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In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

Music Journalism

Bonfire of the Vanities: A Look Back at Woodstock ’99

July 27, 2019July 30, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, Elvis Costello Woodstock, Head like a Hole, Iggy Pop Goose Lake 1970, Kid Rock full Woodstock concert, Metallica full concert woodstock, Michael Lang, Nine Inch Nails, Rome NY, Tori Amos, Woodstock 1969, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

Michael Lang still can’t shake the spectre of 20 years ago when “3 Days of Peace, Love and Music” devolved into something worse than Altamont

Blues

Celebrating 60 Years of Moanin’ In The Moonlight by Howlin’ Wolf

July 8, 2019July 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1959, 60th anniversary, Chess Records, Howlin' Wolf

The teeth on this menacing 1959 masterpiece are as sharp as ever after all these years

Blues Soul

Stax’s Soul Explosion 50 Years Later

June 12, 2019June 13, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1969, Craft Recordings, Memphis, Stax Records

A deep dive into an indispensable compilation that redefined the Memphis label in ’69

Blues North Americana Rock

Will Kimbrough: The Hardest Working Man in Nashville

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Grayson Capps, Nashville, Shemekia Copeland, Will and the Bushmen, Will Kimbrough

The Americana mainstay and in-demand session guitarist returns to the solo life with I Like It Down Here

Remembrance

Detroit’s Russ Gibb Remembered

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments

The beloved school teacher and founder of Detroit’s legendary Grande Ballroom was 87

Alternative Rock Experimental jazz Rock

Celebrating 50 Years of Uncle Meat

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1969, 50th anniversary, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention

A half-century later, Frank Zappa’s tales of The Voice of Cheese, King Kong and Electric Aunt Jemima haven’t lost an ounce of inspiration and oddity

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Punk

Scorching Honky Tonk

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Jason and the Scorchers, Jason Ringenberg, The Ramones

Jason Ringenberg stands tall

Experimental Folk jazz

In Homage to an Underground Guitar Hero

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Derek Bailey, Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, Feeding Tube Records

The time has come for people to recognize the genius of Dr. Eugene Chadbourne

Blues

True Survivor

January 29, 2019February 21, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, The Bluesbreakers, Walter Trout

Walter Trout and the blues are here to stay

Blues Rock

Wooden Nickels, Golden Blues

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Chicago, Chicago Blues, The Siegel-Schwall Band

The Siegel-Schwall Band revisited

Blues Dub/Reggae Rock Soul

30 Years Later, Talk Is Still Cheap

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Steve Jordan

Celebrating Keith Richards’ solo classic

Blues Soul

Soul Men

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ray Charles, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers’ Briefcase Full of Blues at 40

Blues Rock Soul

A Half Century of A Man & the Blues

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 50th anniversary, B.B. King, Blues, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Spann

Celebrating 50 years of Buddy Guy’s landmark second album

Rock

Children of the Future at 50

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Crosby, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Stills & Nash

A half-century down the road with Steve Miller’s psychedelic debut