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Em Casalena

Em Casalena

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Em Casalena is a music journalist based in Arizona and has been working in the industry for over a decade. Em has formerly written for Arena Music and Phoenix New Times.

Em's favorite musicians include Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Willie Nelson, Nirvana, Luciano Pavarotti, Bjork, FKA Twigs, Poison Girls, Lightning Bolt, Ethel Cain, and far too many more.

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  • View of American Pop musician Lisa Loeb as she performs in the music video for her song, 'Stay,' March 28, 1994. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)

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  • DETROIT - NOVEMBER 17: Angus Young, the Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, onstage at the Joe Louis Arena during the band's "Flick of the Switch/Monsters of Rock" tour, on November 17, 1983, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)

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    June 3, 2026, 5:40 pm

  • British Pop and Rock musician Peter Gabriel performs onstage at the Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, June 13, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

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  • Deep Purple photographded at their press launch at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England in September, 1973. The band worked on material at the Gothic castle for the album Burn. (Photo by Armando Gallo/Gettry Images)

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    June 2, 2026, 7:55 am

  • FALCON HEIGHTS, MN. - AUGUST 1975: Country music singer songwriter Dolly Parton Tuesday, August 26, 1975, before a concert at the Minnesota State Fair grandstand in Falcon Heights, Minn. (Photo by Pete Hohn/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

    3 Country Albums From the 1970s That Quietly Changed Music Forever

    June 1, 2026, 3:09 pm

  • The Doors L-R Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison and John Densmorer pose for a portrait circa 1968 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Edmund Teske/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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