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Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang has died, aged 77

by Lochie Schuster

One of the brains behind the world’s most iconic music festival, Michael Lang has died in a New York Hospital, aged 77. At the age…

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Neil Young and Janis Joplin producer, Elliot Mazer, has died at 79

by Borna Crvelin

Not only an incredible producer and engineer, Elliot Mazer was also known as a pioneer of digital technology in the studio. Elliot Mazer, the name…

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The story of Moondog: blind poet, Viking vagabond, genius composer

by Luke Saunders

New York City in the 1960s. A silent sentinel stands on the corner of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue, in midtown Manhattan. A totemic…

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The story of Thomas Noguchi: coroner to the stars

by Luke Saunders

On the 5th of August, 1962, troubled beauty and famed actress Marilyn Monroe was found nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in…

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5 amazing things you didn’t know about Janis Joplin

by Luke Saunders

Janis Joplin was a free-wheeling soul and the first true female rockstar. Though fame came with its fair share of trials and tribulations. Debilitating drug…

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‘Janis: Her Life and Music’: a celebration of rock’s first female superstar

by Luke Saunders

Around 1 a.m. on 4 Oct, 1970, Janis Joplin skin popped a dose of ‘China White’ heroin at Room 105 of the Landmark Motor Hotel….

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Why are we obsessed with the 27 Club?

by Luke Saunders

What is our obsession with the beautifully broken? There is something of a mythologising aura surrounding musicians who die at the tender age of 27….

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Janis: Her Life and Music, How Good’s Australia and more – Happy’s Weekend Reading

by Dan Shaw

On the list this week is Janis: Her Life and Music, the tale of the counter-cultural icon, How Good’s Australia is our country’s coming of…

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The 25 Best ’60s Songs to stick it to the man

by Luke Saunders

A monumental decade of social and political upheaval, the 1960s saw the Civil Rights Movement, The Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassinations of both Martin…

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New Woodstock 50th anniversary box set will feature every set played at the original festival

by Mia Hull

It’s starting to look like Woodstock 50 won’t go ahead. However, while we won’t be celebrating the anniversary of the iconic event with a festival,…

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A juicy list of rumoured 2019 Record Store Day releases has dropped

by Luke Saunders

Christmas for wax lovers is just around the bend and the bells are surely ringing. Record Store Day is fast approaching and on April 13th…

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