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Stuart Smith is riding high these days. The main driver behind the melodic rock band Heaven & Earth, the guitarist is enjoying the success of the band’s acclaimed new CD, Dig (see our review here)—the first album Heaven & Earth has made with its new, permanent band lineup. The British-born and now L.A.-based Smith has more »

Attention, rock fans who’ve been clamoring for the return of big, bold, bombastic melodic rock in the style of 1970s Bad Company and Deep Purple: Look no further. Heaven & Earth is the brainchild of guitarist Stuart Smith, who’s done two previous CDs under that name with a variety of guest musicians (including former Purple more »

A big concert will raise money for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.  The Boston Strong concert will feature Aerosmith, New Kids on The Block, and of course, Boston. Other artists performing include James Taylor, Jason Aldean, Godsmack, Carole King, J. Geils Band and Extreme. Comedians Dane Cook and Steven Wright will be there more »

Five years is a long time to stay away from a music industry that appears to be in a continuous metamorphosis, but if there’s one guy who can pull off a comeback from a half a decade hiatus, that’s the multi-talented, smooth and all-around Mr. Nice Guy Justin Timberlake. JT’s triumphant return to music started more »

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This Blu-ray isn’t new—rather, it’s a concert filmed in 1999 that was previously released on DVD and is now making its high-def debut. But it’s a good one, that finds Peter Frampton at a career high point, long after his Frampton Comes Alive hoopla had faded, but still playing at peak level as he experienced more »

ATTENTION PROGRESSIVE ROCK FANS: Would you like to see the incredible, once-in-a-lifetime double bill of Swedish prog icons The Flower Kings, along with former Spock’s Beard frontman Neal Morse and his incredible band featuring legendary drummer Mike Portnoy? Of course you would! And we can make that happen! Thanks to our friends at The Keswick more »

Chris Kelly, who rose to fame as half of the child rap duo Kris Kross, has died at age 34. Fulton County Police Cpl. Kay Lester said they are investigating whether a drug overdose caused the untimely death. A friend of Kelly told police he had taken a mixture of cocaine and heroin. Jermaine Dupri more »

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