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Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll (excerpt)
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Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll (excerpt)

By / 30 October 2020

Ikette Claudia Lennear, rumored to be the inspiration for Mick Jagger's "Brown Sugar", often felt disconnect between her identity as an African American woman and her engagement with rock. Enjoy this excerpt of cultural anthropologist Maureen Mahon's Black Diamond Queens, courtesy of Duke University Press.

Rolling Stones, Covered in Blues
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Rolling Stones, Covered in Blues

By / 28 September 2018

On Chicago Plays the Stones, ten Chicago-based blues artists remake a dozen Rolling Stones compositions, with mixed results.

Dave Stewart’s Charmed Life, Page by Page
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Dave Stewart’s Charmed Life, Page by Page

By / 2 March 2016
The Eurythmics co-founder gives an in-depth account of how he went from being a football-loving kid to one of our greatest writers and producers. And man, has he got a lot of friends.
Rock’s Bad Boy Mick Jagger Is Not Bad Enough for ‘Ned Kelly’
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Rock’s Bad Boy Mick Jagger Is Not Bad Enough for ‘Ned Kelly’

By / 5 August 2015
Tony Richardson’s 1970 Down Under biopic Ned Kelly provides lovingly filmed scenery--including the Rolling Stone’s Mick Jagger--but, in this version of the folk legend, bad boy Ned seldom seems to be the “wild colonial boy”.
‘Ain’t it Time We Said Goodbye’ Is a Reader’s Digest-like Condensation of the Rolling Stones Story
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‘Ain’t it Time We Said Goodbye’ Is a Reader’s Digest-like Condensation of the Rolling Stones Story

By / 1 October 2014
Veteran Stones scribe Robert Greenfield captures a band, and its key relationship, in turmoil and on the cusp of change.
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The Rolling Stones Under Review: 1975-1983: The Ronnie Wood Years Pt.1

By / 15 November 2012
Pete Townshend’s ‘Who I Am’ Answers Age-Old Question with Aplomb
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Pete Townshend’s ‘Who I Am’ Answers Age-Old Question with Aplomb

By / 28 October 2012

This is Pete Townshend laid bare; offering us tales from the cradle to the hearing aid.

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An Open Letter to Tom Cruise: How to Make a Movie Rock

By / 24 July 2012
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Cock Roaches and Keith Richards: How Do Some Bands Seem to Last Forever?

By / 20 June 2012
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Mick Jagger Performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

By / 21 May 2012
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We Piss Anywhere: ‘Sympathy for Mick Jagger’

By / 11 September 2011
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Rocking Chair Blues: Howlin’ Wolf – “Little Baby”

By / 11 April 2011