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When French rockers Little Rabbits traveled from their native Nantes, France, to Tucson to record at Jim Waters' Waterworks studio in 1995, little did they know they were stepping into a cross-continental relationship that would stretch into the next decade.

While recording, Rabbits’ d… Continue

While anti-immigrant right-wingers have stepped up xenophobic rants about preserving "American values" as they push English-only agendas, a funny thing has happened to the so-called rock en español genre: It’s losing the Español. One only has to tune in to MTV's Latino-focused channel, MTV Tr… Continue

Many of The Temptations' R&B hits from the 1960s and '70s have become embedded in our collective consciousness, which could work either for or against the classic vocal group when it performs. Luckily, for an audience of more than 700 fans at the Fox Tucson Theatre, our familiarity with the mater… Continue

Look no further than the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio for an example of the corporate monopolization of every aspect of the music industry. And the popularity of online downloads--legal or otherwise--has all but killed the record-store chain concept, not to mention local dealers.

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Steely Dan--singer/keyboardist Donald Fagen and guitarist Walter Becker--have always been contrarians. For 35 years, they've played smooth (one of the only instances where I'd use that word flatteringly) jazz-fusion tunes, paired them with lyrics cryptic, caustic, clever and funny, and somehow manage… Continue