Rock and Roll Globe

Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

Raving and Drooling: Animals at 45

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Animals, David Gilmour, Dogs, Nick Mason, Pigs, Pigs on the Wing, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sheep

On their best album for Columbia, Pink Floyd give George Orwell a Rock ‘n’ Roll makeover

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Pop Remembrance Rock

RIP Meat Loaf: (Heaven Must Be) Glowing Like The Metal On The Edge Of A Knife

January 21, 2022January 23, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Cher, Ellen Foley, Fight Club, Jim Steinman, Marvin Aday, Meat Loaf, Paradise By The Dashboard Light, RIP

The mountain of a man with talent and heart to match was 74

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Soundtracks and Film Scores Television

The Sting of the Yellowjackets Soundtrack

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Courtney E. Smith 0 Comments Belly, Christina Ricci, Gepetto, Informer, Juliette Lewis, Liz Phair, Showtime, Snow, Supernova, Tracy Bonham, Yellowjackets

How the music of the acclaimed and controversial Showtime series informs its dichotomy

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The Starchild at 70

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Ace Frehley, birthday, Dynasty, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS Alive, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Revenge, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who

Paul Stanley of KISS: “I believe in Superman; I look in the mirror and I see him”

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SONG PREMIERE: Down & Out in Raleigh with Thirsty Curses

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Down & Out, Let's Active, Mitch Easter, North Carolina, Raleigh, The dB's, Thirsty Curses, Wilson Getchell

The Rock & Roll Globe is honored to debut the first single off the band’s forthcoming LP

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Bad Religion: Damned To Be Free

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bad Religion, Brett Guerwitz, Brian Baker, Elvis Costello, Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, King Crimson, The Dead Boys, The Jam, The Ramones

Looking back on 40 years of the punk legends’ first classic How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

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Ry Cooder Kickstarts His Solo Career by Venturing Into the Purple Valley

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Monroe, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot, Into The Purple Valley, Jim Dickinson, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal and the Rising Sons, Van Morrison

Looking back on 50 years of a debut that put the spotlight on an American guitar icon

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Music Journalism

All Songs Reconsidered

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 16 and Savaged, American Woman, Belsen Was A Gas, Christine Sixteen, Cocaine In My Brain, Deep Purple, Dillinger, Eric Clapton, Highway Star, Kiss, Lay Down Sally, Silverhead, Sweet FA, The Guess Who, The Sex Pistols, The Sweet

The song remains the same; it is our perception of it that changes

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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 18, 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 2 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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