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Bringing It All Back Home: 60 Years of Dylan's most genre-inspiring work
If Bob Dylan invents mainstream punk but continues to release influential work, will anyone remember he invented punk?

Ashley Musante
Mar 217 min read


Kashmir: The Zeppelin Epic to End All Zeppelin Epics
Led Zeppelin and the art of the epic

Ashley Musante
Feb 278 min read


40 Years of King of Rock
Run-DMC understood their legacy very early on, but why did no one else?

Ashley Musante
Jan 86 min read


Stevie Nicks and the Story of Rhiannon
How Stevie Nicks wrote one of the most defiant pieces of rock music in 10 minutes

Ashley Musante
Oct 10, 20245 min read


55 Years of Woodstock: The Truths and Lies to 3 Days of Peace and Music
Joni Mitchell captured the hope, fears, and dreams of Woodstock - all while never stepping foot at the festival

Ashley Musante
Aug 15, 20248 min read


Simplicity and Grief: How Tom Petty Writes for an audience of One and a Million with the Same Words
Conveying his own pain, Tom Petty once more remains the most relatable a rock star could be

Ashley Musante
Aug 8, 20244 min read


Thru and Thru: The Stones Single that Never Was
The enduring classic from the band's 1994 album that rarely gets it's flowers

Ashley Musante
Jul 17, 20246 min read


How to Create a Classic From an Overplayed Standard: Jimi Hendrix and His First Hit
Take a song beaten to death, make it a classic: just another day at the office for Hendrix.

Ashley Musante
May 15, 20245 min read


Fall Down Drunk: The Simplistic Genius of The Rolling Stones and Loving Cup
Simplicity, Excess, Love, and The Rolling Stones: What Could Possibly be Better?

Ashley Musante
May 8, 20245 min read


The Single That Broke the Camel's Back: Infatuation at 40
The weirdest, most drama-fueled collaboration in rock music turns 40

Ashley Musante
May 1, 20246 min read


Yer So Bad... or Good... or Whatever Tom Petty Meant
Sometimes, your critiques must come in candy coating - just ask Tom Petty.

Ashley Musante
Apr 24, 20244 min read


Run-DMC Covering Aerosmith in the 80s is Still Important, By The Way.
It's always one step forward and three steps back, isn't it?

Ashley Musante
Apr 3, 20244 min read


All The Nasties: A Song By and For Elton John
How do you describe the man who fails words? Well, you become a pretty damn good wordsmith.

Ashley Musante
Mar 25, 20245 min read


Five Years: A Look Into Bowie's Best Opener
Opening a world of bisexual alien rockstars would be a difficult - if you weren't David Bowie

Ashley Musante
Mar 13, 20245 min read


What Does A Kid Know About Love? Everything, apparently.
The idea of the love song was perfected in 1970 with a 19 year old Bernie Taupin, as crazy as that can sound. Well, it becomes less...

Ashley Musante
Feb 14, 20244 min read
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What Happens When the King Midas of Rock gets Knocked Down? He Writes Another Hit Song [Or Three]
The story of one man's trouble to take it easy [due to court, law, and affiliations with multiple Judas wannabes]

Ashley Musante
Jan 31, 20247 min read


If A Man Bleeds All Over A Page But A Catchy Guitar Solo is Behind Him, Does He Still Bleed?
A look into a few terribly catchy cries for help

Ashley Musante
Nov 29, 202313 min read


The Final Beatles Song
A New Beatles Song in 2023. Holy Shit.

Ashley Musante
Nov 2, 20236 min read


Bruce Springsteen taps nostalgia with a fist
How Born to Run turned Bruce into The Boss

Ashley Musante
Sep 20, 20238 min read


Ooh La La
What did we lose when we lost Faces? Some damn good rock and roll, for starters

Ashley Musante
Sep 13, 202310 min read
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