2019 Obituaries
Ginger Baker
Dave Bartholomew
David Berman
Hal Blaine
Asa Brebner
Dr. John
Doris Day
Roky Erickson
João Gilberto
Bonnie Guitar
Jimmy Johnson
Daniel Johnston
Dave Laing, critic
Ric Ocasek
Art Neville
Leon Redbone
Ranking Roger
Sara Romweber
Kim Shattuck
Peter Tork
Scott Walker
Beverly Watkins
Reggie Young

2018 Obituaries
Roy Clark
Geoff Emerick
Charles Aznavour
Hardy Fox
Roy Hargrave
Aretha Franklin
Danny Kirwan
Otis Rush
Mac Miller
John Perry Barlow
Laurie Collins
Pete Shelley
Jabo Starks
Cecil Taylor
Mark E. Smith
—more in Guardian

BEATLES
BeatlesArchive.net
Beatles Bible
TheBeatles.com (official)
Beatlefan Magazine
Beatlelinks.net
BeatlesTube.net
Charting the Beatles
Daily BeatleInternet Beatles Album
Reddit:Beatles
Top 100 Beatles Sites

MUSIC SITES
All Songs Considered
Alternate Music Press
anti-MusicAndpop
ArtsJournal
Aquarium Drunkard
AV Club, Onion
Bluegrass Situation
Contact music
Crawdaddy
Creem
Cuepoint
Dazed: Music
Digital Music News
Drowned in Sound
Fast’n’Bulbous
Glide
Glorious Noise
Hits Daily Double
Hollywood Life
ilxor
Idolator
Kerrang!
largehearted boy
Madison Ave Journal
McSweeneys
music think tank
NPR Song of the Day
Oxford American
Paris Transatlantic
Perfect Sound Forever
Popmatters
Pitchfork
Please Kill Me
Prefix
The Quietus
Reverb Nation
Salon
ShowbuzzSlate
stereogum
TMZ Music
Wired
Wondering Sound
more…

REFERENCE
Albums of the Year
All Music Guide
Answers.com
Ask.com
Beaucoups Music
Columbia Encyc
Columbia University
Library
DeadRockStarsClub
Discogs
Free Dictionary
Free Library
Historical Text Arch
HitSearch
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LookSmart
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Music Genres List
MusicMoz
Music Portal
Music Search Engine
New Releases Now
Oxford Encyc of Pop
Oxford Music Online
RefDesk
Reverb lp
Rock Music List
This Day in Music.com
TuneFind
VinylKnut

INSIDE YOUTUBE
Music
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Bonnaroo Festival 
Hollywood A Go Go
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Live From Abbey Road
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Top of the Pops
Old Grey Whistle Test
Playboy After Dark
Royal Albert Hall
Soundstage
Soul Train
Star Search
Ed Sullivan
Unplugged
Woodstock 1969
Woodstock 1994
Woodstock 1999

INDUSTRY SITES
AllRecordLabels.comAmericana Association
Billboard.biz
Blues Foundation
BMI: blog, news
CIMS Music
Conferences, Events (DMN)
Country Music Hall of Fame
Experience Music Project
Fest300
GrammyNominees
Holler If Ya Hear Me
Hypebot
National Recording Registry
Plug Awards
RIAA News
R&R Hall of Fame
RockRap Confidential
Songwriters Hall of Fame
SXSW
Ticketmaster
Variety

UPDATES
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Bluegrass Situation
Ranking Roger
Scott Walker
Jim Macnie
bitchmedia
Natalie Weiner’s
1959 Project;
Beatles on NPR;
teaser archive

NEWSLETTERS
AllMusic
BlendedBeats
Louder (NYT)
MusicxTechxFuture
NPR Music
Noisey
OKPlayer
Platform&Stream
Redef
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That Eric Alper

January 24, 2019:
Return of the Unrepressed: the White Album and Imagine boxes defy Retromania

BYLINES
Lester Bangs
(1948-80)
Daphne Carr
Jeff Chang
Robert Christgau 
Alan Clayson
Charles Cross
Erik Davis
Anthony DeCurtis
Phil Dellio
Jim DeRogatis
Chuck Eddy
J. Lester Feder
Barbara Flaska
Sasha Frere-Jones
Simon Frith
Janiss Garza
Nelson George
Ted Gioia
Sid Griffin
Jason Gross
Jimmy Guterman
(1962-2016)
David Hajdu
Howard Hampton
Will Hermes
David Hoekstra
Jessica Hopper
Tom Hull
Frank Kogan (livej)
Allan Kozinn
Steve Knopper
Dave Laing
Alan Light
John Leland
Hugo Lindgren

Jim Macnie
Greil Marcus
M Matos
Devin McKinney
Richard Meltzer
David Menconi
Evelyn McDonnell
Sia Michel
MiloMiles
Joyce Millman
Tom Moon
John Morthland
Jon Pareles
Ann Powers
Amanda Petrusich
Simon Reynolds
Wayne Robins
Jody Rosen
Leland Rucker
Chris Salewicz
Kelefa Sanneh
John Sellers
Rob Sheffield
Kate Sullivan
Touré
Ken Tucker
Jaan Uhelszki
Richie Unterberger
Elizabeth Vincentelli
Ed Ward (NPR)
Carl Wilson
Douglas Wolk
Bill Wyman
Bernard Zuel

ELSEWHERE
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