January 2020 - Rock and Roll Globe

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Has It Really Been 25 Years Since Do You Want More?!!!??!

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments ?uestlove, 1995, 25th Anniversary, Black Thought, Cassandra Wilson, Do You Want More?!!!??!, Geffen, Hub, Illadelph, Malik B, Philadelphia, Philly, Rahzel, Scott Storch, Scratch, The Roots, Ursula Rucker

The major label debut of the Legendary Roots Crew was a gamechanger in early 1995

Blues Country and/or Western Folk Hip Hop Pop Rock Soul

2020 Grammys: 5 Great Performances

January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, 2020 Grammys, Aerosmith, Angel from Montgomery, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bonnie Raitt, BTS, CBS, Demi Lovato, Demi Lovato Anyone, Gary Clark Jr., Grammy, John Prine, Lil Nas X, Lil Nas X Old Country Road, Lizzo, Lizzo Cuz I love you/Truth hurts, Nas, Run DMC/Aerosmith reunion, The 62nd Grammy Awards, The Roots

Now that CBS has finally released the performances to YouTube, behold….

Blues

ALBUMS: Marcus King Sets Out To Conquer

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Allman Brothers, Blues, Bobby Wood, Carolina Confessions, Dan Auerbach, Dave Ro, Ed Dorado, El Dorado, Fantasy Records, Gov't Mule, Guitarists, Marcus King, Soul Insight, Tedeschi Trucks

The young guitar slinger begins a new royal reign on El Dorado

Pop Radio

Pop top 40 – Hot 100: Week Ending January 28, 1995

January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Babyface, Boyz II Men, Crystal Waters, Deadeye Dick, Gloria Estefan, Hootie & The Blowfish, Madonna, Melissa Etheridge, R.E.M., The Four Seasons, Tom Petty, Toni Braxton, Van Halen

The hits from 25 years ago this week

New Wave Pop

Things Can Only Get Better For Howard Jones

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment Beating Mr. Neg, Cross That Line, Dream Into Action, Electronic new wave, Everlasting Love, Howard Jones, Howard Jones Acoustic Trio Tour, Human’s Lib, Life in One Day, Like to Get to Know You Well, New Song, Nick Beggs, No One Is to Blame, One to One, Robin Boult, Stranger Things, Things Can Only Get Better, What Is Love?

Catching up with the synthpop pioneer as he embarks on a winter tour of the States

Southern Rock

ALBUMS: Drive-By Truckers Get Unraveled

January 29, 2020January 31, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Allman Brothers Band, ATO Records, Betamax Guillotine, Decoration Day, Drive-By Truckers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Patterson Hood, Southern Rock Opera, The Dirty South, The Unraveling, Thoughts and Prayers

Defying the apocalypse, the Truckers take aim at today’s American malaise

Music Journalism Pop Rock

Leif Garrett Turns Over A New Leaf

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 Kelley Simms 6 Comments Behind The Music, Books, Chris Epting, Idol Truth, Idol Truth: A Memoir, Leif Garrett, Post Hill Press, Roland Winkler, The Leif Garrett Special, The Outsiders, VH1

The former teen idol and Melvins collaborator pens tell-tale memoir, promises new music in 2020

Pop Power Pop Records Rock

Come and Get It: Badfinger’s ‘Magic Christian Music’ at 50

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1970, Apple Records, Badfinger, Come and Get It, Magic Christian Music, Pete Ham, The Bee Gees, The Iveys

On its Apple debut, the former Iveys reimagined themselves in their bosses’ spirit

Funk Soul

Let Me Tell You ‘Bout the Chicken Grease: D’Angelo’s Voodoo Turns 20

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Brown Sugar, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, The Roots, The Soulquarians, Voodoo

Assessing its status as the quintessential soul album of the 2000s

Hip Hop Pop Radio Rap Rock

Grammys 2020: Who Will Win and Who Should Win

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments “7 Rings” H.E.R., “Bad Guy” Ariana Grande, “Hard Place”, “Hey, “Old Town Road (Remix)” Lizzo, “Sunflower”, “Talk”, “Truth Hurts”, 2020. Billie Eilish, ANIMA, Assume Form, Big Thief, Bon Iver, Father of the Bride, Grammys, I, I Vampire Weekend, Khalid, Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, Ma” Billie Eilish, Post Malone feat. Swae Lee, Thom Yorke, U.F.O.F. James Blake

A look at the strongest prospects for music’s biggest night

Records Retail

One Last Visit To My Local FYE

January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Debbie Harry, FYE, Paramus, Paramus Park, Record Shops, record stores, Stewart Copeland

The embattled pop culture shop closes its Paramus Park, NJ location, which happens to be one of my regular spots

Funk New Wave Pop Soul

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Two Thousand Nineteen, Party Over, Oops, Deluxe Edition Time!

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1982, 1999, Deluxe Edition, First Avenue, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, Rhino

Prince’s first major crossover album gets the reissue it deserves

African Funk jazz

LISTEN: “We’ve Landed” by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Africa, Fela Kuti, Hugh Masekela, Jazz, Rejoice, Tony Allen, World Circuit

Legendary African jazz masters have teamed up for the upcoming album Rejoice, out March 20 via the newly re-launched World Circuit Records.

Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Inside Wire’s Hive

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2020, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Mind Hive, Pink Flag, Pink Floyd, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, The Who, Wire

43 years after its debut, Mind Hive proves this British punk institution is still making flawless records

Progressive Rock Rock

Shed A Light: A Chat With Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief

January 22, 2020January 23, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2019, Bruce Soord, Dissolution, Gavin Harrison, Hold Our Fire, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Widsom of Crowds, Yes

One of the hottest guitarists and songwriters in modern UK art rock sits down with the Rock & Roll Globe ahead of their upcoming show this Saturday in the Netherlands

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