some acid and I was on my way to see Led Zeppelin for their KC concert on their first USA tour. My date was a fat guy I had just met - him driving by and said, "Hey you wanna go to a concert?" He had high hopes I guess, and I just ...
Chance the Rapper announced Friday that his SocialWorks organization has raised $2.2 million for the Chicago Public Schools' arts programs. "Quality education for public schools is the most important investment a community can make," the rapper said at Chicago's Harold Washington Cultural Center, four days before the school year begins ...
Katy Perry, host of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, kicked off the ceremony by descending down onto the stage in a metallic moon person outfit. "You guys look so great because actually, before I left, I took a little break – and when I left it seemed like things were kinda screwed up," she said in her monologue kickoff, hinting ...
In May, Todd Rundgren released White Knight, his 27th solo album, which features guest appearances by everyone from Donald Fagen and Daryl Hall to Trent Reznor and Bettye LaVette. In advance of a fall tour with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band, the veteran singer-songwriter took some time to discuss five classic songs of resistance that are still relevant today. ...
The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney and singer-songwriter Michelle Branch covered America's 1971 soft-rock hit "A Horse With No Name" for the upcoming BoJack Horseman soundtrack, out digitally September 8th via Lakeshore. The duo reimagined the breezy track, layering percussion and washes of tremolo guitar over the signature acoustic ...