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The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2023 – Part 4: 25-1

18 January 2024 SB 0

We have arrived at the final part of the Rocking In the Norseland Top 100 countdown for 2023! 25) RONNIE ROMERO – Raised On Heavy […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Angry» by The Rolling Stones

28 October 2023 SB 0

A few years ago, Mick Jagger said “Rock’n’roll is not supposed to be done in your 70s.” Perhaps it’s a good thing, then, that he […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2021

10 December 2021 SB 0

Has it really been a year since we did this? At this point 2021 is mercilessly ticking towards its end, and there is a new […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2020

2 January 2021 SB 0

2020 is in the books – thankfully, many of us will say – and it’s time to take a look back and do a little […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Before They Make Me Run» by The Rolling Stones

30 August 2020 SB 0

On 27 February 1977, Keith Richards was arrested at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel in Toronto. They Royal Canadian Mounted Police found such amounts of […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2019

5 January 2020 SB 0

2019 is in the books, and it’s time to take a look back and do a little summarising. From a music perspective, I will primarily […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Connection» by The Rolling Stones

25 May 2019 SB 0

1967 was a very turbulent year for The Rolling Stones. In the career-spanning documentary 25×5 (1989), Keith Richards reflected on the year as a period […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Sister Morphine» by Marianne Faithfull and The Rolling Stones

10 September 2018 SB 0

This classic tale of waking up after overdosing was initially recorded before Mick Taylor had joined the band. Mick Jagger wrote its ominous chord progression […]

“TONGUE AND LIPS” – the story of the Rolling Stones logo

7 April 2018 SB 0

It is one of the most well-known logos in the world, but the now-famous “Tongue and Lips” design did not begin life with anyone believing […]

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