Author: j. poet

Pop Rock 

All Aboard for the Yacht Rock Revue

July 4, 2024July 7, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments 2024, Fleetwood Mac, Looking Glass, Los Angeles, Nick Niespodziani, Peter Olson, REO Speedwagon, Tom Petty, Train, Yacht Rock Revue, Yacht Rock Schooner

The celebrated American cover band debuts its greatest hits on Escape Artist 

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Hard Rock Rock 

Fanny: Live at Last 

June 12, 2024June 13, 2024 j. poet 1 Comment Alice de Buhr, Fanny, Jean Millington, June Millington, Live on Beat-Club ’71-’72, Marvin Gaye, Nickey Barclay, Reprise Records, The Beatles

A chat with drummer Alice de Buhr about the resurrection of the group’s catalog

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Folk Rock 

Flowers for Unsung Folk Pioneers Richard, Cam & Bert

April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments 2024, Bert Lee, Campbell Bruce, Delmore Recording Society, Record Store Day, Richard Cam & Bert, Richard Tucker, Somewhere In The Stars

A special Record Store Day release brings light to one of the great lost Greenwich Village folk acts

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Art Pop Pop Soul World 

The Narcotix: African Art Pop by Way of NYC

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments Adam Turay, Africa, art pop, Becky Foinchas, Dying, Esther Quansah, Matt Bent, New York City, The Narcotix

Inside the duo’s incredible debut LP Dying

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North Americana Rock Rockabilly Roots 

Master Blaster: A Chat with Dave Alvin

November 26, 2023November 29, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments Dave Alvin, Gun Club, Liberation Hall Records, Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters, Phil Alvin, The Blasters, The Third Mind, Victor Krummenacher

How a new collection has renewed interest in a great American band

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Funk Instrumental Soul 

War’s Lee Oskar Says Mahalo

September 18, 2023February 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Dreams We Share, Greg Errico, Harmonica, Hawaii, Lee Oskar, She Said Mahalo, Sly and the Family Stone, war

Catching up with funk’s harmonica master

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Sonny Smith’s Handmade Music

September 9, 2023September 9, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Ava Lynch, COVID-19, Josiah Flores, Rocks In Your Head Records, San Francisco, Self-Awareness Through Macrame, Sonny and the Sunsets, Sonny Smith

Catching up with San Francisco’s Sunset man

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Music Journalism 

Backstage & Beyond: The Life of a Music Journalist Explored

August 6, 2023August 6, 2023 j. poet 1 Comment Aerosmith, Backstage & Beyond, Backstage & Beyond: 45 Years of Classic Rock Chants & Rants, Clint Conley, Creem, Greg Hawkes, Jim Sullivan, King Crimson, Mission of Burma, Newsweek, Peter Gabriel, Peter Prescott, The Boston Globe, The Cars, Tom Hamilton, Tony Levin, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books

A lively chat with our own Jim Sullivan about his new book

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

The Cucumbers: Dancing in Old Shoes

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 40th Anniversary, Deena Shoshkes, Hoboken, John Fried, New Jersey, Old Shoes, The Bongos, The Cucumbers, The Feelies

Why the New Jersey originals remain brilliantly quirky after all these years

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Rock Roots 

Daddy Long Legs: Back On The Street

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Brian Hurd, Charley Patton, Daddy Long Legs, Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, Josh Styles, Muddy Waters, Murat Akturk, Slim Harpo, Son House, Street Sermons, Willie Dixon, Yep Roc

A chat with frontman Brian Hurd about the band’s hot new album

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Mike Stinson & Johnny Irion: Singing the Songs of Andy Jones 25 Years Later 

May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Blackwing Music, Johnny Irion, Mike Stinson, Neil Young + Crazy Horse, The Bottle And Me, Working My Way Down

The American country rock duo pay homage to a fallen friend

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Pop Remembrance Soul World 

Jamaica Farewell: Harry Belafonte Gone at 96

April 26, 2023February 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Calypso, Harry Belafonte, Hugh Masakela, Jamaica, Jump In The Line, Miriam Makeba, RIP

Remembering the Calypso titan who graced both stage and screen

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Folk Indie Rock Rock 

Charming Disaster: Lions and Tigers and Manta Rays and Bats, Oh My!

April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Brooklyn Bowl, Charming Disaster, Ellia Bisker, Jeff Morris, Super Natural History

Brooklyn duo faces the darker side of life with a song in their hearts

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Electronic Techno House Jungle Etc. World 

Acid Arab: Destroying the Barriers Between East and West 

March 14, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, ٣ (Trois), Acid Arab, Algerian, Crammed Discs, Electronics, France, Moodymann, Paris

Talking ٣ (Trois) with the Parisian electronic outfit

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Indie Rock Rock 

Blues Lawyer and the Art of Patience

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 j. poet 0 Comments Alejandra Alcala, All In Good Time, Blues Lawyer, COVID-19, Dark Entries Records, Ellen Matthews, Elyse Schrock, Rob Miller

How the band bounced back from pandemic peril with a fab new album

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