When diversity box-checking outweighs musical greatness, the Kinks get buried and King Diversity takes the throne.

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Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

On the heels of the 50th anniversary of Bob Seger's "Live Bullet" recordings, we've dug into the Detroit Free Press archives for more hometown concert memories of the Michigan rock icon. Presented ...

Fifty years ago, Bob Seger walked onto a stage in downtown Detroit and waged a pair of performances for perpetuity. Over two nights at a sold-out Cobo Arena, the Michigan rocker and his Silver Bullet ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

A recording studio in Albany, NY announced last week that Bob Dylan spent two days working there, leading to speculation that the legendary singer-songwriter may be working on a new album. The ...

Kwame Dawes is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica and the author of the collection “Sturge Town,” among other books. He teaches at Brown. “Although we speak, now, to each other in new ways / we can still ...

Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Survival, often described as the Reggae group’s most defiant and politically charged album, is now certified Gold in the United Kingdom. According to the British ...