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Today in Music History for Nov. 21: In 1877, Thomas Edison announced he invented a "talking machine" -- something that became known as the phonograph.

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The draw ceremony for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A record 48 teams will take part in this summer's tournament. U.S. President Donald Trump is also ...

It was a fragile psychological state. The result was that he had almost no recollection of having recorded the song or the album from which it came. “I have only flashes of making it,” Bowie said in ...

Today in Music History for Dec. 5: In 1828, a Harmonic Society was formed in Lunenburg, N.S., by 24 men who met every week to sing church music. The society was one of the earliest musical ...

During 1974 as a music journalist, I attended a press conference in Beverly Hills at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel when George Harrison was announcing his first US solo tour. His remarks were published ...

The 1970s were such a good era for music that even the "worst" albums from that decade still have some redeeming qualities.

Drummer Simon Kirke believes that Bad Company’s decision to replace lead singer Paul Rodgers ultimately "tarnished" the band. It was 1982 when arguments within the group led Rodgers to quit. At the ...

Bad Company’s classic rock standard “Ready For Love” first appeared on Mott The Hoople’s 1972 album, 'All The Young Dudes'.

Simon Kirke reflects on Paul Rodgers’s early-’80s exit and explains why the band’s attempt to replace him made it worse.