The Rock & Roll Globe Top 40 Albums of 2023
Counting down the releases that sparked the most joy this year
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Gorillaz
De La Soul’s Trugoy Gone at 54
The rap legend’s death comes weeks before the group’s catalog gets reissued
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ALBUMS: Elton John’s Colorful Chosen Family
The Lockdown Sessions corrals the past and the present for a decades-defying chronicle of pop music
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ALBUMS: Tony Allen Leaves Behind a Lasting Legacy
Tony Allen (Image: Blue Note) Tony Oladipo Allen, who died last year, was a legend of the drum kit, a musician that was never content to confine his playing to a single style. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1940 and was a rule breaker right out of the gate. He never played African drums or percussion. Instead, he was fascinated by American jazz, and spent many hours absorbing
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Useless, But Not For Long: Gorillaz at 20
Little did we know how bright the future was coming on for the groundbreaking collaboration between Blur’s Damon Albarn and Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett when Gorillaz was released on March 26, 2001
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Artists Pay Homage To Tony Allen
Flea, Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and others take to social media to salute the late Afrobeat icon
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The RNRG New Music Playlist for June 29, 2018
A mix of the best new releases for this Friday
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