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R.E.M. released its debut EP, Chronic Town, 40 years ago this August, and to mark the milestone, the band will be reissuing the five-song collection on August 1

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, R.E.M.’s debut EP CHRONIC TOWN will be released for the first time ever as a standalone CD with extensive

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, R.E.M.’s debut EP Chronic Town will be released for the first time ever as a standalone CD with extensive liner notes by the original producer Mitch Easter (Let’s Active). It will be released in three different formats: CD, picture disc and cassette on August 19, 2022 via I.R.S./UMe.

TAMPA — The Connells will perform Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m., at Skipper’s Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Road, Tampa.

Ahead of the Mill Avenue superstars downtown Phoenix concert with Barenaked Ladies, Gin Blossoms Robin Wilson teases a 2023 release of new music.

"People talk about songwriting in mystical terms for a reason. It does sometimes feel like you have to ready yourself to be visited."

Robin Wilson teases a 2023 release for new Gin Blossoms music as they celebrate 30 years of New Miserable Experience on tour with Barenaked Ladies.

“I had no idea and no plans for Those Pretty Wrongs,” marvels Jody Stephens of the seven-year-old project.

Grant Dermody & Frank Fotuskys "Piedmont" style of blues. "Go Away and Hit That Jive" is a fab pre-1963 comp. Bob Stroger, 92, is alive with a young band of Brazilians. North Carolina Legend Sam Moss is dead but his tapes have finally been found! Bob Corritore jams with Honeyboy Edwards.

Sam Moss was a legendary musician in Winston-Salem for decades after his arrival in the 1960s. He was considered a mentor to many people, whether it was on the stage, or in the downtown guitar shop that he owned. But very little of his work has been heard by the public aside from his concert performances. That’s changed with the recent release of an album of re-discovered recordings Moss left behind.