Kara Tucker, Author at Rock and Roll Globe

ALBUMS: September 2022 In Review

October 1, 2022October 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments album, Built To Spill, Carpark Records, Denim & Diamonds, Expert in a Dying Field, New West Records, Nikki Lane, Rina Sawayama, Sub Pop, Sudan Archives, The Beths, The Mars Volta, When The Wind Forgets Your Name

Looking at the latest from Built to Spill, The Beths and Nikki Lane

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock

Lucky Men: The Verve’s Urban Hymns at 25

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Allen Klein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bernard Butler., Bitter Sweet Symphony, Lucky Man, Nick McCabe, Simon Tong, Sonnet, The Drugs Don't Work, The Rolling Stones, The Verve, Urban Hymns

Looking back on the album that helped break the band in America

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock

Let the Golden Age Begin: Beck’s Sea Change at 20

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, DGC Records, Dust Brothers, Lost Cause, Mellow Gold, Midnite Vultures, Mutations, Nigel Godrich, Odelay, Paper Tiger, Sea Change, The Golden Age

How a broken-hearted Mr. Hansen expressed himself pastorally

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Celebrating 50 Years of Two Philly Soul Essentials

September 8, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Cameo-Parkway Records, Eddie Levert, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Motown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Records, Soul, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays

Looking back at I Miss You by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The O’Jays’ Back Stabbers

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock

The Act We Act: 30 Years of Sugar’s Copper Blue

September 5, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Changes, Copper Blue, Creation Records, Dave Barbe, Grant Hart, Husker Du, If I Can't Change Your Mind, Loveless, Malcolm Travis, My Bloody Valentine, Rykodisc, Sugar, The Act We Act

Looking back on a high watermark in the career of Bob Mould

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Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Indie Rock New Wave Pop Records Rock

ALBUMS: August 2022 In Review

August 31, 2022September 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, Atlantic Records, Bleed Out, Fueled By Ramen, Julia Jacklin, Merge Records, Mountain Goats, Panic! At the Disco, Polyvinyl Records, PRE PLEASURE, Viva Las Vengeance

New LPs by Julia Jacklin, Panic! At The Disco and The Mountain Goats are in order for late summer

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New Wave Pop Pub Rock Rock

And You’ll Hum This Tune Forever: Dexys Midnight Runners’ Too-Rye-Ay at 40

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Blue Ox Babes, Come On Eileen, Dexys Midnight Runners, Elvis Costello, Kevin Archer, Kevin Rowland, The Bureau, The Chieftains, The Style Council, TKO Horns, Too-Rye-Ay, Van Morrison

There’s so much more to this album than “Come On Eileen”

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Isaac Hayes: The Soul Man at 80

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 80th birthday, Burt Bacharach, Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave, Soul, South Park, Stax, Stax Records, The Beatles, The Carpenters

Celebrating the life of the late, great Stax Records maestro

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Glam Hard Rock Heavy Metal Pop

Sticky Sweet: 35 Years of Hysteria

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Animal, Armageddon It, Def Leppard, Hysteria, Joe Elliott, Love Bites, Phil Collen, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, Rocket, Steve Clark, Women

Pouring some more sugar on the biggest Def Leppard album

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Indie Rock North Americana Pop Power Pop Punk Records

ALBUMS: July 2022 In Review

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments album, Beach Bunny, Colder Streams, Emotional Creature, Lizzo, Special, The Sadies

New titles by Lizzo, The Sadies and Beach Bunny are on the docket this month

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Films Funk Soul

This Cat Of The Slum: Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly at 50

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1972, 50th anniversary, Curtis Mayfield, Curtom, Freddie's Dead, Gordon Parks Jr., Pusherman, Ron O'Neal, Super Fly

How the soul legend stuck it to The Man by setting the template for Blaxploitation soundtracks

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jazz Latin Rock

Soul Survivor: Carlos Santana at 75

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment Carlos Santana, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, José "Chepito" Areas, Michael Carabello, Michael Shrieve, Santana

After a recent health scare worried fans, we celebrate the birthday of the revitalized guitar icon

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal

I’m Made Of Metal: Screaming For Vengeance Turns 40

July 18, 2022July 21, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1980s, 1982, Glenn Tipton, Judas Priest, KK Downing, Ripper Owens, Rob Halford, Screaming For Vengeance, You Got Another Thing Comin'

Looking back on the definitive Judas Priest album of the 1980s

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Alternative Rock Rock

Ashtray Floors, Dirty Clothes and Filthy Jokes: Pleased To Meet Me at 35

July 5, 2022July 7, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Alex Chilton, Bob Stinson, Chris Mars, Jim Dickinson, Paul Westerberg, Pleased To Meet Me, Slim Dunlap, The Replacements, Tommy Ramone, Tommy Stinson

Inside The Replacements’ classic 1987 LP

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ALBUMS: The Best of June 2022

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1st Congregational Church of Eternal Love and (Free Hugs), 2022, Albums, Angel Olsen, Big Time, Fantastic Negrito, Jagjaguwar, June, Kula Shaker, Strangefolk

Riffing on great new titles by Fantastic Negrito, Kula Shaker and Angel Olsen

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