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

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 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

Rock

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

October 4, 2021October 13, 2021 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

Bruce Music Journalism Rock

That Dress: Bruce Springsteen and the Thunder Road Situation

August 18, 2021August 25, 2021 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

Dylan

Smoke and Mirrors: On Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom

July 21, 2021August 4, 2021 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

Funk jazz Pop Soul

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021August 4, 2021 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

Blues Folk Gospel Irish jazz

Van Morrison’s Pandemic Blues

May 11, 2021August 4, 2021 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

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

Blues Rock

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

Country and/or Western

Strangers When We Met: Merle Haggard’s Debut Album at 55

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1965, Bakersfield Sound, Johnny Cash, Liz Anderson, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Strangers, The Byrds. The Everly Brothers

Looking back at the opening salvo of the country great’s vast musical canon

Beatle

Anarchy and Absurdity: The Comedy Stylings of the Beatles

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments Dudley Moore, Flaming Pie, George Harrison, George Martin, John Lennon, Mersey Beat, Paul McCartney, Peter Sellers, Richard Lester, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Reflecting upon the ways by which the Fabs tickled our funny bone

Folk Pop

Joan Baez, Judy Collins & the Female Folk-Pop Rebellion of 1965

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bo Diddley, Cher, Donovan, Ike & Tina Turner, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Phil Spector, Ray Charles, Roger Miller, Sonny Bono, The Byrds, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Ronettes

For singers like Baez and Collins, the revolution happened at an opportune time

New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

Soul

Dig the Slowness: Roberta Flack’s Chapter Two at 50

September 11, 2020September 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 3 Comments 1970, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bernard Purdie, Brothers Four, Chad Mitchell Trio, Chapter Two, Chuck Rainey, Donny Hathaway, Eumir Deodato, Harry Belafonte, Hugh McCracken, King Curtis, Kingston Trio, LaVern Baker, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Paul & Mary, Quiet Fire, Richard Tee, Roberta Flack, The Smothers Brothers

The portrait of an artist looking for an audience at the intersection of enlightened soul and contemporary singer-songwriter pop

Pop

Closing Time: “Save the Last Dance for Me” Turns 60

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1960, Atlantic Records, Buck Owens, Doc Pomus, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jerry Lee Lewis, Save The Last Dance For Me, Sun Records, The Drifters, The Mavericks, Tom Jones, Willy DeVille

Written by Doc Pomus, The Drifters turned this song about love, trust and frustration into a Number One single that remains a paean to true romance

Pop Soul

Down Crossover Road: Ray Charles and Sam Cooke in 1960

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 2 Comments 1960, Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, Copacabana, Jerry Wexler, Leiber and Stoller, Ray Charles, RCA Victor, Sam Cooke, Tom Dowd

How two soul giants set the stage for pop music at the cusp of the Civil Rights era

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