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The 10 Most Perfect Albums
In search of perfection: So Much Great Music makes the case for the 10 most...
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Bob Dylan “My Back Pages”
The single greatest collection of superstar artists ever gathered together on one stage to perform...
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The 10 Best Rock Frontmen
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Kamasi Washington “Change of the Guard”
Only a truly epic show could've rescued what had turned into a disastrous last day...
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The Top 10 Best American Bands
To celebrate Independence Day, So Much Great Music went through the painstaking process of choosing...
July 2, 2021
Steely Dan “Bodhisattva”
It’s doubtful you would ever think of Steely Dan as a “guitar solo” band, and...
November 29, 2019
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