Springsteen initially hated the album so much that he tossed a test pressing into a pool. But its operatic tracks about freedom and fate, triumph and tragedy, continue to resonate today.
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The Beach Boys’ new documentary highlights the band’s six-decade long legacy, but misses an opportunity to highlight some key moments.
As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
The legendary singer has died at 83. Her performance practice exemplified fierce hard work.
During a tour to Australia, Little Richard feared the nuclear apocalypse and – on stage – annonced he was giving up music.
For decades, Bangladesh had a very vibrant – and highly political – rock scene. But the genre is struggling to survive the country’s crackdown on dissent and increasing Islamic conservatism.
Fifty years ago Elvis Presley sang a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr: “If I Can Dream.” English professor Robert Morrison goes back to that moment and looks at the lyrics written in honour of MLK.
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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PhD Candidate in Popular Music Studies, RMIT University
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British Academy Global Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Head of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University