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Ry Cooder Kickstarts His Solo Career by Venturing Into the Purple Valley

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Monroe, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot, Into The Purple Valley, Jim Dickinson, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal and the Rising Sons, Van Morrison

Looking back on 50 years of a debut that put the spotlight on an American guitar icon

Folk jazz

Joni Mitchell’s Archives: Digging the Roots of a Living Legend

December 22, 2021January 6, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1971, 2021, Archives, Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), Blue, Box sets, Canada, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Ottowa, Song For A Seagull

Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) traces the development of her seminal songs

Folk Hard Rock North Americana Rock

ALBUMS: Neil Young Goes Barnstorming

December 16, 2021December 29, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments American Stars ’n Bars, Barn, Billy Talbot, Crazy Horse, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Frank Sampedro, Neil Young, Neil Young + Crazy Horse, Nils Lofgren, On the Beach, Ragged Glory, Sleeps With Angels, Zuma

Crazy Horse returns to its roots…nearly all of them that is…

Folk Rock

Bruce Cockburn Returns To His Regularly Scheduled 50th Anniversary

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bruce Cockburn, Canada, folk, Greatest Hits, guitar, interview, rock, The 2nd Attempt Tour, True North

With a new Greatest Hits album, the Canadian folk-rock legend looks back on a half century in music

Hard Rock Psychedelics Rock

The Continuing Reign of Howlin’ Rain

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Comets On Fire, Ethan Miller, Howlin' Rain, Silver Current, The Dharma Wheel, The Grateful Dead

The band’s erstwhile helmsman Ethan Miller discusses their new album, sharing credit and keeping the ship afloat

Alternative Rock Indie Rock

Dean Wareham Takes It To City Hall

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Dean Wareham, Double Feature Records, Galaxie 500, I Have Nothing To Say to the Mayor of L.A., Luna

On the occasion of a new solo album, I Have Nothing To Say to the Mayor of L.A., the NYC rock legend talks about creativity, confidence and the legacies of Luna and Galaxie 500

Rock

Hercules, Rod Stewart and Me

November 18, 2021November 23, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Atlantic Crossing, Every Picture Tells a Story, Gasoline Alley, Ian McLagan, Out of Order, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane, The Faces, The Tears of Hercules

Roddy’s new album rekindles a memory of one exceptional adventure

Britpop Pop Progressive Rock Rock

Despite the Passing of Drummer Graeme Edge, His Legacy Lingers

November 12, 2021November 17, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 6 Comments 1967, Deram Records, Graeme Edge, John Lodge, Justin Hayward, RIP, The Days of Future Passed, The Moody Blues

We remember the longest-surviving member of the Moody Blues with his own words

Bruce Pub Rock Rock

Down The Road Apiece: American Babylon at 25

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments American Babylon, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, Nick’s Fat City, Pittsburgh, The Houserockers, The Iron City Houserockers

Joe Grushecky’s Springsteen-assisted live masterpiece finds new life as an expanded anniversary edition

Indie Rock

Miracle On 8th Street: American Music Club’s Everclear at 30

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alias Records, American Music Club, Bruce Kaplan, California, Danny Pearson, Engine, Everclear, Mark Eitzel, Mike Simms, The Restless Stranger, United Kingdom, Vudi

Beloved by rock critics and record store clerks across the land, the fifth AMC LP remains an essential listen

New Wave

Story of the Ghost: Celebrating 40 Years of a Classic Police Album

October 19, 2021October 27, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Andy Summers, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Ghost in the Machine, Hugh Padgham, Invisible Sun, Spirits in the Material World, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

1981’s Ghost in the Machine underscores the trio’s fast ascent to superstar success

Folk North Americana

ALBUMS: Dar Williams Promises to Meet Us There

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, BMG, Cold Spring, Dar Williams, folk, I'll Meet You Here, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Renew Records, Upstate NY

It’s a rendezvous well worth the wait

Folk

Judy Collins Spends an “Evening” in the Volunteer State

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Bob Dylan, folk, In Concert, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Maryville College, Roger McGuinn, Tennessee

The folk legend brings a beguiling blend of classics and conversation in Tennessee

Bluegrass Blues Country and/or Western Dead Folk Psychedelics Remembrance Rock Rockabilly

Commander Cody, a True Original, Breaks the Bonds of Earth

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Commander Cody, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, George Frayne IV, San Francisco, The Grateful Dead

The San Francisco mainstay and trucker rock icon who defied categorization was 77 years old

Folk North Americana

ALBUMS: A Better Built Dog and Pony Show

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Amy Speace, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Springsteen, Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, John Mellencamp, John Prine, New West Records, Pete Seeger, RB Morris, Rodney Crowell, The Horses and the Hounds, Willie Nile, Woody Guthrie

With The Horses and The Hounds, James McMurtry asserts his everyman attitude

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