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Grateful Dead's 'Workingman's Dead' (Rhino) Grateful Dead’s 1970 album Workingman’s Dead has gotten a high fidelity upgrade.Rhino High Fidelity has just released limited-edition audiophile editions of the album on reel-to-reel and vinyl. The vinyl reissue, cut from the original master tapes, is limited to 5,000 copies pressed on 180-gram vinyl, while the reel-to-reel, which was duplicated in real time from the original flat analog master tape, is limited to only 300 copies. But […]

Ringo Starr on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' (Disney/Randy Holmes) Ringo Starr has released a new video for the title track of his just-released new album, Long Long Road, his second with producer T Bone Burnett.The song features vocals from Sheryl Crow and Daniel Tashian. The video, directed by Ringo’s stepdaughter, Francesca Gregorini, follows the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as he drives through scenes from his life, sharing some personal and previously unseen images with […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' (Disney/Randy Holmes) Tedeschi Trucks Band took time out of their latest show to pay tribute to late Traffic co-founder Dave Mason, who passed away April 19 at the age of 79.The group was headlining their Sun, Sand and Soul Festival 2026 in Miramar Beach, Florida, on Thursday when they decided to cover Traffic’s “Feelin’ Alright?,” which was written by Mason.“I’m just going to have […]

Foo Fighters. (ABC/ABC) Foo Fighters have premiered the video for "Window," a track off their brand-new album, Your Favorite Toy.The clip stars English actor Craig Parkinson as the window cleaner for a high-rise building, inadvertently giving him a view into the lives of the residents, including one who's watching the "Everlong" video on a TV.The "Window" video is now streaming on YouTube.Your Favorite Toy is out now. It's the follow-up to 2023's But […]

Ozzy Osbourne & Tony Iommi performing live onstage as 'Earth' on August 1, 1969. (Ellen Poppinga - K & K/Redferns) Sharon Osbourne says that a settlement has been reached over Black Sabbath's early recordings when their band name was Earth.In 2025, news surfaced that the label Big Bear Recordings, founded by early Sabbath manager Jim Simpson, was set to release an album of Earth recordings. Sharon, the widow and manager […]

Metallica's Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield, and Michael Tilson Thomas (center) speak on stage on Monday March 18, 2019. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) Metallica has shared a tribute to late conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who passed away on Wednesday.The metal legends had collaborated with Thomas on their 2019 S&M2 concerts, which featured them performing alongside the Thomas-conducted San Francisco Symphony."It is with great sadness that we learned of […]

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts' 'as time explodes' (Reprise Records) In a recent post on his website, Neil Young let fans know that a live album with his band The Chrome Hearts was "ready to go." Well, now we know the details.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to release as time explodes on May 29. The 13-track album, recorded during The Love Earth Tour 2025 that […]

'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and musical guest Michael Stipe during Thursday’s April 23, 2026 show. (Scott Kowalchyk ©2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc.) R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe debuted an unreleased song off his upcoming debut solo album Thursday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.The track is called "The Rest of Ever." Stipe sang lead vocals while backed by the Colbert house band, Louis Cato and The Great Big Joy Machine. Stipe also […]

On This Day, April 24, 1976…Following rumors of a possible Beatles reunion, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels used a segment of the show to try and make that happen.Michaels directly addressed Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, noting that a reunion would be “great” and offered them $3,000 to reunite, holding up a check made out to The Beatles, noting they’d have to perform three songs.Michaels joked […]