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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Lenny Kaye: The Rock Critic Years

July 15, 2020July 16, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Crawdaddy!, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Paul Williams, Richard Goldstein, Richard Meltzer, Sandy Pearlman

The influential Patti Smith Group guitarist talks about his crucial work as a music scribe

Experimental Pop

California Suite: The 25th Anniversary of Orange Crate Art

July 15, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Brian Wilson, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, Omnivore Recordings, Orange Crate Art, SMiLE, Van Dyke Parks, Warner Bros.

How the unsung 1995 collaboration between Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks resonates even more in 2020

Music Journalism

Do Black Lives Matter to the Music Biz in 2020? Part 1

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Ahmaud Arbery, Amerigo Gazaway, Atlantic Records, Bank Robber, Botham Jean, Breonna Taylor, Cantaloupe, DAIS, Dream Wife, Eric Garner, Ezell Ford, George Floyd, Jamar Clark, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Planet Mu, Rough Trade, Sean Reed, Slovenly, Smokey Emery, Tamir Rice, The Beths, Three Lobed Lobster, Tompkins Square., Treyvon Martin

Blackout Tuesday, Juneteenth and beyond

Folk Psychedelics Rock

Remembering Judy Dyble

July 13, 2020July 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Ashley “Tyger” Hutchings, British Folk, Fairport Convention, Giles Giles and Fripp, Ian Matthews, Judy Dyble, King Crimson, Richard Thompson, RIP, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Simon Nicol

The British folk great, the first singer with Fairport Convention, makes her final departure

Classical Psychedelics Remembrance Soundtracks and Film Scores

Addio, Maestro: Ennio Morricone Remembered

July 13, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Bill Frisell, Ennio Morricone, Italian Cinema, Italian Horror, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Quentin Tarantino, RIP, Robert Quine, Sergio Leone

Assessing the invincibility of the composer’s titanic work ethic, which had him churning out scores to over 400 movies

Folk Pop Soul

ALBUMS: The Many Flavours of Italian Ice

July 12, 2020July 16, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2020, Britt Daniel, David Hood, Erin Rae, Italian Ice, McKenzie Smith, Midlake, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Nicole Atkins, Phil Spector, Seth Avett, Single Lock Records, Spoon, Spooner Oldham, St. Vincent, The Avett Brothers

As usual, Nicole Atkins and crew mix and match styles to spark retro yet fresh magic

Britpop

I’m Hoping I Don’t Freeze Here: The Hour of Bewilderbeast at 20

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Damon Gough, Doves, Elliott Smith, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Travis

How the first Badly Drawn Boy album set the scene for 21st Century Post Britpop

Indie Rock North Americana

FIRST LISTEN: “Love Doesn’t Come From The Barrel Of A Gun” by Chuck Prophet

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Chuck Prophet, Green On Red, Jonathan Richman, The Land That Time Forgot, The Paisley Underground, Tom Petty, Yep Roc

The Rock & Roll Globe premieres the third single from the Paisley Underground vet’s new album The Land That Time Forgot

Surf

GEAR TALK: Beach Boys Guitarist Rewires a Classic Amp

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Ken Kurson 5 Comments amplifiers, Bruce Johnston, Buddy Holly, gear, John Cowsill, Magnatone, Mike Love, Scott Totten, The Beach Boys

Scott Totten uses shelter at home to fix up a ’57 Magnatone

Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk

LISTEN: Still The Girl With Most Cake

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Happy Birthday, Hole, Kurt Cobain, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Patty Schemel, Pylon

Wishing Courtney Love a Happy Birthday with an exclusive mixtape

North Americana

ALBUMS: Agriculture and Morality

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments AC/DC, Agricultural Tragic, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Corb Lund, Don Edwards, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Ian Tyson, Marty Robbins, Michael Martin Murphy, Nancy Sinatra, New West, Ray Charles, Red Steagall, The Eagles, Tom Russell, Willie Nelson

On his new album, Corb Lund surveys Heartland happenstance with honesty and integrity

Blues Hard Rock Rock

Remembering Rory, the Only Gallagher in Rock Who Matters

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Boy Fuller, Blues, Charley Patton, Earl Hooker, Gallagher, Hubert Sumlin, Rory Gallagher, Taste

Remembering the fiery Irish guitar icon, 25 years gone

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 9: July 2020

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Black” Jack McDowell, Bernard Butler., Brett Anderson, Chicago White Sox, Famous Quotes, Jason Pierce, Jim Sullivan, Rob Grill, Shane MacGowan, Spiritualized, Stick Figure, Suede, The Grass Roots, The London Suede, The Pogues

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

Electronic Post-Punk Rap

21st Century Modfathers

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Ryan Bray 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Crass, Jason Williamson, Rough Trade, Sleaford Mods. All That Glue, The Fall, The Sex Pistols, The Streets

Sleaford Mods look back in the face of an uncertain future

Beatle

LISTEN: Ringo Starr is 80!

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Ron Hart 3 Comments Ben Harper, Black Lives Matter Global Network, Dave Grohl, Gary Clark Jr., George Harrison, Joe Walsh, John Lennon, MusiCares, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sheila E., Sheryl Crow, The Beatles, the David Lynch Foundation, WaterAid.

We celebrate the oldest living Beatle with a submarine ride through his overlooked 70s solo catalogue

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