2019 Obituaries
Hal Blaine
Asa Brebner
Bonnie Guitar
Dave Laing, critic
Sara Romweber
Peter Tork
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 Guardian obits

BEATLES
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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
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AV Club, Onion
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
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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

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Soundstage
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Star Search
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Unplugged
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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
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Holler If Ya Hear Me
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RockRap Confidential
Songwriters Hall of Fame
SXSW
Ticketmaster
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UPDATES
Ann Powers on music biz roots of #MeToo, Stephen Humphries on R. Kelly, MJ, and Ryan Adams;
Village Voice’s Pazz Jop Poll, including xGau’s King Kendrick;
Natalie Weiner’s
1959 Project;
Beatles on NPR;
teaser archive

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

BYLINES
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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

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Richard Meltzer
David Menconi
Evelyn McDonnell
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Joyce Millman
Tom Moon
John Morthland
Jon Pareles
Ann Powers
Amanda Petrusich
Simon Reynolds
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

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