Bob Spitz proves the Rolling Stones are rock's greatest band in magnificent new biography

'The Rolling Stones: The Biography' by Bob Spitz is a magisterial work that charts the 60-year journey of 'the greatest rock and roll band in the world.' ...
Jazz

Rolling Stones: Black and Blue (2CD)

Forgetting for the moment any revisionism applied to the The Rolling Stones album Black & Blue (Rolling Stones Records, 1976), the iconic British band was in more than a little disarray when it ...
Glide Magazine

50 Years Later: On ‘Black and Blue’, The Rolling Stones Lay Into Reggae, Funk & Renewed Looseness

The Rolling Stones' latter-day albums were frustratingly erratic long before the misconceived likes of 1997's Bridges To Babylon. And the hit-and-miss ...
American Songwriter

How Keith Richards and Mick Jagger Foreshadowed Rolling Stones in First Band

Even before they were the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger hinted at the band that would rocket them to international stardom. The musicians first met at Wentworth Primary School before ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

The Rolling Stones Announce ‘Black and Blue’ Box Set

The Rolling Stones will release an expanded reissue of their 1976 album Black and Blue on Nov. 14. At the moment, the Stones don't have any scheduled concerts. However, in an interview with Record ...
Rolling Stone

How the Rolling Stones Found Their Third Act With ‘Black and Blue’

Featuring audition jams with Jeff Beck and Harvey Mandel, as well as rare tracks and concert recordings, a new expanded reissue of the band's 1976 album gives us a 360 look at a crucial turning point ...