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Author: Jim Allen

Folk Pop 

The Lord Is His Record Producer: Paul Simon’s Seven Psalms

May 18, 2023May 20, 2023 Jim Allen 3 Comments 2023, Edie Brickell, Jamey Haddad, Legacy Recordings, Paul Simon, Seven Psalms, The Decemberists, The Punch Brothers, Voces8

On his new album, the king of singer / songwriters faces down eternity and wins

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Punk Rock 

“We’re Not Gonna Go Quietly”: Captain Sensible on The Damned’s Darkadelic

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2023, Beware of the Clown, Captain Sensible, Darkadelic, Dave Vanian, Edgar Allen Poe, Machine Gun Etiquette, Nuggets, T.Rex, The Damned, The Invisible Man, The Sweet

The punk O.G. talks politics, Pink Floyd and flipping off the grim reaper

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Dream Pop Electronic Electronics New Wave Pop Remembrance Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Out of Noise: Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments David Bowie, David Sylvian, Iggy Pop, Japan, Kazumi Watanabe, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, RIP, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Youssou N’Dour, Yukihiro Takahashi

The Japanese giant’s career ranged from electronic to orchestral and beyond

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Is the BBC Broadcasts Box a Genesis Revelation?

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2023, Anthony Phillips, BBC Broadcasts, Chester Thompson, Daryl Stuermer, Duke, Genesis, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Rhino, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Watcher of the Skies

What does the career-spanning five-CD live set reveal?

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New Wave Pop Soul 

How Spandau Ballet Embraced Their Inner Soul Boys 40 Years Ago on True

March 16, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Al Green, Altered Images, Bananarama, Duran Duran, Gary Kemp, Grover Washington Jr., Marvin Gaye, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, Trevor Horn, True

The third time was the charm for the New Romantics-turned-R&B merchants

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Folk Psychedelics Rock 

May You Never: John Martyn’s Solid Air Turns 50

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Island Records, John Martyn, Skip James, Solid Air

The Scottish troubadour fused funk, jazz and more into his tender, trippy psych-folk stew

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Electronics New Wave Pop Remembrance 

Song of the Neuromancer: Remembering Yukihiro Takahashi

February 3, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments Japan, Japanese, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soul Train, Synthesizers, Synthpop, Yellow Magic Orchestra, YMO, Yukihiro Takahashi

Saluting the synth-pop pioneer who slipped away too soon

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Rock 

Bob Seger Wants to Bury ‘Back in ‘72,’ But He’s Wrong

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Allman Brothers Band, Back in '72, Bob Seger, Capitol Records, Midnight Rider, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

50 Years on, Seger’s dirty secret still rocks

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Art Pop Electronic Glam New Wave Rock 

How Eno Altered Reality On Before And After Science

December 27, 2022December 29, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Before And After Science, Brian Eno, Cluster, ECM, Harmonia, Island Records, Jon Hassell, Mick Karn, Moebius

The album that bridged Art Rock and New Wave turns 45

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Ward White’s Ice Cream Chords: Movies That Melt in Your Ear

December 22, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Ice Cream Chords, Julie Christie, Nashville, Nicholas Roeg, Robert Shaw, Three Days of the Condor, Ward White

The West Coast troubadour makes his elevator pitches

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Folk Music Journalism 

It Takes a Village: Richard Barone on Writing Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Melanie, Music + Evolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Phil Ochs, Richard Barone, The Bongos

A rocker captures the feel of the folk explosion in prose

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Dennis Diken on The Smithereens’ Lost Album

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1993, A Date With The Smithereens, Andrew Loog Oldham, Del Shannon, Dennis Diken, Jim Babjak, Pat DiNizio, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Lost Album, The Smithereens

The drummer looks back in fondness while forging ahead

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New Wave Pop Synth 

The Meaning of Love: Depeche Mode’s A Broken Frame at 40

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, A Broken Frame, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Martin Gore, See You, Vince Clarke, Yaz

How the band sidestepped doom and started a new chapter

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etc. Experimental Noise Rock 

The Earth Died Screaming: Bone Machine Turns 30

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Bone Machine, David Hidalgo, Island Records, Keith Richards, Larry Taylor, Les Claypool, Los Lobos, Tom Waits

Looking back on Tom Waits’s most visceral sack of gold

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

How the Gin Blossoms Made Melancholia Fun: New Miserable Experience Turns 30

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Allison Road, Doug Hopkins, Found Out About You, Gin Blossoms, Hey Jealousy, Jesse Valenzuela, New Miserable Experience, Robin Wilson

Power-pop riffs, alcohol and Arizona sunshine are part of the package on a ‘90s classic

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