Author: Jason Gross

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ALBUMS: Homegrown’s Just Alright With Me

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1975, Emmylou Harris, Homegrown, Neil Young, Neil Young Archives, Reprise Records, The Band

Was the original follow-up to On The Beach worth the 45 year wait for Neil Young fans?

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Music Journalism 

Bored In The House or In The House Bored?

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bee Gees, Brian McCullough, Cardi B, Coronavirus, COVID-19, John Paul White, Mavis Staples, Randy Newman, Roseanne Cash, Ry Cooder, Tyga x Curtis Roach, Young Dolph

10 Coronavirus songs to help make sense of an uneasy year

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Music Journalism 

The Ghost of SXSW 2020: Lost In Austin

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Jason Gross 2 Comments 2020, Austin, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dirty Dog, SXSW, Texas, The Alamo, Willie Nelson

The city struggles with/without live music as clubs and musicians pick up the pieces of a cancelled SXSW

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Southern Rock 

IN CONCERT: Celebrating 50 Years of Allman With The Brothers

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Allman Brothers, Allman Brothers Band, Butch, Butch Trucks, Chuck Leavell, Derek Trucks, Duane Allman, Duane Trucks, Gregg Allman, Madison Square Garden, Oteil Burbridge, Warren Haynes

Friends, colleagues and nephews of the most celebrated family in Southern Rock eschewed Coronavirus warnings to rock a sold out Garden

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A Valentine’s Day Musical Massacre

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Amerigo Gazaway, Hamish Kilgour, I used to love H.E.R., I was made to love her, Jon Langford, Kosha Dillz, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Nights in White Satin, Pauline Black, Sage Francis, Scientific Love, Scott Kempner, The Mekons, The Selecter, Valentine's Day, What I like most about you is your girlfriend

Artists pick the good, the bad and the weird for love songs

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Music Journalism 

Can You Hear What David Owens Hears?

January 14, 2020January 15, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Apple AirPods, Books, David Owen, Eargo, Earlove, earplugs, Etymotic, Hearing in a deafening world, Hearing Loss, My Bloody Valentine, Penguin Books, Volume, Volume Control

A discussion with the author of Volume Control on music, musicians and hearing loss

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The 30 Best Music Videos of 2019

December 23, 2019December 30, 2019 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bob Mould, Chemical Brothers, FKA Twigs, Jenny Lewis, Jim Jarmusch, Josef Van Wissem, Mitski, Neneh Cherry, Open Mike Eagle & Sammus, Patrick Stickles, PUP, Ridge Productions, slowthai., Stormzy, that dog., The Oh Sees, Thom Yorke, Tinariwen, William Tyler

Counting down the best clips not shown on MTV

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Music Journalism 

Music Journalism in 2019: The Best Stories, Mucho Lay-offs, Power Plays & #MeToo

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Jason Gross 0 Comments Billboard, Consequence of Sound, Eric Sundermann, FADER, Maggot Brain, Penske Media, Pitchfork, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Ryan Adams, Vice

A look back at the harrowing year of pop writing in print, digital or otherwise

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