Rock and Roll Globe

My Own Private Solstice: Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary at 25

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Jeremy Enigk, My Chemical Romance, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE

The legendary Seattle group’s debut LP reinvented guitar rock for the second half of the 1990s

Records

Get On Yer Boots

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bootlegs, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Roxy Music, The Who

A loose salute to the black market treasures of yesteryear

Electronic Funk Hip Hop jazz

Ezra Collective: Better Than Koenig

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments British Jazz, Ezra Collective, London

The Force is strong with this London jazz crew

Blues North Americana Rock

Jimbo Mathus: Above The Nut

May 16, 2019May 17, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Drive-By Truckers, Jimbo Mathus, Squirrel Nut Zippers

The lead Zipper heads into the abyss with a song in his heart

Alternative Rock

Better Than Murder Ballads? Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ Let Love In at 25

May 16, 2019May 17, 2019 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

A look back at a most overlooked album in the Australian alt-rock icon’s canon

Indie Rock

Rat On: Julian Lynch Precedes Next Real Estate LP With New Solo Album

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Julian Lynch, North Jersey, Real Estate, Steve Vai

The RNRG chats with the North Jersey guitarist in between gigs

Blues North Americana Rock

Will Kimbrough: The Hardest Working Man in Nashville

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Grayson Capps, Nashville, Shemekia Copeland, Will and the Bushmen, Will Kimbrough

The Americana mainstay and in-demand session guitarist returns to the solo life with I Like It Down Here

Punk Rock

The Liza Colby Sound Premieres Debut LP In Listening Session

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Liza Colby, Liza Colby Sound, NYC

On the forthcoming Object to Impossible Destination, the NYC group makes the streets of Rock ‘n’ Roll Manhattan dangerous again

Pop

Make Someone Happy: A Conversation with Tony Bennett

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, Lady Gaga, Louis Armstrong, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tony Bennett

The RNRG is so blessed to publish this exclusive chat with the 93-year-old Italian-American icon

Indie Rock Power Pop

Mike Krol Amps Up the Fuzz On Power Chords

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Merge Records, Mike Krol, Power pop, The Strokes, Weezer

RNRG talks to the L.A. power pop tunesmith about his new album

Pop Rock Soul

N Exhibition Fit 4 A Prince

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Museum of Pop Culture, Prince, Purple Rain

An exclusive look at the all-encompassing salute to the Purple One on display at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle

Punk

Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome Was Once Called Cheetah Puke

May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys, Johnny Blitz, Sire Records, Stiv Bators

And other tales from the camp of the Cleveland punk greats, recounted by a rock scribe who was on the ground when they hit the scene in ’77

Remembrance Rock

Bottomless Memories from The Bottom Line

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Billy Sternberg 0 Comments Clubs, David Bowie, Jimmy Vivino, NYC, The Bottom Line, Tower of Power, Uncle Floyd

15 years after closing its doors, one regular patron remembers the legendary club

Hip Hop

The Pleasure Is All Lizzo’s

May 11, 2019May 13, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Adele, Lizzo, Ricky Reed

Succumb to the Minneapolis powerhouse’s pop dominance

Rock

Larry Sloman: The Good Rat

May 10, 2019May 13, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Larry "Ratso" Sloman, Ratso, Rock Journalism

RNRG talks to the legendary rock journalist about his recording debut

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