Allen Toussaint

The cover is part of Inara George‘s "Road Angel Project" benefit series.

With The Muppet Show hitting Disney+ this week, we picked the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational and, of course, Muppetational musical numbers from its five seasons, from Julie Andrews to Alice Cooper.

The massive stream also features Phish's Mike Gordon, Les Claypool, tributes to Dr. John, Allen Toussaint and Art Neville, and much more...

We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons...

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This year's RSD exclusives include David Bowie picture discs, a vinyl pressing of the famed 'C-86' comp, the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, and lots, lots, lots, more.

Over the weekend, NYC celebrated the spirit and music of New Orleans music icon Allen Toussaint with a show at City Winery. This was originally supposed to have been an actual Toussaint show before he tragically, unexpectedly died while on tour in Europe...

Very sad news: New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint died on Monday night (11/9) after a concert in Madrid, Spain. He was 77.Though always soft-spoken, humble and most often preferring to stay behind the scenes, the list of those who benefited from Toussaint's touch as a producer and arranger is staggering...