Distant Lover: Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On at 50
Honoring a master class in sensuality
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Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions at 50
Looking back on a visionary album from a once-in-a-lifetime artist
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Blame It On The Sun: Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book at 50
Looking back on the album that thrusted soul music into the future
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Psych-Soul and Tevye’s Lament: The Puzzle of the Temptations
A look back at a crown jewel of the band’s storied psychedelic era
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Great Songwriter and Just Plain Great Writer Jim Vallance
Master craftsman Jim Vallance. (Kaitlyn Flannagan) We have entered a political season in which just about everything seems to divide us from one another. Friends, here is a photo that depicts something upon which EVERYONE can agree. And that something is that Summer of ’69 is one of the greatest songs ever. And this guy’s the one who wrote it! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jim Vallance! Vallance visited New York
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