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Open The Door and Let ‘Em In: Wings At The Speed Of Sound Turns 45

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1976, Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Silly Love Songs, Wings At The Speed Of Sound

All these years later, we will never have enough of Macca’s silly love songs

Music Journalism

The Rock & Roll Globe Presents: Book Lit, Volume One

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Aerosmith, Books, CHEAP TRICK, Darryl W. Larson, Hachette Books, Hollywood Eden, House of Anansi Press, Joel Slevin, Kiss, LGBTQ, Omnibus Press, Starz, The Velvet Mafia, The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties, They Just Seem a Little Weird, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS

An occasional column on music-related books

Country and/or Western Psychedelics Rock

The Beat Of Michael Nesmith’s Own Drum

May 4, 2021May 11, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 2021, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings, Michael Nesmith, Orville J. “Red” Rhodes, Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records, The Monkees

A new collection digs into the solo career of the most musically diverse Monkee

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock

The Enduring Heartbreak of Temple Of The Dog

May 3, 2021May 11, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Hunger Strike, L, Mike McCready, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Temple of the Dog

How an album put together by members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden as a tribute to Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood took on new meaning five years after the passing of Chris Cornell

Pop

These Boots Keep a Walkin’

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Boots, Frank Sinatra, James Bond, Lee Hazlewood, Mac Davis, Nancy Sinatra, Start Walkin': 1965-1976, These Boots Are Made For Walkin', You Only Live Twice

Light In The Attic reintroduces Nancy Sinatra to a new generation with an excellent career overview

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal

Working in the Sludge Factory

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Grind, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike Inez, Sean Kinney, Sludge Factory

Reflections on Alice in Chains’ last studio album with Layne Staley

Blues Rock Soul

Janis Joplin: A Pearl Of A Girl

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, 1971, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Bobby Womack, Brad Campbell, Clark Pierson, Janis Joplin, John Till, Ken Pearson, Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Mike McClure, Pearl, Richard Bell

Pearl was supposed to be the 60s rock icon’s triumph; instead, it became her epitaph

adblock Alternative Rock Hard Rock Indie Rock Post-Punk Psychedelics Punk Rock

The Decade When Mudhoney Rode the Major Label Gravy Train

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Badmotorfinger, Dirt, Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew, Guy Maddison, Mark Arm, Matt Lukin, MUDHONEY, My Brother The Cow, Nevermind, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Piece of Cake, Real Low Vibe, Soundgarden, Steve Turner, Ten, Tomorrow Hit Today

The new box set, Real Low Vibe: The Reprise Recordings 1992-1998, focuses on an overlooked era of the veteran Seattle band’s rich history

Beatle

Thanks For The Pepperoni: A Half-Century of All Things Must Pass

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1970, All Things Must Pass, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Gary Wright, George Harrison, Ginger Baker, peter Frampton, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Woodstock

Looking back at the emancipation of George Harrison

Beatle

A New Door Opens: Rubber Soul at 55

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1965, Capitol, George Harrison, John Lennon, Parlophone, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Rubber Soul, The Beatles

Remembering the first Beatles album that truly mattered

Broadway Rock

Jesus Christ Is 50

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway, Ian Gillan, Jesus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mike d'Abo, Murray Head, Original London Cast, Tim Rice

Superstar that is, the musical that put Broadway titans Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber on the map

Country and/or Western Elvis

When The King Came To Nashville

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, Bill Black, Bob Moore, Boots Randolph, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, From Elvis In Nashville, Legacy Recordings, Scotty Moore

A must-own new collection chronicles Elvis Presley’s Music City USA era

Beatle Country and/or Western

1970: The Year Ringo Starr Went Country

November 6, 2020November 7, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1970, All Things Must Pass, Bad Boy, Beaucoups of Blues, Buddy Harmon, Charlie Daniels, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Jerry Reed, Ringo, Ringo Rama, Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison, Stop and Smell the Roses, The Beatles, The Jordanaires, Times Takes Time

On his second LP, the Beatles drummer headed to Nashville to channel his inner George Jones

jazz

Herb Alpert Is…The Man

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2020, Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert and the Tiajuana Brass, Herb Alpert Is..., Jerry Moss, Karen Carpenter, Richard Carpenter, The Carpenters

A new documentary and box set aims to remind music fans about the importance of an artist whose albums you’ll always find in the vinyl section of your local Goodwill

Beatle

Whole Lotta Lennon

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 80th birthday, Anthology, Apple Records, Box sets, Capitol Records, GIMME SOME TRUTH, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Shaved Fish, The Beatles, Ultimate Mixes, Yoko Ono

Celebrating both John Lennon’s 80th birthday and the release of an ultimate new collection by day tripping through his history of compiled work

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