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Rolling Stones
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Daily Proposition: Wake up to Paul Weller
The Rolling Stones are an embarrassment. Paul Wellers shows them how to igrow old(er) and retain some credibility. His new album Wake Up The Nation is one of the best of the year, says Neil Walker.
The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street: one album to rule them all
If some music archaeologist of the the twenty-ninth century wanted to understand rock n’ roll, Exile is the album he or she should excavate, says Tim Dunlop: it’s a master class in rock n’ roll.
Was Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones murdered?
Forty years after his death, police are reopening the investigation into the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, with new evidence unearthed by the Daily Mail suggesting foul play may have been afoot. Can they get some satisfaction?
The Rolling Stones’ Cocksucker Blues finally leaked online. What took so long?
The Rolling Stones’ banned 1972 documentary Cocksucker Blues has finally made its way on to the internet. A bizarre court order actually prevents the film from being shown unless director Robert Frank is physically present, but even so: it took 37 YEARS to leak?
Vale Les Paul, symbol maker of rock
Les Paul, one of the seminal figures of rock n roll history, has died at age 94.
