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Keith Richards: The 40th Anniversary Interview | ARTICLE
You're still here.You noticed. You've lived through some very interesting times. If a fifteen-year-old were to ask you what the Sixties were like, what...
May 3, 2007 11:35 AM ET -
The Rising | ALBUM REVIEW
The heart sags at the prospect of pop stars weighing in on the subject of September 11th. Which of them could possibly transmute the fiery horror of that day with the force of their art, or offer...
July 30, 2002 12:00 AM ET -
Purple Rain (Soundtrack) | ALBUM REVIEW
The spirit of Jimi Hendrix must surely smile down on Prince Rogers Nelson. Like Hendrix, Prince seems to have tapped into some extraterrestrial musical dimension where black and white styles are merely different aspects of the same...
April 13, 2000 12:00 AM ET -
Now and Zen | ALBUM REVIEW
This record is some kind of stylistic event: a seamless pop fusion of hard guitar rock, gorgeous computerization and sharp, startling songcraft. Now and Zen, Robert Plant's fourth solo album, is so rich in conceptual invention that...
March 10, 1988 12:00 AM ET -
The Rolling Stone 20th Anniversary Interview: Bob Dylan | ARTICLE
Did you start out wanting to be a star?Not really, because I always needed a song to get by. There's a lot of...
November 5, 1987 1:45 PM ET -
The Rolling Stone 20th Anniversary Interview: Keith Richards | ARTICLE
Rock & roll has obviously been a major force in your life – you've been playing it with the Rolling Stones for a quarter of a century now. Do you think rock & roll has as intense...
November 5, 1987 12:30 PM ET -
Dylan Stirs Controversy In Israel | ARTICLE
It was three in the morning, and Bob Dylan was sitting on the great stone balcony of his hotel suite, sipping a screwdriver...
October 22, 1987 12:00 PM ET -
'Tunnel of Love' LP Due From Bruce Springsteen | ARTICLE
Suddenly, a new Bruce Springsteen album is on the way. It's titled Tunnel of Love, and it is not a collection of songs about American angst and alienation, nor is it a-bristle with arena-rock anthems of the sort that kept 1984's Born...
September 24, 1987 8:00 AM ET -
Hysteria | ALBUM REVIEW
Metal is by now a kind of folk music, as familiar in its forms as bluegrass or Appalachian balladry. Like folk (and especially like the blues, from which it is distantly derived), metal endlessly reshuffles a legacy...
September 24, 1987 12:00 AM ET -
The Stones: Is It All Over Now? | ARTICLE
Have the Rolling Stones had it? Officially, no. Spokespersons for all sides insist that the Stones are still a unit. But given the...
May 7, 1987 4:15 PM ET -
David Bowie: the Rolling Stone Interview | ARTICLE
Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in RS 498 from April 23 2001. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's premium...
April 23, 1987 12:00 AM ET -
For the First Time Anywhere | ALBUM REVIEW
Last September, while rummaging in the mustier reaches of the MCA tape archives in Los Angeles, Steve Hoffman, head of the company's catalog-research-and-development department, came across a long-forgotten box marked "Do Not Use." Inside were some ancient...
March 18, 1987 12:00 AM ET -
Bo Diddley: The Rolling Stone Interview | ARTICLE
Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in RS 493 from February 12, 1987. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's premium...
February 12, 1987 12:00 AM ET -
The Rolling Stone Interview: The Everly Brothers | ARTICLE
Below is an excerpt of an article that originally appeared in RS 473 from May 8, 1986. This issue and the rest of the Rolling Stone archives are available via Rolling Stone Plus, Rolling Stone's premium...
May 8, 1986 12:00 AM ET -
Empire Burlesque | ALBUM REVIEW
Empire Burlesque puts the snarl back in Bob Dylan's music. This is not a case of mere pop-radio playability; Dylan achieved that amid...
July 4, 1985 12:00 AM ET -
Dylan Rocks Out On New Studio LP | ARTICLE
At the end of March, in a control room at New York's Power Station recording studio, Bob Dylan wrapped up the most explosive...
May 9, 1985 1:15 PM ET -
Across A Crowded Room | ALBUM REVIEW
Across a Crowded Room is the first Richard Thompson solo album in thirteen years to be released on a major label, and by any standard other than his own it's a very fine record, replete with rollicking...
March 28, 1985 12:00 AM ET -
The 1984 Music Awards: Bruce! | ARTICLE
One afternoon last fall, Bruce Springsteen sat sipping a beer in a room at the Sunset Marquis hotel in Los Angeles. He wore blue jeans, cowboy boots, a black leather jacket and a newsboy's cap slouched down...
February 28, 1985 8:00 AM ET -
Who's Last | ALBUM REVIEW
With Keith Moon on drums, the Who was one of the most exciting live acts in rock history. With ex-Small Faces drummer Kenney...
February 28, 1985 12:00 AM ET -
Real Live | ALBUM REVIEW
Bob Dylan's return to musical form on 1983's Infidels album stirred hopes that his next LP might bring him all the way into...
February 14, 1985 12:00 AM ET
