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Being a non-native Bostonian in Beantown allows me to exercise a dispassionate objectivity towards the city’s musical culture. I vicariously experience the pride of housing...

James Hetfield wasn't sure about letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. Thank goodness he did

Silence can sometimes yield to rare and unexpected musical renewal, the kind that arrives without pomp, as if it had been waiting in a coat...

Becoming a band’s new singer is never easy. But when Bruce Dickinson saw Iron Maiden play, he knew he was the singer they needed

Revisited with deep attention to detail, Midge Ure and co’s imperial phase reissue is a genuine audio-visual banquet

Rush, Yes and King Crimson inspired them to confound expectations and create a three-album arc of otherworldly spirituality – in an era when, they believe,...