David Bowie headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2000, Adele headlining in 2016
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Using books and personal reminiscences, countless internet forums and old magazine reports, all headliners are ranked solely on the weight of the three performances.
Their rankings are ordered by the day they played (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).
Vehemently disagree? See you in the comments.
36. The Black Crowes, Lenny Kravitz, Wynton Marsalis (1993)
A weird line-up by any standards, partly due to Red Hot Chili Peppers dropping out (Lenny Kravitz stepped in). Anyone actually into music was at the Other Stage to see Suede, Spiritualised and Stereo MCs. Meanwhile the Black Crowes jammed endlessly, Kravitz didn’t really have the songs and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was… pleasant.
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This weekend reggae lovers around the world will gather, as they do annually, to celebrate the birth of one of the most well-known artists in the world, Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley baptized Berhane Selassie in the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox church. His music moved millions across generations, continents, social and economic stratospheres and any other demographic imaginable. “Songs of Freedom,” one of his best-selling compilations produced decades after his death, is a title that may best sum up his body of works. Profound lyrics, driving drum and bass reggae rhythms, bubbling organ chords with the swaying I-Three providing harmonies fed many artist, activist and freedom fighters. A recipient of the 1978 United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World, the Jamaican born singer encouraged Africans to “…never give up the fight…” while warning those trying to stop progress that he will ever be present. The lyrics in his song “Bad Card” b
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This weekend reggae lovers around the world will gather, as they do annually, to celebrate the birth of one of the most well-known artists in the world, Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley baptized Berhane Selassie in the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox church. His music moved millions across generations, continents, social and economic stratospheres and any other demographic imaginable. “Songs of Freedom,” one of his best-selling compilations produced decades after his death, is a title that may best sum up his body of works. Profound lyrics, driving drum and bass reggae rhythms, bubbling organ chords with the swaying I-Three providing harmonies fed many artist, activist and freedom fighters. A recipient of the 1978 United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World, the Jamaican born singer encouraged Africans to “…never give up the fight…” while warning those trying to stop progress that he will ever be present. The lyrics in his song “Bad Card” b
Close runner-up: Who are You by Joel Ross.
Here are the others that I consider keepers for the long haul, listed alphabetically by album title: The Art of Intimacy, Vol 1 by Jeremy Pelt Artemis by Artemis The Color of Noize by Derrick Hodge Cri$el Gems by Paul Bryant Dinner Party by Terrace Martin The Dockside Sessions by Brad Walker Fly Moon Die Soon by Takuya Kuroda Happenings: Live at the Village Vanguard by Gerald Clayton Kindred Spirits by Charles Lloyd King Butch by Butcher Brown Life Goes On by Carla Bley Meeting in Progress by Nutria Night Dreamer by Gary Bartz and Maisha
incredible toll. in the world of television and entertainment some huge losses this year. burt reynolds. harry anderson. margot kidder. robin leach. stan lee. in music we lost the great aretha franklin, the queen of soul, at 76. roy clark left us, as did hugh masakela. legendary authors and writers. phillip roth. the great tom wolfe. and neil doc simon. the designer kate spade. science and technology legend stephen hawking. and microsoft co-founder paul allen, who left us way too young at 65. winnie mandela died at 81 and former u.n. secretary-general kofi annan at 80. auto racing icons dan gurney and the great silver fox of nascar david pearson. preacher billy graham, gone at the age of 99. also remember the loss of anthony bourdain this past year. took his own life at the age of 61. and the global reaction to the loss of this cook, this chef,