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Music writer and journalist, a founding editor of Allmusic now freelancer for hire. Bylines at Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Mojo Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more. Subscribe to my Newsletter: sterlewine.substack.com

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

My latest newsletter: Reviews of new albums by Willie Nelson, Kurt Vile, Don Williams, Violet Grohl, Kip Moore, Joshua Ray Walker, Guided By Voices, Alana Springsteen, and the Greenberry Woods.

Paul McCartney acts his age on the satisfying, quietly surprising The Boys of Dungeon Lane. My review is in my latest newsletter.

Terribly sad news. So many great records were made at Ardent Studios but I'll always think of them as the home of Big Star.

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When Roxette and Taylor Dayne were riding high on the charts in the early '90s, Nick Lowe was on VH1 singing about building a Jumbo Ark and playing "(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding" with Nile Rodgers.

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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

It's a bummer to read that the legendary Memphis recording studio Ardent seems to have gone under amidst internecine squabbling. The full story is unclear at this point, but here's a little Ardent Studios appreciation post to showcase the sound beyond Big Star...

"Pretty soon a bunch of kids are going to come along and change all this, and then no one will want to know about the Rolling Stones or any of us. It'll probably be three 12-year-olds with Moog synthesizers," Stephen Stills to the NME, October 1973