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Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point In Rock History

The Rollings Stones, Marianne Faithfull and other performers at the Rock and Roll Circus. Michael Randolf/Courtesy of the production company hide caption

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Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point In Rock History

In December of 1968, some of the biggest names in rock and roll came together to film The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus. The film was recently given a 4K restoration.

Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point In Rock History

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Clapton And Cale: Notes On A Friendship

Eric Clapton's new album, The Breeze, honors the late J.J. Cale. Brian Rooney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Clapton And Cale: Notes On A Friendship

One year after J.J. Cale's death, his friend and fan Eric Clapton says we still don't know the half of the late songwriter's talent. Read Clapton's extended interview with NPR's Eric Westervelt.

Clapton And Cale: Notes On A Friendship

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Borderland Music: Songs From The U.S.-Mexico Frontera

Ricky Munoz, lead singer of Intocalbe, performs in Juarez, Mexico earlier this month. Intocable, a band popular on both sides of the border, is inspired by Mexican music, country hits and rock bands like Def Leppard. Kainaz Amaria/NPR hide caption

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Borderland Music: Songs From The U.S.-Mexico Frontera

NPR took a 2,428-mile trip along the border between Mexico and the U.S. Alt.Latino highlights some of the music heard along the way.

Borderland Music: Songs From The U.S.-Mexico Frontera

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Clapton Invited to Play in North Korea

Rock musician Eric Clapton has been invited to perform in North Korea The government disapproves of rock music, but the son of President Kim Jong Il is reportedly a Clapton fan. Clapton has not yet accepted the invitation.

Clapton Invited to Play in North Korea

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Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll: Clapton After 'Cocaine'

In his new memoir, guitarist Eric Clapton writes candidly about his many battles with drugs and alcohol. Now sober, the 62-year-old Clapton discusses his struggle to overcome his addictions and how he has turned to music for salvation.

Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll: Clapton After 'Cocaine'

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Eric Clapton Looks Back at His Blues Roots

In his new autobiography, Eric Clapton tells the story of his professional rise and his personal battles with substance abuse. In the first of a two-part interview, Clapton remembers the blues greats that influenced him as a young guitarist.

Eric Clapton Looks Back at His Blues Roots

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Blues Song Is a Decades-Long Music Lesson

As part of our series about students and teachers, musicologist Bruce Nemerov describes the way that one song is recorded by several different musicians in different decades of the 20th century. The older musicians are teaching the younger musicians through the song "Sitting on Top of the World." We hear the song as recorded by Al Jolson, The Mississippi Sheiks, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Clapton, Bill Monroe and The Grateful Dead.

Blues Song Is a Decades-Long Music Lesson

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Eric Clapton Takes on Robert Johnson's Blues

Eric Clapton once wrote that Robert Johnson's best songs have "never been covered by anyone else, at least not very successfully — because how are you going to do them?" Now the rock guitarist has recorded Me and Mr. Johnson, a CD of the legendary bluesman's works that Clapton calls a labor of love.

Eric Clapton Takes on Robert Johnson's Blues

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