Author: Lee Zimmerman

Punk 

Apeman Hop: The Ramones’ ‘Animal Boy’ Turns 40

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1986, 40th Anniversary, Animal Boy, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Richie Ramone, Ronald Reagan, The Ramones

Looking back at one of their most underrated albums

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Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Dave Mason

April 23, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cream, Dave Mason, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Eric Clapton, Feelin' Alright, Ginger Baker, Mark Stein, RIP, Steve Winwood, Traffic, Vanilla Fudge

Looking back on the career of a rock icon

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Young Fresh Fellows: Live, Love, ‘Loft’

April 9, 2026April 10, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Loft, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey, The Minus 5, Yep Roc Records, Young Fresh Fellows

Scott McCaughey talks about the supergroup’s bold new LP

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Rock 

The Return of The (True) Guess Who

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment American Woman, Burton Cummings, Canada, Canned Wheat, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale, Laughing, No Time, Randy Bachman, Reunion, The Guess Who

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings reunite for summer tour

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Blues Rock 

The ‘Madness’ of Warren Haynes

February 12, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1993, 2026, Gov't Mule, Megaforce Records, Ordinary Tales of Madness, Phil Lesh and Friends, The Allman Brothers Band, Warren Haynes

Guitar icon revisits his debut LP on Megaforce Records

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Pop Rock 

The Bangles’ Different Light Turns 40

January 13, 2026January 14, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1986, 40th Anniversary, Apollonia, Christopher, Columbia Records, Debbi Peterson, Different Light, Jules Shear, Manic Monday, Michael Steele, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, Vicki Peterson, Walk Like An Egyptian

Basking in the glow of their smash 2nd LP

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Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Raul Malo

December 12, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Miami, Raul Malo, RIP, Roy Orbison, The Mavericks, The Mavericks En Espanol

Thoughts from a friend on the passing of The Mavericks’ frontman

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Remembrance Rock Soul 

Candid Conversations with Steve Cropper

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Booker T. And the M.G.'s, Otis Redding, RIP, Sam and Dave, Stax Records, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers

One reporter’s reflections on the late legendary producer and guitar player

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Beatle Rock 

John and Yoko’s New York City Era

October 9, 2025October 10, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Abbie Hoffman, Delaney and Bonnie, Elephant’s Memory, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, George Harrison, Jerry Rubin, John Lennon, Keith Moon, One to One Concert, Phil Ochs, Plastic Ono Band, Power to the People, Sean Lennon, Sometime in New York City, Yoko Ono

A new box set chronicles the counterculture power couple’s adventures in the Big Apple

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Folk 

The Roots of Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1969, Alexi Murdoch, FIve Leaves Left, Iron and Wine, Joe Boyd, José Gonzalez, Nick Drake, Robert Kirby, Sufjan Stevens, The Making of Five Leaves Left

A new box set unearths the origin story of the British folk icon

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Pop Rock 

Historie de Nelson Bragg

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Big Noise, Big Stir Records, Brian Wilson, Cloud Eleven, Mélodie de Nelson: A Pop Anthology, Nelson Bragg, The Beach Boys, The Grapes of Wrath, The Mockers, The Now People, The Quarter After, Twenty Cent Crush

American pop auteur reflects on his time with Brian Wilson and his new anthology 

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Remembrance Rock 

Straight Shooter: Remembering Mick Ralphs

July 2, 2025July 5, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, Paul Rodgers, Ready for Love, RIP, Simon Kirke

Former Bad Company and Mott The Hoople guitar great was 81

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Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Roy Thomas Baker

May 1, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Free, Local H., Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Roy Thomas Baker, Smashing Pumpkins, T’Pau, The Cars

The acclaimed producer was a master of the eccentric and eclectic

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Remembrance Soul 

Roberta Flack: The Great Interpreter

March 9, 2025March 9, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Donny Hathaway, Maxi Priest, Peabo Bryson, RIP, Roberta Flack, Starship

7 songs that solidified the soul icon’s rep as the queen of covers

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Remembrance Rock 

Garth Hudson was the Heart of The Band

January 23, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, RIP, The Band, Woodstock

Remembering a North American music legend, gone at 87

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