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High resolution audio interface with classic analog sound! Apollo is the first professional, high-resolution computer audio interface that delivers the sound, feel, and flow of analog recording. This 18 x 24 FireWire/Thunderbolt - ready interface combines genuine UA analog design with class-leading 24-bit/192 kHz sound quality and onboard Realtime UAD Processing. Using Apollo, music producers and performers can finally track...

Thom Yorke (Photo: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns) Four years after the U.S. portion of Radiohead's In Rainbows tour wrapped, the band will finally return to North America for a string of late dates supporting this year's The King of Limbs. The band confirmed the news in a press release, announcing the first 10 dates (interestingly all scheduled for odd-numbered calendar days), which...

Wendy Dio poses with the Tommy Vance Inspiration Award at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour at the Roundhouse in London. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images During the 1980s, charity singles like "Do They Know It's Christmas" and "We Are the World" topped the charts – but not in the metal world. So Dio members Vivian Campbell and Jimmy Bain decided to...

Jimi Hendrix performs during his last concert. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images This week in rock history, Janis Joplin left Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jimi Hendrix passed away, and Radiohead released "Creep" to underwhelming results. September 21, 1968: Janis Joplin announces her departure from Big Brother and the Holding Company In 1966, Janis Joplin joined Big Brother and the...

The late Ronnie James Dio was famously the frontman for Rainbow, Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell and, of course, Dio. But before then he fronted Elf (previously Electric Elves), whose rare 1971 tracks now are being released. Described as the work of a “rock/honky tonk/blues band,” Elf’s forthcoming release, And Before Elf… There Were Elves, shines a light on Dio’s early...