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Classical Highlights for April 2025

Solo virtuosity shone in the latest batch of new releases that we reviewed. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet delivers an exciting set of works by Khachaturian, while Jan Lisiecki combines…

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25.04.2025

New AllMusic Feature - Trending Artists

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16.04.2025

Before Nirvana: 11 Great Alternative Rock Albums from the Late 1980s

A lot of great rock and roll music in the 1980s didn't sell, and many of the best artists reaped neither fortune nor fame. Many music-heads refer to that decade as the college…

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10.04.2025

Don't Give It Away: The Jason Isbell Advice Trilogy

For decades, the country music being played on the radio has maintained the well-travelled backroads of pickup trucks, cans of beer, old dogs and cheating hearts. Bubbling under…

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03.04.2025

Momma Discusses Friendship, New Album, and the Complexities of Touring

Before Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman formed Momma in 2015, they were schoolmates. 10 years later, they've made their late-night debut on Jimmy Kimmel and are releasing…

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02.04.2025

Classical Highlights for March 2025

A few of the notable releases we reviewed this past month seemed to have a theme: lesser-known music. The complete nocturnes of John Field, newly recorded by Alice Sara Ott (pictured),…

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The Death of Subculture

The year is 2014. You're wearing ripped stockings, denim cutoffs, and your favorite band tee, scribbling poetry in a notebook and blogging on Tumblr. Your favorites are blasting…

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20.03.2025

Alex Lifeson Discusses Envy of None's New Album, Rush's Music, and…Taylor Swift

Kudos are in order for Alex Lifeson. With his first post-Rush project, Envy of None, he could have taken the easy way out and put together a band that closely resembled Moving…

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13.03.2025

AllMusic's Anticipated 2025 Albums

As the year progresses, we look to the future to guess at the upcoming albums from our favorite artists and pontificate as to what their new sounds will reveal. We hungrily devour…

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06.03.2025

Classical Highlights for February 2025

Several recent releases that we found to be very satisfying cover music from the Baroque, specifically for church use. Among these were a solo vocal debut album, Seelentrost,…

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25.02.2025

AllMusic Feature - Birthdays On This Day

A fun item that many users may not know about is our "Birthdays On This Day" feature on the homepage of AllMusic. Each day we highlight 15 prominent musicians who were born on…

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15.02.2025

Classical Highlights for January 2025

Our January reviews contain some radiant and recognizable music. Trumpeter Romain Leleu (pictured) and pianist Julien Gernay created an inventive program for Folies Parisiennes…

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15.02.2025

Bittersweet Symphonies: AllMusic's Love Songs for the Lovelorn

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15.02.2025

Drop Nineteens' Greg Ackell Discusses Returning to Music and Their New Old Album

After only two albums and five years together, Boston-based shoegaze pioneers Drop Nineteens seemingly disappeared for good. On August 2, 2023, they released their first song…

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15.02.2025

The Quiet Riot Song That Sounded Like Def Leppard's Hysteria…a Year Earlier

The best-known Quiet Riot tunes will probably forever be "Metal Health" and "Cum on Feel the Noize" (and to a lesser extent, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"), due to their success…

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15.02.2025

Bob Mould Discusses His New Solo Album, Upcoming Tour, and the '90s

As many long-time alt-rock fans are well-aware, there were several indie bands of the '80s that helped "clear the path" for the early '90s, when the genre fully infiltrated the…

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30.01.2025

The Importance of Queer Visibility in Pop Music

Chappell Roan is a grueling persona to maintain. As a dynamic force in the popular music industry, Chappell imagines a bold new take on the all too often safe and predictable…

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17.01.2025

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09.01.2025

Classical Highlights for December 2024

Our final reviews of 2024 covered the usual variety of music, and a few things did stand out. One was Bill & Friends, a celebration of William Christie's 80th birthday, for which…

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09.01.2025

Frank Black Discusses his 2025 Teenager of the Year Tour and '90s Rock

Along with a handful of other bands, the Pixies certainly helped clear the path for bands like Nirvana, who made alt-rock the societal changing force it became in the early '90s.…

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02.01.2025

The 2024 AllMusic Readers' Poll

Our 2024 year in review coverage ends with the top 10 albums of the year as voted on by the AllMusic community. Respondents from all around the world made their choices, and we're…

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25.12.2024

AllMusic Loves 2024 Reissues

Deluxe anniversary editions, limited-edition pressings, comprehensive boxed sets, globe-trotting compilations, unearthed demo and live recordings -- all of these and much more…

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23.12.2024

Follow AllMusic on Bluesky and Threads

A lot of things about social media are frankly terrible. Lots of misinformation, vitriol, crypto scams, and something we are told is called a "Hawk Tuah" (until she releases a…

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18.12.2024

AllMusic Loves 2024

The 227 albums listed below recap another year in which our editors kept the effects of overchoice at bay with the belief that a surplus of noteworthy music is a great thing indeed.…

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14.12.2024

Cast Your Vote in the AllMusic 2024 Readers' Poll

We've analyzed the data and created a 50-album ballot of universally highly-rated records based on the volume and scores of the user ratings for albums released this year, and…

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06.12.2024

AllMusic's Best of 2024

Each year, the AllMusic editors look back through the albums that made the biggest impact, broke new ground, and just all-out moved us. Pop, rap, jazz, blues, classical and more.…

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05.12.2024

Classical Highlights for November 2024

As autumn continues in the northern hemisphere and the temperature outside falls, the instinct it to turn to more cozy settings, which is perfect for chamber music. Two outstanding…

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05.12.2024

Ad-Free AllMusic: Put Another Dime in the Jukebox, Baby

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29.11.2024

The 2024 AllMusic Gift Guide

When it comes to the music lovers on your shopping list, the AllMusic Gift Guide has you covered. Each year, we share our hand-picked recommendations of books, accessories, gadgets,…

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21.11.2024

Stephen Pearcy Discusses 40th Anniversary Reissue of Ratt's Out of the Cellar

The early to mid '80s was certainly a high point for hard rock and heavy metal – particularly, when you take into account the high amount of now-classic albums that were issued…

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15.11.2024

Mother Mother's TikTok Renaissance

Canadian indie rock band Mother Mother have come a long way from their days in the attic in Vancouver. Though their commercial start may have been slow—only really kicking off…

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12.11.2024

Led Zeppelin's Influence on '70s Canadian Rockers

Throughout the course of popular music history, whenever an artist becomes massively popular, it's only a matter of time until a slew of similarly-sounding bands crash the scene.…

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Classical Highlights for October 2024

The highlights of this month's new reviews seem to be mainly vocal releases, with a diversity of styles. Antonio Pappano, known for his opera conducting, leads an extraordinary…

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30.10.2024

AllMusic's Favorite Actually Scary Albums

Halloween parties now come with a built-in soundtrack. You'll hear the prerequisite "Thriller" from Michael Jackson, "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon and probably Donovan's…

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23.10.2024

Cocaine & Rhinestones - Jukeboxes, Bullfighting, and George & Tammy

In constructing the mammoth "Cocaine & Rhinestones: A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette," author and Nashville gadabout Tyler Mahan Coe has effectively Voltroned together…

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23.10.2024

Paul Di'Anno Remembered

Today (October 21, 2024) it was announced that Iron Maiden's early singer, Paul Di'Anno, passed away at the age of 66. And while a cause of death was not immediately mentioned,…

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19.10.2024

Jerry Cantrell Discusses I Want Blood, Collecting Riffs, '90s Grunge

Jerry Cantrell is seemingly never at a loss for guitar riffs – as heard in his work as either a co-founding member of Alice in Chains, or a solo artist. And on his fourth solo…

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09.10.2024

Laufey: Gen-Z's Gateway to the Realm of Jazz

Bursting onto the music scene in the early 2020s, Icelandic-Chinese singer songwriter Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir found herself in a unique niche. Trained as a classical musician and…

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07.10.2024

Classical Highlights for September 2024

Reviewers this month covered music well-known to wide classical audiences and much that will be new to many, both from recently written works and works neglected as time passed.…

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New AllMusic Feature - Trending Artists

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Momma Discusses Friendship, New Album, and the Complexities of Touring

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Alex Lifeson Discusses Envy of None's New Album, Rush's Music, and…Taylor Swift

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The Quiet Riot Song That Sounded Like Def Leppard's Hysteria…a Year Earlier

Bob Mould Discusses His New Solo Album, Upcoming Tour, and the '90s

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The 2024 AllMusic Readers' Poll

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AllMusic Loves 2024

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AllMusic's Best of 2024

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Stephen Pearcy Discusses 40th Anniversary Reissue of Ratt's Out of the Cellar

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Classical Highlights for October 2024

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Laufey: Gen-Z's Gateway to the Realm of Jazz

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