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TIDAL: Noel Gallagher Reinvents Himself on ‘Who Built the Moon?’

QUARTZ: David Crosby Thinks America Can’t Be Wiped Out By One Bad President

QUARTZ: Rob Reiner Explains How He Brought Lyndon Johnson to the Big Screen

ESQUIRE: Woody Harrelson Hated Lyndon B. Johnson. But He Found His Humanity While Playing Him Onscreen.

ESQUIRE: Willie Nelson Wants You to Buy His Music–And His Weed

ESQUIRE: Chuck D. Is on a Mission to Protect the History of Hip-Hop

TIDAL: Liam Gallagher Returns with ‘As You Were’

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Chris Hillman Steps Out Front with ‘Bidin’ My Time’

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Liam Gallagher Goes It Alone with ‘As You Were’ — The Interview

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: ‘Core’ at 25: Stone Temple Pilots’ Origin Story, as Told by Guitarist Dean DeLeo

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Jet’s Chris Cester on ‘Get Born’ and ‘Shine On’ Reissues and Reuniting to Open for Bruce Springsteen

ESQUIRE: Liam Gallagher Is Trying Not to be a Dickhead

ESQUIRE: When David Bowie Invented the Future

ESQUIRE: Tom Petty Was Always One of Us

ESQUIRE: The Music in Ken Burns' The Vietnam War Is Remarkable. Here's How It Was Chosen.

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Damian Marley Q&A: ‘Stony Hill,’ His Father’s Legacy, Introducing Jay-Z to Kingston, and More

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: The Beatles, the Stones, Rock and Roll as Art, Defining the Musical ‘Genius’ and More: Q&A with Steve Earle

ESQUIRE: Inside Lebowski Fest, Where the Dude Abides by the Fans

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Shaking Up the Process with Paul Weller’s A Kind Revolution 

ESQUIRE: The Best Father's Day Gifts for Music Lovers

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Roger Waters: The Interview

ESQUIRE: Gregg Allman Always Walked Through the Fire

TIDAL: It Was Fifty Years Ago Today

ESQUIRE: Roger Waters Won't Hide His Disdain for Donald Trump

ESQUIRE: Paul Weller's Latest Album Doesn't Look for Answers to Our Political Dilemmas

QUARTZ: How a Harvard speech inspired Robert Caro's new guide to reckless abuses of political power

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Ray Davies and His Version of 'Americana' - The Interview

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Muisc, Life & Social Media with Robyn Hitchcock

ESQUIRE: Ziggy Marley Explains the Real Genius Behind His Father's Masterpiece, Exodus 

ESQUIRE: The Kinks' Ray Davies Reveals Why He's So Enamored With America

QUARTZ: Donnie Darko, a perfect reminder of the weirdness of Reagan's America, returns

ESQUIRE: Bob Dylan's Triplicate Proves He's as Good at Interpreting the Classics as He Is at Writing Them

ESQUIRE: These Monty Python Sketches Are So Rare, John Cleese Doesn't Even Remember Them

ESQUIRE: How Elvis Costello Helped Paul McCartney Get His Mojo Back

ESQUIRE: What It Took For Chuck Berry to Invent Rock and Roll

ESQUIRE: 72 Reasons to Love Bob Marley on His 72nd Birthday

ESQUIRE: Sex Pistol Steve Jones Finally Outgrew His Punk Outlaw Past

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Riffin' with the Croz: David Crosby on CSNY, the Byrds, 'Serving the Song' and Reunions

ESQUIRE: David Crosby Does Not Give a Single F*ck

ESQUIRE: What to Give the Classic Music Lover in Your Life This Holiday Season

TIDAL: Alone With Dan Auerbach and The Pretenders, An Interview

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: On the Road, 'Alone' with Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders

TIDAL: Raw Power: An Interview With Iggy Pop

ESQUIRE: Iggy Pop Has Closed the Chapter on The Stooges, but He's Not Ready to Say Goodbye

ESQUIRE: Johnny Marr Is a Fan First and a Musician Second

ESQUIRE: Why It Took Robbie Robertson Five Years to Write His Memoir

ESQUIRE: Why Leon Russell Believed His Success Was a Happy Accident

ESQUIRE: Leonard Cohen Left Us With So Much More Than 'Hallelujah'

ESQUIRE: How Bob Dylan Invented the Rock Star

Bob Dylan - The 1966 Live Recordings: The Untold Story Behind The Recordings (Mini-Documentary)

ESQUIRE: What David Bowie's Art Collection Says About David Bowie the Musician

ESQUIRE: John Cleese Explains 'Delusional' Donald Trump's Appeal With Voters

ESQUIRE: Why Noel and Liam Gallagher Gave This Documentarian Free Rein to Tell Oasis' Story

ESQUIRE: Chuck Berry Is the True Poet Laureate of Rock and Roll

ESQUIRE: Why Bob Dylan Deserves His Nobel Prize

ESQUIRE: How Brian Wilson Found Inspiration in the Artists Working Beside Him

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: A Byrd's Eye View: Roger McGuinn

ESQUIRE: The Making Of David Bowie's Lost Soul Album

ESQUIRE: How Do You Make a Fresh and Interesting Documentary About The Beatles in 2016?

TIDAL: Giles Martin: Revisiting the Magic of The Beatles in Concert

ESQUIRE: Why This New Reissue Might Change Your Mind About Elvis Presley's Later Career

ESQUIRE: How The Beatles Recorded One of the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Albums of All Time

ESQUIRE: Bob Dylan's Fans Called Him a Traitor. 51 Years Later, He Returns to the Scene of the Crime.

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Jeff Beck: The Interview

ESQUIRE: Mudcrutch Brings Tom Petty Back to His Roots

ESQUIRE: Bob Dylan Is the Greatest American Singer of All Time

ESQUIRE: Brian Wilson Remembers Pet Sounds on the Album's 50th Anniversary

ESQUIRE: Under the Big Black Sun Chronicles the Often Forgotten Story of L.A. Punk

QUARTZ: Prince made weird sexy, and kept sexy weird

TIDAL: The Beatles Anthology: The Second Coming of Beatlemania

TIDAL: George Martin: A Fifth Beatle's Farewell

QUARTZ: Monty Python's Terry Jones has a different take on the not-so-funny 2008 financial crisis

ESQUIRE: Ringo Starr: George Martin Was 'the Right Man for Us'

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Carlos Alomar's Golden Years with David Bowie

ESQUIRE EXCLUSIVE: Here's How The X-Files Reboot Got Made

TIDAL: The Beatles: Songwriting

Jeff spoke to Monty Python's John Cleese about his favorite Python moments in late-2015. The clips are now featured at www.MontyPython.com and the official Monty Python YouTube channel

QUARTZ: David Bowie's bandmates explain just how he got them to sound like that

TIDAL: The Beatles: The Singles

TIDAL: The Beatles: 1967-1970

TIDAL: The Beatles: 1962-1966

ESQUIRE: John Cleese Picks the Most Gut-Busting Monty Python Sketches

ESQUIRE EXCLUSIVE: Roger Waters Premieres a Track From His New Album

ESQUIRE EXCLUSIVE: Hear a Rare Bob Dylan Outtake from Highway 61 Revisited 

GUITAR WORLD: Jeff Lynne Discusses the Rebirth of ELO and New Album Alone in the Universe 

ESQUIRE: The Mighty Terry Gilliam on Gilliamesque - a Book, a Style, a Way of Life

TIDAL: George Harrison: After The Beatles
Eric Idle: My George Harrison Favorites

ROLLING STONE: 10 Things We Learned From Elvis Costello's Brilliant New Memoir

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Paul Weller: From 'In The City' to 'Saturns Pattern'

ESQUIRE: 10 Things We Learned from the New Jimi Hendrix Documentary

QUARTZ: Hey haters: rock stars like Miley are supposed to be rebels, and a little crazy

QUARTZ: "Pink Floyd is dead. I'm ready to move on."

ROLLING STONE: Sly & the Family Stone Band Members on Glory Days and Being 'Too Weird'

Read Jeff's reports from the TriBeCa Film Festival for www.MontyPython.com from Friday's press conference (Parts 1 & 2), Friday's Beacon Theater reunion, plus Saturday's & Sunday's events as well as from Toronto's HotDocs Film Festival

QUARTZ: Ringo Starr gets his solo spot in the hall of fame, but he’ll always be a Beatle

THE DAILY BEAST: Ringo Starr's Post-Beatles Bliss

ESQUIRE: Nick Drake's Pink Moon, 40 Years After His Death: An Album for the Internet Age

ESQUIRE: 70 Reasons To Love Bob Marley On His 70th Birthday

THE DAILY BEAST: Goddamn, Dylan's Sinatra Album Is Great

ESQUIRE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to a Lost Bob Dylan Song from the Basement Tapes Sessions

ESQUIRE: Monty Python Finally Says Goodbye

ESQUIRE: The Best Rock Album You've Never Heard - The Kinks Remember The Village Green Preservation Society 

ESQUIRE WEEKEND: How The Beatles Invented The Stadium Tour (PDF - right click to download)

TIDAL: The Bitch Is Back: Elton John's Wonderful Crazy Night Soars

TIDAL: Out Of The Blue: Jeff Lynne & The Return Of Electric Light Orchestra

QUARTZ: Terry Gilliam on Monty Python, fighting Hollywood suits, and doing it your way

THE DAILY BEAST EXCLUSIVE: Bob Dylan Like You've Never Heard Him

THE DAILY BEAST: Johnny Depp's Rock Supergroup: Alice Cooper and Joe Perry on Hollywood Vampires

TIDAL: David Gilmour: Life after the Lurching Monster

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: David Gilmour: Rattling That Lock Once Again

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Jimmy Page Discusses Led Zeppelin's Reissue Series

QUARTZ: Led Zeppelin's discography is immortal, thanks to Jimmy Page

THE DAILY BEAST: Jimmy Page Closes the Book on Led Zeppelin

TIDAL: Ronnie Wood: Like a Rolling Stone

QUARTZ: How to write, according to the woman who wrote some of Pink Floyd's biggest hits

TIDAL: Paul Weller: "I try to make something different every time"

THE DAILY BEAST: Paul Weller: The Modfather Is Back

QUARTZ: Shane Dawson: The most popular, successful, comedian you've never heard of

QUARTZ: Former Sex Pistol John Lydon pops off on loving, living, and having been Rotten

QUARTZ: All girls, all Zeppelin: when a tribute band outdoes the original

TIDAL: Noel Gallagher: Stop Chasing Yesterday

TIDAL: Jimmy Page: The Criteria Was Always Quality

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Noel Gallagher Talks Chasing Yesterday and Oasis' Future

THE DAILY BEAST: Noel Gallagher On How He ‘Invented’ Oasis and Why You Shouldn’t Expect A Reunion Anytime Soon

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Noel Gallagher and Dave Sardy on the Making of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Behind the Curtain: On Tour with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

QUARTZ: He died in 1974 but Nick Drake's legend continues to grow

THE DAILY BEAST: A Kinks Reunion? "Ray and I Are Talking."

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Bettye LaVette on 50+ Years of Soul

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Ray and Dave Davies On 50 Years Of The Kinks

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Ian McLagan: 1945-2014 -- In Remembrance

QUARTZ: Monty Python's John Cleese on the Secret of Success

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Jackson Browne - The Interview

ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE: Nick Mason, David Gilmour and Andy Jackson Discuss Pink Floyd's The Endless River 

MORE ESQUIRE ARTICLES BY JEFF

How RZA and Interpol's Paul Banks Made Their Unlikely Collaboration Succeed

This New Rolling Stones Deluxe Release Highlights the Band's Last Great Period... In 1995

How the Smallest Change Made This Speaker Eight Times Better Than Any Other

10 Things You Didn't Know About Paul McCartney

The Best Father's Day Gifts for Music Lovers

Merle Haggard Was One of Our Last True Country Outlaws

Get to Know a Country Music Pioneer With This Hank Williams Primer

The Charisma, the Swagger, and the Lonesomeness: Tom Hiddleston on Playing Hank Williams

How House of Lies Made History By Filming in Cuba

David Bowie's Friends and Collaborators React to His Death

This Is the Closest You'll Get to Seeing David Bowie Perform Live

See a Rare Neil Young Double-Header Tonight in Movie Theaters Across the Country

10 Box Sets For The Music Lover In Your LIfe

Terry Jones' Top 10 Monty Python Movie Moments

Kids In The Hall's Top 10 Sketches

Exclusive: Listen to an Unreleased Isley Brothers Live Track

Exclusive: Paul Weller's 2015 Tour-Bus Mixtape

Exclusive: Listen to Stephen Marley's 'Ghetto Boy'

Ten Things John Lydon Loves and Hates

Cameron Crowe on Finding the Perfect Songs for His Movies

Brian Wilson's 10 Favorite Beach Boys and Solo Songs

Exclusive: Bob Odenkirk Opens Up About His First Time Playing Saul Goodman

Noel Gallagher on His Drunken Run-In with Morrissey and New High Flying Birds Album

What to Expect From The Americans' Bomb-Rigged Third Season

Henry Rollins's Top 10 Underground Songs

The 10 Best Music Gifts in 2014

David O. Russell Breaks Down American Hustle's Grammy-Nominated Soundtrack

Wu-Tang Clan Opens Up About Reuniting And The New Album

Exclusive: Watch A Bob Marley Performance From 1980

8 Images From Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page

What Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes Teach Us

7 Ways Commercial Sounds Are Changing Your Life

Dick Cavett Remembers Meeting John Lennon (and His Stoned Friends)

Exclusive: Listen to Jackson Browne's 'Yeah Yeah'

Inside 45 Incredible Years of Genesis

Exclusive Photos of the Clash, Beastie Boys, and Madonna as You've Never Seen Them

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 50 Years Later

The Future of High-Definition Audio Is Here

Exclusive: Listen to Tom Maxwell's New Song with Ani DiFranco

Shatner Was Never Actually Mad At JJ Abrams

How The Beatles Invented The Stadium Tour

Exclusive: Listen To A Stunning Lost Version Of Bob Marley's 'Punky Reggae Party'

Exclusive: Watch The Who Perform 'Sea and Sand' Live

Exclusive: Watch John Waters Read From His New Book Carsick 

Exclusive: What's Next For Led Zeppelin

Exclusive: Listen to Oasis's 'Live Forever' Live from Paris

Exclusive: Listen to a Lost Roy Orbison Track

10 Coffee Songs to Jump-Start Your Day

Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, Turns 60 With Style

Exclusive: New Music from Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson

Esquire Exclusive: Two Brand New Live Elton John Songs

Exclusive: A New Track from Legend Leon Russell

Esquire Exclusive: A New Miles Davis Track

All-Star Heartbreaker Benmont Tench Strikes Out on His Own

The Rise of the Beatles and the Death of Mad Men

Exclusive: Beatles Photos from Ringo Starr's New Book

Exclusive: Hear Beck Cover John Lennon on Upcoming Valentine's Day Compilation

The 10 Best Box Sets to Give in 2013

The Truest Beatles Biography Yet

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