Remembering Muddy Waters Today on the 43rd Anniversary of His Passing (April 30, 1983)

April 30, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Happy Birthday to Willie Nelson, Born April 29, 1933

April 29, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Remembering Duke Ellington Today, Born 127 Years Ago on April 29, 1899

April 29, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Remembering Tammi Terrell Today on What Would Have Been Her 81st Birthday (Born 4/29/45)

April 29, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Happy 60th Birthday to Todd “Too $hort” Shaw, Born April 28, 1966

April 28, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Happy Birthday to Kim Gordon, Born April 28, 1953

April 28, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Happy Birthday to Kate Pierson, Born April 27, 1948

April 27, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Happy Birthday to Ann Peebles, Born April 27, 1947

April 27, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Happy Birthday to Sheena Easton, Born April 27, 1959

April 27, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Remembering Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes Today on the 24th Anniversary of Her Passing (April 25, 2002)

April 25, 2026 Albumism Staff

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Jamiroquai’s ‘Travelling Without Moving’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

Three decades on and despite loads of unwarranted criticism, Jamiroquai’s terrific third studio album still sounds as fresh and invigorating as ever.

Bob Dylan’s ‘Modern Times’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

‘Modern Times’ mourns a musical idiom by giving it another good try, because if it’s in your bones, that’s how you grieve stuff anyway.

The Roots’ ‘Game Theory’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

The Roots’ seventh studio affair is the disquieted soundtrack to learning you’re in a game engineered for you to lose—a first-person shooter with your weapons removed.