Author: Kathy Fennessy

Films Rock Rock Docs Stones 

Catching Fire: Anita Pallenberg in Her Own Words

May 4, 2024May 6, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 2024, Anita Pallenberg, Barbarella, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, Charlie Watts, Jane Fonda, Keith Richards, Magnolia Pictures, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Keith Richards: “Anita just wanted to fucking kick it all over.”

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Funk Soul 

He Could Do Wheelin’, He Could Do Dealin’: James Brown Did It All on 1973’s The Payback 

December 28, 2023February 16, 2026 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Fela Kuti, Fred Wesley, Hugh Masekela, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Miriam Makeba, Soul Power, The Payback, When We Were Kings

Looking back on 50 years of the Godfather’s stone funk classic

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Beatle Rock 

It Don’t Come Easy: Ringo Starr’s Ringo at 50

November 8, 2023August 24, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, A Flock of Seagulls, George Harrison, Harry Nilsson, I'm The Greatest, John Lennon, Muhammad Ali, Paul McCartney, Photograph, Ringo, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Fab Four, The Kinks

Looking back on the Beatles drummer’s star-studded third solo LP

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Hard Rock Rock 

Mama Nature Said: Thin Lizzy’s Vagabonds of the Western World at 50

September 24, 2023September 30, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Brian Downey, Decca Records, Ireland, Irish, Peter Eustace, Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Thin Lizzy, Vagabonds of the Western World

For the Irish band, it was the end of one era and the beginning of another

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Funk Soul 

Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions at 50

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Innervisions, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright, Tamla Records

Looking back on a visionary album from a once-in-a-lifetime artist

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Country and/or Western Dylan Films Folk Rock 

It’s Getting Dark: Bob Dylan’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid at 50

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, David Bowie, film, James Coburn, Jim Keltner, Kris Kristofferson, Mick Jagger, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Rita Coolidge, Sam Peckinpah, Slim Pickens

Looking back on the classic soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah’s bleak cult western

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Funk jazz Soul 

Celebrating 30 Years of the Unstoppable Meshell Ndegeocello

June 13, 2023June 14, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Bitter, Blue Note Records, Don Was, Madonna, Maverick Records, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nina Simone, Peace Beyond Passion, Plantation Lullabies, Robert Glasper, The Omnichord Real Book, Ventriloquism

From her debut to The Omnichord Real Book

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Films Rock 

Anton Corbijn Shines a Light on the Album Art of Hipgnosis in New Film

June 7, 2023March 4, 2026 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 10cc, Anton Corbijn, Depeche Mode, Documentaries, Glen Matlock, Hipgnosis, Ian Curtis, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Nick Mason, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Soft Machine, Squaring The Circle, Storm Thorgerson, The Sex Pistols, Wings

Squaring the Circle premieres tonight at New York’s Film Forum

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Funk Soul 

Cloudburst: The Pointer Sisters’ Debut at 50

May 31, 2023June 2, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Anita Pointer, Barack Obama, Beastie Boys, Blue Thumb Records, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer, Pinball Count Song, Ruth Pointer, Sesame Street, The Pointer Sisters, Yes We Can Can

How their eponymous first LP brought swing moves to soul in 1973

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adblock Hip Hop Indie Rock Industrial Post-Punk Rap 

Sleaford Mods: GRIM and Bear It

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Andrew Fearn, Jason Williamson, Mark E. Smith, Perry Farrell, Sleaford Mods, UK GRIM

What makes the Nottingham duo’s simplicity so succinct

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Art Pop Disco Dub/Reggae Funk New Wave Reggae Soul 

Grace Jones at 74: Surviving and Thriving in Her Eighth Decade

October 28, 2022July 21, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment ” Chic, 74th birthday, Bahamas, Bernard Edwards, Beyonce, Brian Eno, Compass Point, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Hurricane, Iggy Pop, Inside Story, Jerry Hall, Jessica Lange, Liz Fraser, Massive Attack, Nile Rodgers, Seattle, Slave to the Rhythm, Studio 54, Tom Moulton, Warm Leatherette

Looking back on the career of the legendary singer/model/actress who defies convention

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Films New Wave Punk Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Giving the Kids a Voice: Fast Times at Ridgemont High at 40 

September 1, 2022February 19, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Elvis Costello, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, Sean Penn, The Go-Gos, Van Halen

A look back at the book, the movie and the soundtrack 

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk Rock 

Redd Kross’s Neurotica at 35: Still Playing Their Songs

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Jeff McDonald, Merge Records, Red Cross, Red Kross, Redd Kross, Steven McDonald, Teen Babes From Monsanto, that dog., The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Muffs, Third Eye, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone

Looking back at the album where the teen babes from Monsanto became men

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Films New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores 

The Sounds of Times Square: The First and Best Film in Allan Moyle’s Pop Rebellion Trilogy

June 21, 2022February 19, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment Allan Moyle, Empire Records, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Pump Up The Volume, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, RSO, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Suzi Quatro, The Ramones, Tim Curry, Times Square, Trini Alvarado

Taking a deep dive into the 1980 cult film’s epic soundtrack

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Dance Soul World 

In Praise of the Topical Dance Music of Belgian Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul 

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Art of Noise, Barboza, Blondie, Bolis Pupul, Charlotte Adigéry, Dead Milkmen, Seattle, Stereo Total, Talking Heads, Topical Dancer

The two European composers of one of the year’s best pop albums take Seattle

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