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She was a traumatized child, a teenage mother, a gospel prodigy and a civil-rights champion. She channeled a world of pain into a sound all her own, but till the end, the greatest singer of her generation remained a mystery.
The Allman Brothers singer survived nearly 50 years of epic shows and unimaginable disaster – but there was one death he could never get over
In 1967, the Beatles were at a crossroads — they quit touring, experimented with drugs and set out to change rock & roll forever
This authorized reconsideration of a major canonical work may be how it was always meant to be heard
He gave the music its sound and its attitude, even as he battled racism – and his own misdeeds – all the way
Our take on the icon's third collection of standards
Ahead of Nobel Prize ceremony, we explore how Dylan wrote not just songs or poetry, but history
For nearly half a century, the novelist, ladies' man and Buddhist monk built a tower of song – even though darkness was never far off
Psychedelic drug inspired their masterpiece – but also opened wounds that never healed
40 years later: The feuds, failures and breakdowns of the band that launched punk rock
