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Monday, March 30, 2020

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

Music Journalism Rock

Famous Quotes Vol. 5: March 2020

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 30 Seconds to Mars, George Thorogood, Jared Leto, Jaz Coleman, Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke, Killing Joke, Marianne Faithful, Marianne Faithfull, Pete Shelley, Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks, The Buzzcocks

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the fifth installment of his inquisitive column

Records

Young Men Take A Look At Your Lives

March 6, 2020March 9, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Elvis Costello, Free Four, Help the Aged, Neil Young, Old & In The Way, Old Man, Picture Book, Pink Floyd, Pulp, She's So Cold, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Magnetic Fields, The Rolling Stones, When I'm Sixty Four, When You're Old and Lonely

10 songs about aging in rock ‘n’ roll from legendary acts in the prime of their youth

Alternative Rock Power Pop Punk

IN CONCERT: Cherie Currie and Co. Fire It Up at Hot Stove Cool Music

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bill Janovitz, Boston, Buffalo Tom, Cherie Currie, Gail Greenwood, Greg Hawkes, Hot Stove Cool Music, Jen Trynin, Kay Hanley, Kim Shattuck, Letters To Cleo, Tanya Donnelly, Ted Leo, The Cars, The Rolling Stones, The Runaways

The onetime Runaway is joined by members of Buffalo Tom, The Cars, Letters To Cleo, Belly, Speedy Ortiz and more at the 20th anniversary blowout for famed Boston rock ‘n’ jock charity event

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 4: February 2020

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Chris Thile, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Goat Rodeo, John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Keith Emerson, Lemmy, Ltd., Motörhead, Public Image, Sex Pistols, Yo-Yo Ma

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the fourth installment of his inquisitive column

Post-Punk Punk Remembrance

Hugo Burnham Remembers Andy Gill

February 4, 2020February 10, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Andy Gill, Dave Allen, Entertainment!, G04, Gang of Four, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, Not Great Men, Paradise Club, RIP, RIP Andy Gill, The Mekons

In this exclusive chat, Jim Sullivan and the original Gang of Four drummer share their memories of the pioneering guitarist and songwriter

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 3: January 2020

January 13, 2020January 14, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Vanian, David Byrne, My Generation, Patti Smith, Ray Davies, Rick Danko, Talking Heads, The Damned, The Kinks, The Who

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the third installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes: December 2019

December 24, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Lee Roth, George Clinton, Gregg Allman, Lou Reed, Robert Fripp, Steve Wynn, The Dream Syndicate, Van Halen

Which heroes of funk, punk and rock ‘n’ roll said what

Dance Pop

IN CONCERT: A Cher-cember To Remember

December 11, 2019December 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2019, ABBA, Cher, Concerts, Farewell Concert, Sonny Bono

The Queen Bee of American Pop makes Boston believe again

Music Journalism

Jim Sullivan’s Famous Quotes, Vol. 1: December 2019

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dee Dee Ramone, Hugh Cornell, Iggy Pop, Johnny Ramone, Neil Young, The Boston Globe, The Stranglers, Tom Waits

The former Boston Globe rock critic digs through his back pages for his most memorable interviews

Alternative Rock Folk

The Waterboys: Shake Some Action, Part II

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments An Appointment With Mr. Yeats, Fisherman's Blues, Fisherman's Box, Mike Scott, The Waterboys

An appointment With Mr. Scott

Alternative Rock Folk

The Waterboys: Shake Some Action, Part I

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Pagan Place, Ellie Goulding, Fisherman's Blues, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Mike Scott, Prince, Rod Stewart, Steve Earle, The Clash, The Waterboys, Tom Jones, Where The Action Is

Mike Scott continues a late period winning streak with yet another aces new album

Rock Uncategorized

IN CONCERT: A Colorful Shade of White

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Chicago, Christopher Cross, Micky Dolenz, The Beatles, The White Album, Todd Rundgren

Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross and more honor The Beatles’ properly eponymous 1968 opus

Folk Punk

IN CONCERT: Billy Bragg Is Still Brewing Up The Good Stuff

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Billy Bragg, Cambridge, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ma., Morrissey, Wilco, Worker's Playtime

On October 5th, Mr. Love & Justice brought a bit of the working class ethos to the Ivy League

African jazz Psychedelics Rock

Ginger Baker Did Not Want To Be Remembered As The Best Drummer In Rock

October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Art Blakey, Bill Frisell, Blind Faith, Charlie Haden, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker Trio, Hawkwind, Jack Bruce, Kofi Baker, Ltd., Masters of Reality, Max Roach, Public Image, RIP

Jim Sullivan recounts his testy interview with the legendary percussion great upon his passing at 80

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