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Elvis Presley was an excellent singer and will be and is still missed very much. John Lennon was also an excellent musician who was excellent with The Beatles and as a solo artist and will be and is ...

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Decade after decade, Monroe keeps showing up in popular culture in different guises. In the 1960s she was Andy Warhol's silk-screened muse; in the '80s she inspired Madonna's career-defining "Material ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. You can hear these songs in our ongoing Best ...

Life has meaning because, at some point, it's going to end. It's for that reason we must make every moment count, and the same goes for some of our favorite musicians. While many have an entire ...

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In memory of the celebrities who have died this year, including Robert Redford, Val Kilmer, Michelle Trachtenberg, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Diane Keaton, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and more.

Bryan Hugo Iglesias and JonPaul Wallace are among the 250+ local acts featured in this week’s issue. Credit: Jacob Mulka Wow! When we put out a call for local artists to send us their music, we had no ...