Rock and Roll Globe

Ronnie Spector: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Be My Baby, Frankie Lymon, Frankie Valli, George Harrison, interview, Joey Ramone, John Lennon, Johnny Thunders, Kill Rock Stars, Ronnie Spector, She Talks To Rainbows, The Cleftones, The Four Seasons

“I want to be one of those voices like Ruth Brown,” she proclaimed in this epic interview

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Electronic New Wave

Depeche Mode 101 Revisited

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Christopher Treacy 0 Comments Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Depeche Mode 101, Martin Gore, Music for the Masses, Rhino Records, Vince Clarke

As a listening experience, the British group’s audio/visual opus is ho-hum; as a film, it’s an indispensable document of pop culture

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Ronnie Spector: The Baddest Bad Girl

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Amy Winehouse, Be My Baby, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Thunders, RIP, Ronnie Spector, Say Goodbye to Hollywood, The Beatles, The Chantels, The Rolling Stones, The Shirelles

Saying goodbye to a New York Original and an American Treasure

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Six String Soul: 30 Years of the Chicago Blues with Dave Specter

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1991, Barkin' Bill Smith, Billy Branch, Bluebird Blues, Dave Specter, Delmark Records, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Johnson, Jorma Kaukonen, Junior Wells, Magic Slim, Otis Clay, Otis Rush, Ronnie Earl

The Windy City guitarist reflects back while looking ahead in this exclusive chat

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Dance Electronic World

A Sweet Lullaby: Deep Forest At 30

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, Deep Forest, Sony 550 Records

By blending African and Polynesian sounds with Western New Age melodies, the French duo crafted an album that defied genre expectations

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Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 27: January 2022

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Davies, Devo, Famous Quotes, Fishbone, Gerald V. Casale, Henry Rollins, Infinite Zero, Jim Sullivan, John Norwood Fisher, Rick Rubin, The Kinks

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Remembrance

Dig Out The Cigar Box: Budgie’s Burke Shelley Is Dead

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Nathan Carson 2 Comments Breadfan, Budgie, Burke Shelley, Iron Maiden, Metallica, RIP, Soundgarden

The lead singer of the influential Welsh hard rock group was 71

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Films jazz Remembrance

Sidney Poitier and the Burden of Responsibility

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Blackboard Jungle, Daniel Petrie, Diahann Carroll, Joanne Woodward, Norman Jewison, Paris Blues, Paul Newman, RIP, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer

How music helped match the finest moments in the film legend’s greatest roles

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Festivals Music Journalism Remembrance Rock

Michael Lang Goes Back To The Garden

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Ron Hart 3 Comments Blind Melon, Blue Cheer, Blues Image, Bob Dylan, cancer, Carlos Santana, Chuck Berry, Green Day, John Lee Hooker, John Scher, Melissa Etheridge, Michael Lang, Nine Inch Nails, RIP, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mothers of Invention, Woodstock, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

Following a valiant battle with a rare form of cancer, the renowned and controversial Woodstock co-founder passed away on January 8 at 77

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Remembrance Rock

There’s A Starman Waiting In The Sky: David Bowie at 75

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, Bowie, Bowie 75, David Bowie, Lake Street Dive, Reeves Gabrels, RIP, Tin Machine, Tony Visconti

Ahead of his heavenly milestone birthday, Jim Sullivan reflects on his decades in conversation with the late, great Duke

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North Americana

ALBUMS: Hayes Carll Cashes In His Chips

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Albums, Alt-Country, Alzheimer's Disease, Country, Dementia, Dualtone Records, Hayes Carll, You Get It All

The songwriter oscillates between moving lamentations and cheeky bits on You Get It All

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Electronics Experimental Psychedelics

Submersible Sleep Dealer: Oneohtrix Point Never’s Replica Turns 10

January 5, 2022January 11, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2011, Dan Lopitan, Oneohtrix Point Never, Replica, Warp Records

You can tell from the opening seconds that Daniel Lopatin was ushering in a new kind of ambient soundscape with his 2011 masterpiece

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Country and/or Western Psychedelics

ALBUMS: Jason Boland & the Stragglers’ Cosmic Saga

January 4, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Jason Boland, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Shooter Jennings, The Light Saw Me, The Stragglers, Thirty Tigers

The country troubadours rocket through space and time to find the truth

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Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

Pink Floyd Surprise Drop Twelve Post-It Notes

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Amsterdamse Bos Free Concert 26 June 1971 (Live), Copenhagen Live 23 Sept 1971, Copenhagen Vol II Live 23 Sept 1971, David Gilmour, Embryo San Diego Live 17 Oct 1971, KB Hallen, Live 5 June 1971; Live Lyon 12 June 1971, Live at Grosser Saal, Live in Montreux 18 & 19 Sept 1971; KB Hallen, Live in Rome Palaeur 20 June 1971, Mauerspechte Berlin Sportpalast, Musikhalle Hamburg West Germany 25 Feb 1971, Nick Mason, Over Bradford Pigs on the Groove Bradford University Live 10 Oct 1971, Pink Floyd, Quebec City 1971, Richard Barrett, Roger Waters, The Screaming Abdabs, They Came in Peace Live Leeds University 1970 Washington University 1971, Tokyo 16 March 1972

We listened to all of ‘em so you don’t have to

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Montreux Mud

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bill Evans, Blues, BMG, guitar, live album, Miles Davis, Montreux, Muddy Waters, O9, Soft Machine, The Montreux Years, Weather Report

A new compilation collects the best moments of blues legend Muddy Waters’ three trips to Switzerland

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