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Rock guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) caught mid guitar-break during his performance at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970.

Jimi Hendrix’s North Jersey Days

Gratitude goes out to the Garden State for giving the world a star
By Ron Hart
Chuck Berry

R.I.P. Chuck Berry, the Guitarist Who Taught Us How to Rock ‘n’ Roll

Chuck Berry, one of the original pillars of rock 'n' roll and a giant in the history of recorded music, died Saturday, March 18 at age 90.
By Bill Janovitz
Josh Alan Friedman

Josh Alan Friedman: The White Guitarist Who’s ‘Blacker Than You’

"If you are the only white kid in an all-black school in the ’60s that might have something to do with becoming a blues singer in Dallas."
By Bryn Gelbart
Twin Peaks

Chicago’s Twin Peaks Serve a Swampy, Swirly Goulash of Garage & Blues

By Justin Joffe
Jimi Hendrix

Listen to Jimi Hendrix Playing One of His Best Concerts Ever

By Ron Hart
21st August 1976: Singer Mick Jagger on stage with The Rolling Stones as the group headlines the Knebworth Festival. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

The Surprising Key Influence Behind The Rolling Stones’ ‘Blue & Lonesome’

By Ron Hart
Thelonious Monk.

As Columbia’s WKCR Radio Station Celebrates 75 Years, a Confession

By Molly McQuade
Mose Allison.

RIP Mose Allison, the Most Influential Jazz Pianist in Rock History

By Ron Hart
Chuck Bery

Chuck Berry Turns 90: The Father of Rock ‘n Roll’s Top 5 Best Albums

By Ron Hart
Shovels and Rope

The Burden of Being Human: Shovels and Rope Get Personal on ‘Little Seeds’

By Jim Farber
Lee Aaron.

Lee Aaron: From Metal Queen to Rockin’ Mom

By Bryan Reesman
Martin Rev and Alan Vega.

RIP Suicide Frontman Alan Vega, the Beautiful Ghost of Rock ‘n’ Roll Future

By Tim Sommer
Marquis Hill.

The Best Jazz Albums of 2016 (So Far)

By Ron Hart
Chris Pitsiokos.

The Month in Weird: June’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Beyonce.

The City You Love to Hate Makes Every Song You Love

By Shawn Setaro
Terry Reid.

Terry Reid Turned Down Joining Led Zeppelin—and That’s Just the Start of His Story

By Jim Farber
(Light in the Attic Records)

The Bygone, New York Noir of ‘Cubist Blues’

By Justin Joffe
Vinyl.

Remembering Mack McCormick

By Matthew Kassel

The World’s Gone to Hell—At Least Lemmy’s Still Lemmy

By Katherine Turman
(Photo: Rambo)

Leon Bridges: The Silk-Voiced Savior Pop Music Needs

By Linda Laban
The cover of this week's <em>Times Magazine</em>.

The Story Behind John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Times Magazine Cover Story

By Matthew Kassel
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