With more than 5,000 recordings to his name, he may be the most-heard guitar virtuoso you've never heard of
Janne Schaffer built a career in his native Sweden and America that saw the guitarist perform with the biggest stars in pop and jazz ...
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The Story Behind the Toto Power Ballad From 1982, Featuring the Eagles’ Timothy B. Schmidt
The 'Toto IV' single wen to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the band's first song to top the Adult Contemporary chart.
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Today in Music History for March 15: ...
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R.E.M., including Michael Stipe, hop on stage at 40 Watt for brief reunion performance
With Peter Buck on guitar, drummer Bill Berry playing tambourine and bassist Mike Mills singing backup, lead singer Michael Stipe belted out the tune Pretty Persuasion during a short video posted ...
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Verboten On Punk Origin Story, Debut Album Four Decades In The Making
Spoon’s Britt Daniel and R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills) and is in the midst of his second tour celebrating the R.E.M. canon alongside Oscar nominated actor Michael Shannon. But in 1982, when ...
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Watch: R.E.M. Stage Impromptu Reunion in Athens with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy
The evening’s second act saw the band unearth selected favorites from R.E.M.’s broader catalog–plus a salute to fellow Athens innovators Pylon with “Crazy”; bassist Mike Mills joined in ...
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Michael Shannon Reunites Rock and Roll Hall of Famers for Rare Live Performance
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon has been taking some time off from his acting career to play rock star by fronting a touring R.E.M. tribute band with noted indie rock musician Jason Narducy ...
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Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald hopes for Geno Smith extension
Geno Smith's contract runs only through 2025, but Mike Macdonald hopes to have him for longer. The Seattle Seahawks head coach told local reporters at the NFL Combine that he'd like to see a ...
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30 Years Ago Today – Mike Watt Releases First Solo Album ‘Ball-Hog or Tugboat?’
30 years ago today (2/28/95), bassist Mike Watt of Minutemen and Firehose released his first solo album, Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, with an all-star team of guest musicians including Eddie Vedder, Dave ...
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Patriots' Mike Vrabel hilariously reveals how Drake Maye make him feel old
Drake Maye was one of the reasons why Mike Vrabel opted to become the next head coach of the New England Patriots, but it also made him deal with a harsh reality. The new Patriots head coach spoke ...
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Skunk Anansie announce new album ‘The Painful Truth’ as bassist Cass reveals stage 4 cancer diagnosis
Skunk Anansie have shared details of a new album ‘The Painful Truth’, following bassist Cass revealing a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. The new record marks the seventh studio effort from the ...
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Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy celebrate 40 years of REM’s ‘Fables of the Reconstruction’
Such an homage would be unnecessary if R.E.M. were still extant. But Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry hung it up in 2011. (Berry retired earlier ...