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Monday, December 10, 2018

The Girl at the Party

December 9, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments British Invasion, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Marianne Faithfull in the sixties

Classical

Frank Is Sleeping

December 7, 2018 Bill Kopp 1 Comment 1993, 25th Anniversary, Classical, Frank Zappa

Zappa’s The Yellow Shark at 25

Rock

Happy Birthday, Tom Waits!

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anti- Records, Asylum Records, Birthdays, Island Records, Tom Waits

An exclusive playlist celebrating a hero’s 69th year on earth

Electronic Electronics New Wave Punk Remembrance

The Legacy of Pete Shelley

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Jim Allen 0 Comments New Hormone, Pete Shelley, RIP, The Buzzcocks

Pushing Punk and Electronics beyond their boundaries

New Wave Pop Punk Remembrance

Social Media Awash With Tributes for Pete Shelley

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Manchester, Pete Shelley, RIP, The Buzzcocks, UK Punk

The iconic Buzzcocks frontman was 63 when he died today of an apparent heart attack

Country and/or Western Folk Rock

He Is Trying To Break Your Heart

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments Chicago IL, dBpm Records, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco

Inside Jeff Tweedy’s excellent new solo LP

Pop Rock Soul

Before The Beatles

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Bobby Rydell, Dick Clark, JFK, The Beatles

The state of pop in late 1963

New Wave Pop Punk Rock

Surfing the New Wave

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments Documentaries, FM, Long Island, Radio, WLIR

Documentary on influential Long Island radio station WLIR-FM 92.7 arrives on DVD

Punk Rock

So Alone at 40

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1978, Johnny Thunders, Paul Cook, Phil Lynott, Steve Jones, Steve Lillywhite

An interview with the legendary Steve Lillywhite, producer of Johnny Thunders’ solo debut

Rock

Popster Takes a Swing at Alt-Country and Connects

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Quatro, The Jayhawks, William Duke

William Duke’s Fine New Record ‘Quatro’

Folk Rock

Sunlight Through The Cracks

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments New West Records, Nick Drake, Parker Gispert, The Whigs

A trip back to the country finds Parker Gispert flipping his Whigs

Hip Hop

Rap Like Ziti

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Ghostface Killah, RZA, Wu-Tang Clan

Inside the secret chamber of Ghostface Killah

World

Reminiscing On Ravi

December 4, 2018 Meghan Roos 0 Comments George Harrison, Norah Jones, Raga, Ravi Shankar, The Beatles

You never forget your first musician interview—especially if it’s with Ravi Shankar.

Rock

The Comeback King

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, NBC, Scotty Moore

Elvis Presley and the ’68 Special

Pop Rock

Know One Knows

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Badfinger, Pete Ham, Warner Bros.

Inside Badfinger’s Warner Bros. era

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