Author: j. poet

Funk Instrumental Soul 

War’s Lee Oskar Says Mahalo

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 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, 2023April 26, 2023 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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Blues Folk Rock 

Janis Joplin And Jorma Kaukonen: The First Steps On The Road To Fame

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 j. poet 6 Comments 1964, a, Janis Joplin, Jorma Kaukonen, Omnivore Recordings, The Legendary Typewriter Tape

The Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitar great discusses The Legendary Typewriter Tape

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Rock 

The Claudettes: Roots Rockers Pen Standards for a New Generation

October 21, 2022October 22, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Anthony Gravino, Berit Ulseth, Charlie Hunter, Johnny Iguana, Kurt Elling, Matt Torre, Michael Caskey, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ted Hutt, The Claudettes, The Claudettes Go Out!, Violent Femmes, Zach Verdoorn

Frontman Johnny Iguana talks about the band’s new album The Claudettes Go Out!

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Mimi Roman: The First Brooklyn Cowgirl Finally Gets Her Due

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 j. poet 1 Comment Bobby Vinton, Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, First of the Brooklyn Cowgirls, Gene Autry, Kitty Ford, Mimi Roman, Owen Bradley, Patsy Cline, Pussycat, Sundazed Music

A conversation with an unsung American treasure who fought antisemitism in country and early rock

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Folk Punk 

Gogol Bordello: Coming to Terms with the Era of the End of Eras 

September 18, 2022September 18, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2022, Agnostic Front, Cooking Vinyl, Eugene Hütz, Fugazi, Gogol Bordello, Gorilla Biscuits, Green Day, Jello Biafra, Joe Lally, Les Claypool, Primus, Quicksand, Rival Schools, Roger Miret, Solidaritine, Tre Cool, Ukraine, Walter Schreifels

Frontman Eugene Hütz talks about the band’s new album Solidaritine and the ongoing war in his Ukrainian homeland

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Punk Rock 

Tijuana Panthers: Long Beach Punks Growing Old Gracefully

September 3, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2022, California, Chad Wachtel, Dan Michicoff, Halfway to Eighty, Innovative Leisure, interview, Long Beach, Phil Shaheen, Tijuana Panthers

The band’s new album, Halfway to Eighty, out now on Innovative Leisure

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