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Steve Albini Did the Work

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Sinéad O’Connor Was a Voice of Strength in the Darkness

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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Borderless Brilliance

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Mimi Parker Was Indie Rock’s Guardian Angel

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Remembering Takeoff, Migos’ Low-Key Linchpin

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Remembering Loretta Lynn, Who Helped Make Country a Place Where Women Can Speak Their Minds

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Remembering Ronnie Spector, the Beating Heart of Rock’n’Roll

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How Lee “Scratch” Perry Sculpted the Sounds of Reggae

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Remembering Biz Markie, the Uninhibited Spirit of Hip-Hop’s Golden Age

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Remembering DMX, Who Changed Rap Forever

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Remembering John Prine, the Ultimate Songwriter’s Songwriter

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The First Sensitive Punk: Remembering Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley

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How Aretha Franklin Earned Her Crown As the Queen of Soul

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The Glorious Savagery of the Fall’s Mark E. Smith

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Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell Was More Than Just a Grunge Frontman

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Afterword: George Martin

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Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White

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David Bowie

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Scott Weiland

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Allen Toussaint

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Ornette Coleman

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Tommy Ramone

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DJ Rashad

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Robert Ashley

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Lou Reed

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George Duke

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Storm Thorgerson

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Roger Ebert

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Jason Molina

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The Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss