this day in music

26 years ago today, Bonnie Raitt was keeping busy in Boston by becoming the recipient of an honorary doctorate of music from the Berklee College of Music. Although Raitt had originally graduated from Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, New York...

Two years ago today, the combination of Prince’s death and his fans’ inability to stream his music online caused an explosion of sales which resulted in His Royal Badness having eight – count ‘em – eight albums sitting in the...

43 years ago today, Alice Cooper debuted The Nightmare, a conceptual art piece disguised as a TV special and doubling as a promotional tool for his latest album. Directed by Jørn Winther and written by Tony Hudz and Alan Rudolph...

Eight years ago this very evening, The Rascals reunited on a New York City stage in the name of charity, which is – as reasons for reunions go – about as good as it gets. The performance in question took...

37 years ago this month, Chris Squire, Alan White, and once-and-future Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page laid down some demos for a band that never really came to fruition, but if you think that lineup is perfect for a “oh,...

25 years ago today, The Grateful Dead helped the San Francisco Giants kick off their 1993 season by performing “The Star Spangled Banner” at Candlestick Park. When author Linda Kelly released the 20th anniversary edition of her classic tome Deadheads:...

Nine years ago today, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an event important enough to reunite the band lineup that recorded the band’s multi-platinum self-titled LP. “The Black Album band will be back together and...

52 years today, Peter Tork played a date by himself at the Troubadour, getting a chance to make a name for himself just in time to set aside his solo career in favor of making a Monkee out of himself....

48 years ago today, the Faces released their debut album, its title aptly describing how the LP was only just the beginning of what the band had to offer. Produced by the band and recorded between August 1969 and January...