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Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock

Remembering Gentle Giant’s Raymond Shulman

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments A.R. Kane, Acquiring the Taste, Civilian, Derek Shulman, Elton John, Free Hand, Gentle Giant, Octopus, Phil Shulman, Raymond Shulman, Reginald Dwight, RIP, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, The Sugarcubes, The Sundays

The British prog rock legend was 73

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Blues Garage Rock Indie Rock Rock

Greg Prevost Stacks Up His Legacy

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost, Greg Prevost, New York, Rochester, The Chesterfield Kings

The New York garage rock icon looks back on his career with autobiography and new archival release

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Blues Remembrance Rock

Bidding Farewell to Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Silvester, Brice Portius, Chicken Shack, Chris Youlden, Cream, Dave Walker, Eric Clapton, Foghat, John Lee Hooker, Kim Simmonds, Martin Stone, Paul Raymond, RIP, Savoy Brown

The British blues pioneer has passed away at age 75

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Indie Rock Pop Rock Seattle

Rediscovering Beat Happening On Vinyl

December 12, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Beat Happening, Beck, Calvin Johnson, Jamboree, K Records, Nirvana, Olympia, Pavement, Seattle, SEBADOH, Washington

Domino Records reissues the Olympia, WA pop greats’ seminal catalog on wax

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Funk Remembrance Rock Soul

Remembering Stax Records Co-Founder Jim Stewart

December 11, 2022December 11, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Al Bell, Albert King, Booker T. And the M.G.'s, Estelle Axton, Isaac Hayes, Jim Stewart, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Sam and Dave, Stax Records, The Bar-Kays

The legendary record producer passed away at 92

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Record Store Day Black Friday’s “Dirty Dozen”

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2022, Augustus Pablo, Black Friday, Captain Beefheart, Etta James, Jim Carroll, Jimi Hendrix, Overwhelming Colorfast, Record Store Day, Skip James, The Gun Club, The Jim Carroll Band

What’s hot, rare and ready to pick up this season

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Lou Reed and the Poor Man’s Copyright

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Heroin, I'm Waiting for the Man, John Cale, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Men of Good Fortune, The Primitives, Words & Music May 1965

Is Words & Music, May 1965 worth the hype surrounding it?

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Revisiting An Influential Chicago Blues Classic

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues, Buddy Guy, Chance Records, Chicago, Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Craft Recordings, Eddie "Porkchop" Hines, Elmore James, George Mayweather, J.B. Hutto, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sonny Boy Williamson

Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 1 is out now via Craft Recordings

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Storybook Love: Willy DeVille’s Miracle at 35

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1987, A&M Records, CBGB, Doc Pomus, Guy Fletcher, Jack Nitzsche, Mark Knopfler, Mink DeVille, Miracle, The Princess Bride, Willy DeVille

Looking back on the turning point of the CBGB legend’s career

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Kinks Kulture in the Early ’70s

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 3 Comments Box Set, Dave Davies, England, Everybody’s In Show Biz, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, The Kinks

A new box set commemorates a pair of classic albums from the legendary English band

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock

The Time Has Come: Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust at 35

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, Aborigines, Australia, Beds Are Burning, Bones Hillman, Columbia Records, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Rob Hirst, The Dead Heart

Looking back on the Australian band’s most successful LP

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Folk North Americana Rock Soul

The Secret Stash of Earl McGrath

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, David Johansen, Earl McGrath, Hall and Oates, James Taylor, Jim Carroll, Joan Didion, Joe Hagan, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger, Pat Thomas, Rolling Stones

Diving into the treasured closet of a music biz bon vivant

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Hard Rock Hendrix Psychedelics Rock

California By Kopter (Or Twirly Bird)

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 50th anniversary, Jay Ferguson, Jimi Hendrix, Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds, Mark Andes, Randy California, Spirit

Looking back on 50 years of a (Fabulous) Randy California solo album

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Winter Kings: Edgar Honors Brother Johnny On Star-Studded Album

June 23, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2022, Brother Johnny, Doyle Bramhall II, Edgar Winter, Joe Bonamossa, Keb' Mo', Quarto Valley Records, Steve Vai, Taylor Hawkins

The legendary “Frankenstein” keyboardist and some his famous friends play the best of the Johnny Winter catalog

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The Nighthawks: Back At The Diner

June 10, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues, Established 1972, George Thorogood, Maryland, Mose Allison, Sam Cooke, The Nighthawks

With Established 1972, the veteran Maryland blues rockers celebrate the satisfaction that they’ve endured for five decades

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