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Anne Rice: The Extended 1995 Interview
In 1995, Rolling Stone sent Mikal Gilmore to New Orleans for an interview with Anne Rice about her latest Vampire Chronicles book, Memnoch the Devil
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Charlie Watts Is a Jazz Drummer: The Lost ‘Rolling Stone’ Interview
In a previously unpublished interview from 2013, Watts goes deep into his favorite drummers, what the Stones do better than the Beatles, and outlasting almost every band
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The Queen: Aretha Franklin
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.
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Gregg Allman: The Wild Times, Lost Years and Rebirth of a Southern-Rock Legend
The Allman Brothers singer survived nearly 50 years of epic shows and unimaginable disaster – but there was one death he could never get over
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Inside the Making of ‘Sgt. Pepper’
In 1967, the Beatles were at a crossroads — they quit touring, experimented with drugs and set out to change rock & roll forever
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Review: The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Anniversary Editions Reveal Wonders
This authorized reconsideration of a major canonical work may be how it was always meant to be heard
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Chuck Berry: Farewell to the Father of Rock
He gave the music its sound and its attitude, even as he battled racism – and his own misdeeds – all the way
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Review: Bob Dylan’s ‘Triplicate’ Exudes, Celebrates a Majestic Darkness
Our take on the icon's third collection of standards
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Why Bob Dylan Is a Literary Genius
Ahead of Nobel Prize ceremony, we explore how Dylan wrote not just songs or poetry, but history
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Leonard Cohen: Remembering the Life and Legacy of the Poet of Brokenness
For nearly half a century, the novelist, ladies' man and Buddhist monk built a tower of song – even though darkness was never far off
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