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Sad news reached us here at Rhino HQ over the weekend: Jerry Jeff Walker, the man who penned the classic tearjerker “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at the age of 78. Born in Oneonta, New York as – wait for it...

When discussing Joni Mitchell, you don’t need to make any sort of clarification about whether she’s the best of her decade, the best of her gender, or anything else. All you need to say is that she’s one of the...

Wait, what’s this about another Record Store Day drop? Didn’t we just have one last month? Yes. Yes, we did. And now we’re having another one. Come on, people, keep up: we’re in the middle of a pandemic, but even...

When John Prine died in April, it wasn’t just a moment when more than a few people suddenly went, “Oh, man, this COVID-19 thing is no joke,” it was a devastating loss to music fans everywhere. Prine was the singer-songwriter’s...

For the next several weeks (or maybe just until we decide that we want to stop doing it, since normalcy seems likely to remain on hiatus for the foreseeable future), Rhino.com will be spotlighting an album from the Atlantic Records...

It’s been just over two years since the world said goodbye to the Queen of Soul, but Aretha Franklin’s absence has only made our hearts grow even more fond of her music than they already were...and trust us, that’s saying...

Each of the early J. Geils Band records was a great Saturday night on a platter. Who could resist that Boston-accented blast through Motor City soul and Chi-Town blues? Heck, their third studio record, 1973’s BLOODSHOT, had even hit the...

It’s Wednesday, so it must be time to take another dip into the Rhino catalog and trot out a new quartet of cover songs that you may or may not have heard before. Let’s get started, shall we? Boycott, “My...

First Listen: Grateful Dead, “Sugar Magnolia” (Live at the Capitol Theater, 2/18/71) Given the sort of people who tend to frequent this website, we’re probably about to deliver some information that’s already well-known to you, but we’re just going to...