Author: Jeremy Shatan

Country and/or Western North Americana 

Jonathan Wilson: Curator of Song and Sound

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 2020, Cowboy Jack Clement, David Gilmour, Dixie Blur, Father John Misty, Jenny O, Jonathan Wilson, k.d. lang, Mark O'Connor, Roger Waters

With the excellent Dixie Blur, Roger Waters’ go-to guitarist returns to his Southern roots

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Records Remembrance 

Amarcord Hal Willner: His Five Greatest Albums

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 1 Comment Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gavin Friday, Hal Willner, Kurt Weill, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Nino Rota, Saturday Night Live, Walt Disney Concert Hall

The beloved SNL composer’s production work runs as deep as his love for music

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Experimental Pop Post-Punk 

Credit In The Straight World: Colossal Youth at 40

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 1 Comment 1980, Allison Statton, Colossal Youth, Courtney Love, Credit In The Straght World, Hole, Philip Moxham, Rough Trade, Stuart Moxham, Young Marble Giants

In 1980, Young Marble Giants stripped post-punk down to its minimalist core

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Dub/Reggae Reggae Roots Ska Soul 

Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Coxsone Dodd, Island Records, Judy Mowatt, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley, Studio One, the I-Threes

In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career

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Experimental Pop 

I Really Need A Friend: The Rejection and Acceptance of Scott Walker’s Scott 4

December 1, 2019August 19, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 3 Comments 1969, Angela Morley, Bob Dylan, Citizen Kane, David Bowie, Harry Secombe, Ingmar Bergman, Julian Cope, Orson Welles, Scott 4, Scott Walker, Wally Stott

In late 1969, the dearly departed American pop laureate turned in his Citizen Kane

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Rock 

Elvis Back From The Dead: 50 Years Ago In Vegas

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, American Sound 1969, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, From Elvis in Memphis, International Hotel, James Burton, Jerry Scheff, Larry Muhoberac, Las Vegas, Ronnie Tutt

A look back at The King’s hot August nights in Sin City ’69

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Soul 

Still Churning After All These Years: Hot Buttered Soul at 50

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Bell Records, Burt Bacharach, Hot Buttered Soul, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul, Stax Records

A look back at the rebirth of Isaac Hayes

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Psychedelics Records Rock 

Always See Your Face: Love’s Four Sail at 50

August 29, 2019August 30, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 10 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Arthur Lee, Elektra, Four Sail, Jimi Hendrix, Love, Woodstock

Digging into the last Arthur Lee classic on Elektra

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Folk jazz 

Tim Buckley’s Happy Sad at 50

August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 4 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Buzzin' Fly, Goodbye and Hello, Happy Sad, Jeff Buckley, Larry Beckett, Once I was, Strange Feelin', This Mortal Coil, Tim Buckley

“…for those who care about what a genius can do with lyrics, a 12-string guitar and a windmilling voice, Tim Buckley is to be investigated.” (“Creem,” December, 1970.)

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock 

Tin Machine Turns 30

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, David Bowie, Hunt Sales, Reeves Gabrels, Tin Machine, Tony Sales

Along with Soupy Sales’ boys and guitar maverick Reeves Gabrels, David Bowie rebooted his sound in 1989 through his love for college radio

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Folk Glam 

Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Unicorn: Still A Rare Beast At 50

June 3, 2019May 23, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Marc Bolan, Steve Peregrine Took, T.Rex, Tony Visconti, Tyrannosaurus Rex

RNRG looks at the classic third album from the momentary tandem of a prefab Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took

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Rock 

On Lou Reed’s The Bells

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Don Cherry, Lou Reed

Do they still ring 40 years later?

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Punk 

Iggy Pop’s New Values at 40

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 4 Comments 1979, Arista Records, Clive Davis, Iggy Pop

Was James Osterberg’s 1979 Arista debut also his last true masterpiece?

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Pop 

The Night Could Last Forever

March 31, 2019April 11, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1969, Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground

On their eponymous third album, The Velvet Underground inched closer to pure pop pulchritude while laying a new template for the future sound of college radio

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Hardcore Punk 

How Low Can Punk Get?

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 1 Comment 1979, Bad Brains, Dead Boys

Bad Brains and the legendary Black Dots

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