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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Alternative Rock Folk Hard Rock Rock

A Jar’d Classic

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley

On 25 years of Alice In Chains’ EP masterpiece

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Experimental Pop

A Young Person’s Guide To Kate Bush (1978 – 1993)

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Columbia Records, EMI, Kate Bush, Rhino Records

Assessing the catalog of art pop’s one true queen

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The Carpenters Meet The Philharmonic

December 25, 2018December 27, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Carpenters

The music of the sublime sibling duo is the latest to get an orchestral overhaul

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Head’s Up!

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1968, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, The Monkees

A look at the Monkees’ underrated psychedelic classic at 50

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“I Don’t Think He Died Of Drugs; I Think He Died Of Boredom”

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment '68 Comeback Special, 1968, Elvis Presley, NBC, Steve Binder

A conversation with game-changing television director behind the Elvis Presley ’68 Comeback Special

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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

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A Thrill Revisited

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Legacy Recordings

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s landmark 1968 LP loses the Crumb but gains the Sex and Dope back into its title on this 50th anniversary reissue

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Metal! Punk Remembrance Rock Soul

He Is The Highway: A Rock God Memorialized

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Box Set, Chris Cornell, Seattle, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog

A lovingly compiled new box set pays tribute to the understated versatility of the late Chris Cornell

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Missed Opportunity

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Queen, Remi Malek, Roger Taylor

Bohemian Rhapsody paints a family-friendly portrait of Queen

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A Postcard from the Edge

October 24, 2018October 25, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

On Yoko Ono’s Warzone

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Country and/or Western Pop Soul

Where Is Bobbie Gentry?

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bobbie Gentry, Capitol Records, Glen Campbell, Ode to Billie Joe

She’s right here on a new 8-CD box set

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Remembrance Rock

A Rock God Immortalized in Seattle

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Chris Cornell, MoPOP, Nirvana, Seattle, Soundgarden

As It Happened: The Chris Cornell Statue Unveiling

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Eternally Sighing in a Leonard Cohen Afterworld

September 21, 2018September 26, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 6 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

Nirvana’s In Utero at 25

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Pearl Jam’s “Home and Away” Exhibit

August 27, 2018August 28, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Andy Wood, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Stone Gossard

A “Fantasy Warehouse” for fans of the iconic Seattle rockers

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