Author: Gillian G. Gaar

Music Journalism Rock 

Rock & Roll Globe’s Best Rock Books of 2025

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Cameron Crowe, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jordan Mooney, Lollapalooza, Orange County, Peter Wolf, Richard O’Brien, The Raincoats, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Shangri-Las, Yoko Ono

10 great reads from the music section of your local bookstore

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African Blues Gospel 

‘Never Turn Back’ and the Lasting Power of Music

June 22, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2025, Big Mama Thornton, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, MoPOP, Muddy Waters, Museum of Pop Culture, Never Turn Back, Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music, Seattle, Washington

A look inside a very special MoPOP exhibit

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Enter: The Conquering Gits

February 13, 2025February 17, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Andy Kessler, Enter: The Conquering Chicken, Frenching the Bully, Joe Spleen, Kings and Queens, Live at The X-Ray, Matt Dresdner, Mia Zapata, Seafish Louisville, Seattle, Steve Moriarty, Sub Pop Records, The Gits

An overdue reissue campaign on Sub Pop introduces the Seattle band to a new generation

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Alternative Rock Pop Remembrance Rock 

Marianne Faithfull: ‘Every Record I Make Is A Trauma For Me’

January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments A Secret Life, Andrew Loog Oldham, Broken English, Island Records, Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, RIP, The Rolling Stones

Revisit a 1995 interview with the late British pop legend

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Films Remembrance 

The Musical Mind of David Lynch

January 16, 2025January 17, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Angelo Badalamenti, Au Revoir Simone, David Lynch, Inland Empire, Julee Cruise, Mazzy Star, RIP, The Elephant Man

A 2007 interview with the legendary filmmaker, gone at 78

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Music Journalism 

Rock & Roll Globe Presents The Rock Books of 2024

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2 Tone Records, Bikini Kill, Books, CBGB, Huggy Bear, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Lisa Marie Presley, MC5, The Specials

From Riot Grrrls to indigenous icons, this year brought an intriguing array of good reads

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Beatle Rock 

Looking for the Light: George Harrison’s Living in the Material World

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1973, 2024, BMG, Dark Horse Records, Deluxe Edition, George Harrison, Living in the Material World, The Beatles

A deluxe edition shines a new hue on a Quiet Beatle classic

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Films Garage Rock Punk Rock 

BOOM!: The Story Behind The Definitive Sonics Documentary

October 9, 2024October 12, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 2024, Garage Rock, Here Are The Sonics, Jordan Albertsen, Kim Thayil, Mark Arm, Mike McCready, MUDHONEY, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Tacoma, The Sonics, Washington

How a new film shines light on the Pacific Northwest garage legends

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Films Soul 

On The Uninspiring Amy Winehouse Film

May 21, 2024May 22, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 2024, Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, Blake Fielder-Civil, Focus Features, Frank Sinatra, Mark Ronson, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett

Back to Black proves why biopics are a losing game

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Steve Albini Discusses Nirvana’s In Utero

May 8, 2024May 9, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Dave Grohl, In Utero, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Rid Of Me, Steve Albini

Read an archived interview with the studio legend about his most successful job

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Rock 

Inside the Magic of the Second Queen Album

March 10, 2024March 10, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Brian May, Elektra Records, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Ogre Battle, Queen, Queen II, Roger Taylor, Roy Thomas Baker, Seven Seas of Rhye

Why Queen II was where the band’s sound began coming into greater focus

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Beatle Pop Rock Television 

The Big Bang: The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1964, 60th anniversary, Davy Jones, Ed Sullivan, George Harrison, I Want To Hold Your Hand, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show

73 million viewers, including Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, tuned in and flipped out

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Beatle Rock 

Band on the Run Reissued for its 50th Anniversary

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Apple Records, Band on the Run, Capitol Records, Denny Laine, Helen Wheels, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings

New edition of the third Paul McCartney and Wings album comes with an “underdubbed” version of the LP

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Beatle Pop Rock 

“England’s Phenomenal Pop Combo”: Meet The Beatles! at 60

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1964, 60th anniversary, All My Loving, Capitol Records, George Harrison, I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To Hold Your Hand, John Lennon, Meet The Beatles!, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show, Vee-Jay Records

Looking back on the Fab Four’s U.S. breakthrough

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Beatle Pop Rock 

Some Thoughts on The Beatles’ “Now And Then”

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2023, Free As A Bird, George Harrison, John Lennon, Now And Then, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Real Love, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Why its the best of the band’s posthumous songs

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