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Kurt Cobain’s former Seattle home hits market with $7.5M price tag

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The Nirvana singer and godfather of grunge bought the home with his wife shortly before taking his own life in 1994. Continue reading →

Quitting Corporate Life to Play the Blues

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The terrific podcast, “Second Act Stories With Andy Levine,” is out with another episode worth hearing. It’s called “Never Too Old to Rock N’ Roll: Meet Tom ‘The Suit’ Forst” and is all about a corporate VP who decided to chuck it all to pursue his lif… Continue reading →

For Scientists About to Rock (We Salute You)

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Science and music are closely connected. Says Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): “Whether you’re working with another person or a whole team of people who have different skills, different dreams and different aspi… Continue reading →

My First Concert: John Lennon’s Last

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By the time I crawled into bed after seeing my first rock concert, it was nearly three in the morning, yet I found the energy to scribble in my beloved red diary. “FANTASTIC!!!!!!” I wrote in my loopy adolescent script. It stretched across an entire li… Continue reading →

What’s It Like to Be a Rock Star’s Mom?

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Memoirs from musicians are fairly common, but how often do we hear from the mothers of famous rock stars? In her debut book, From Cradle to Stage, Virginia Hanlon Grohl (mother of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl) opens up about her life as a rock mom … Continue reading →

Older Rock Fans Are Still Singing Along

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Today they wave cell phones instead of cigarette lighters, but the Woodstock generation still loves attending concerts featuring their favorite artists. Gerry Baird Halley, 75, is a U2 fanatic who has followed the band on tours since 1987. She has seen… Continue reading →

Goodbye and Respect to Aretha Franklin

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If you thought the legacy of the late Aretha Franklin is all about her music, you only know half the story. While Franklin was the first female inducted to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, won 18 Grammy awards, received the prestigious Kennedy Honors … Continue reading →