The Doors (from bottom to top: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore) stand on the stairs of a lifeguard tower in 1969. Photo by Henry Diltz/Corbis. On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled that if the President of the United States can justify something as an…

Willie Nelson performs at the 2016 Bridge School Benefit show on Sept. 22 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. Paige K. Parsons. Iconic songwriters and artists Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp will share the stage at Shoreline Amphitheatre on. Aug. 3 when their Outlaw Music Festival Tour hits…

The Ramones in 1976. Courtesy. Today is National Boss’ Day. (Assuming you’re reading this the day it publishes, which, I mean, why wouldn’t you be.) Which is ironic. There are so many strikes about to start in the coming days that it may turn into a general strike purely…

Tom Jones is 80, but fortunately, he’s not afraid to tell and show you his age. After performing for nearly six decades and releasing dozens of albums—and recovered from a bacterial infection that left him hospitalized—he’s decided to try something that he held on the back-burner. Surrounded by Time is an…

Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitching during a game from his 1974 season with the Oakland A’s. Hunter was an eight-time All-Star, 1974 American League Cy Young winner and was inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.Courtesy: 1974 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images. As of this…

Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…

Insert Foot vs. Bob Dylan haters and “The Rise of Skywalker.” Was there any better feeling this past week than knowing you’re in Bob Dylan’s will? OK, that’s cynical. Sorry. But, really … being on his Christmas list this year has to not really suck at all, either. Some…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Bob Dylan, Aesop Rock, Allan Rayman, The Cribs, Beabadoobee, Taemin, Bring Me The Horizon, Greg Puciato, Steve Earle and a collaboration album by Cory Wong and Jon Batiste. Welcome to Part 4 of our super-sized Top 75 albums of…

There’s typically an inner dialogue happening when serious Bruce Springsteen fans hear a new record the first time, especially one on which he unleashes the power of the E Street Band and its version of the wall of sound. Letter To You Bruce Springsteen Columbia, Oct. 23 8/10 It…

Joan Osborne burst onto the scene 25 years ago singing “One of Us,” a song penned by The Hooters’ Eric Bazilian. The song’s theological speculation about God’s smelly bus ride transubstantiated itself into a chart-topping hit and a bunch of Grammys as the first single from Osborne’s debut album,…