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Pop Remembrance

Bobby Rydell and the Appeal of Normalcy

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments American Bandstand, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vee, Chubby Checker, Dion, Jack Benny, Jerry Lee Lewis, Red Skelton, RIP, The Wild One

The 60s pop icon passed away this week at age 79

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Ronnie Spector: The Baddest Bad Girl

January 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Amy Winehouse, Be My Baby, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Thunders, RIP, Ronnie Spector, Say Goodbye to Hollywood, The Beatles, The Chantels, The Rolling Stones, The Shirelles

Saying goodbye to a New York Original and an American Treasure

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Films jazz Remembrance

Sidney Poitier and the Burden of Responsibility

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Blackboard Jungle, Daniel Petrie, Diahann Carroll, Joanne Woodward, Norman Jewison, Paris Blues, Paul Newman, RIP, Sidney Poitier, Stanley Kramer

How music helped match the finest moments in the film legend’s greatest roles

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Stephen Sondheim and the Hills of Tomorrow

November 27, 2021April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bernadette Peters, Broadway, Company, Mandy Patinkin, Merrily We Roll Along, RIP, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George, Theater

Remembering the legendary American theater composer and lyricist, who left us on November 26th at age 91

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We Sang Dirges in the Dark: American Pie at 50

November 8, 2021November 10, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments American Pie, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, David Hepworth, Don McLean

Why is this overbaked Don McLean epic still even a thing?

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Soundtracks and Film Scores

Wonderland by Night: Edgar Wright’s Delirious Mod Jukebox

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Anya Taylor-Joy, Edgar Wright, Face, Julie Driscoll, Last Night In Soho, Patti Boyd, Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw, Scott Walker, Steve Marriott, The Kinks

The acclaimed British filmmaker’s new film Last Night in Soho pulsates with the lure of nostalgia

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Pop Remembrance

Jay Black and the Money Note

October 26, 2021April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Cara Mia, Donald Fagen, Jay and the Americans, Jay Black, Steely Dan, This Magic Moment, Walter Becker

Remembering one of the golden voices of American Pop, gone at 82

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Music Journalism

Le Tigre v. Barry Mann: Who Owns the Bomp?

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 4 Comments Barry Mann, Bomp! Records, Deceptacon, Frankie Lymon, Gerry Goffin, Greg Shaw, Jesse Winchester, Le Tigre, Legal, Who Put The Bomp

A new court case aims to settle who holds proprietorship over the most defining example of rock ‘n’ roll onomatopoeia in pop history

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Stevie Van Zandt’s Unrequited Infatuations and the Persistence of Memory

October 4, 2021April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Books, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Hachette Books, Little Steven, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, Memoir, Stevie Van Zandt, Sun City, Unrequited Infatuations

The beloved New Jersey musician and actor’s memoir is also a syllabus of rock history, a thesis on the art of collaboration, a political manifesto, a settling of grievances and a grab bag of opinions

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Bruce Music Journalism Rock

That Dress: Bruce Springsteen and the Thunder Road Situation

August 18, 2021March 29, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 10 Comments Amanda Shires, Bobby Rydell, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jon Landau, Thunder Road

On the great debate between “sway” and “wave” in the second line of a most iconic Boss song

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Smoke and Mirrors: On Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom

July 21, 2021March 28, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Concerts, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, Tempest, Veeps

Mr. Zimmerman rung in his 80th year with a cinematic journey through his past

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Funk jazz Pop Soul

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021March 28, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Aaron Neville, Bo Diddley, Bobby Blue BLand, Everybody Plays The Fool, Fats Domino, Linda Ronstadt, New Orleans, Roy Orbison, Tipitina’s, Warm Your Heart

Looking back at the New Orleans icon’s epic 1991

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Blues Folk Gospel Irish jazz

Van Morrison’s Pandemic Blues

May 11, 2021March 24, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 2021, Aldous Snow, BMG, Facebook, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Latest Record Project Volume 1, Russell Brand, Spotify, Twitter, Van Morrison

The Irishman airs his grievances and alienates fans on Latest Record Project Volume 1

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Blues Music Journalism

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

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Two Trains Running: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds and the Blues-Rock Explosion of 1965

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Simon, Rick Nelson, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds

The duel between these blues rock classics helped bring 1965 to a landing with a bang

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