Rock and Roll Globe

Los Lobos’ Native Sons: An Ode to Los Angeles’ Musical History

July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments 2021, Los Angeles, Los Lobos, Native Sons, New West Records

How these wolves survived their near-demise only to release their best album since Kiko

Another Starr Production: The Time at 40

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 De Angela L. Duff 0 Comments George Clinton, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir, Morris Day, Parlet, Prince, Terry Lewis, The Time, Vanity 6

A deeper look into the Prince associates’ eponymous debut four decades later

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Indie Rock Power Pop

Before Every Second Act, There Must Be A First Act: Nada Surf’s High/Low at 25

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 25th Anniversary, Barsuk Records, High/Low, Matthew Caws, Nada Surf, Ric Ocasek, Semisonic

A look at the band’s more than just “Popular” debut LP

Blues Remembrance Rock

Adios, Hombre: Remembering Dusty Hill

July 28, 2021July 29, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Back To The Future III, Billy Gibbons, Blues, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, RIP, Sharp Dressed Man, Texas, ZZ Top

The lifelong bassist for ZZ Top was 72

Indie Rock New Wave

The Cucumbers Are Back!

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Deena Shoshkes, Hoboken, John Fried, Maxwell's, MTV, My Boyfriend, New Jersey, The Cucumbers, The Desk Drawer Tapes

The recently reunited Hoboken New Wave greats dig into their vault (and desk drawer) for a killer new rarities set

Alternative Rock Rock

Lunch With Sal Maida and Steve Wynn

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments COVID-19, Ed Rogers, Linda Pitmon, Roxy Music, Sal Maida, Sparks, Steve Wynn, The Dream Syndicate

Over burgers and eggs benedict, the longtime friends and contemporaries let Rock & Roll Globe listen in as they catch up on how they kept busy during the past eighteen months – and what’s next for each of them

jazz

ALBUMS: Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller and the Beauty of Harmony

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, In Harmony, Jazz, Merkin Hall, Mulgrew Miller, New York City, Roy Hargrove, vinyl reissue, Zev Feldman

A classic performance from two departed masters of modern jazz preserve their talents for the ages

Alternative Rock Dance Electronic Pop

Walking In His Shoes: Martin Gore at 60

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1981, 1988, 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, New Order, The Cure, Vince Clarke

The Depeche Mode guitar great defies age by always moving forward

Comedy Pop

Tiny Tim: The Eternal Troubadour

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Carey Budnick 1 Comment Bjork, Boy George, David Bowie, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Jackie Gleason, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow, Prince, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Sullivan, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Tiny Tim, Tiny Tim: King For a Day

As a wonderful new documentary brings the 60s pop culture icon back into the spotlight, we take a deeper look at the man born Herbert Khaury

Funk

George Clinton: America’s Funk Maestro at 80

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Atomic Dog, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Happy Birthday, Parliament, Parliament-Funkadelic

The P-Funk founder is standing on the verge of getting it on once again with the announcement of new concert dates as well

Dance Pop

A Future Love Paradise: Seal at 30

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Acid House, Adamski, Crazy, Future Love Paradise, George Michael, Killer, Seal, Sire, Trevor Horn, Violet

His debut is still a stunner three decades later, and still the best Seal album

Dylan

Smoke and Mirrors: On Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Concerts, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, Tempest, Veeps

Mr. Zimmerman rung in his 80th year with a cinematic journey through his past

Indie Rock New Wave Pop

WATCH: Serious and The Girls Mean Business

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Lynch, International Songwriting Competition, Malibu, Martin Gore, Melissa Holt, Music videos, Pete Lombardo, Robert Smith, Serious and the Girls, The Church, The Happy Worker, The Prestige

How two high school friends came together to create a potential finalist for the next International Songwriting Competition

Folk Pop Remembrance

Harry Chapin: The Story of a Life

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1981, Cat's In The Cradle, Do Something: The Harry Chapin Story, Harry Chapin, Jimmy Carter, Long Island, RIP, Tom Chapin, When In Doubt, World Hunger Year

40 years after tragedy struck on the Long Island Expressway, Jim Sullivan reminds us why the beloved singer-songwriter was so much more than one hit song

Rock

Zigzagging Down the East Coast with The Radiators

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Billy Sternberg 1 Comment Fish Heads, Law of the Fish, New Orleans, New York, The Cure, The Radiators, The Ritz, Tipitina’s

From New York City to New Orleans with four states in between, one devoted Fish Head dishes on his history of seeing the recently reunited swamp rock greats

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