Ronald Patrick Hart RockAndRollGlobe Editor and Author

Friday, November 27, 2020

The Future Of Mankind: Blizzard of Ozz at 40

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Blizzard Of Ozz, Bob Daisley, Crazy Train, Dee, Deep Purple, Don Airey, Goodbye To Romance, Lee Kerslake, Mr. Crowley, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Randy Rhoads, Suicide Solution

The rags to riches story of Ozzy Osbourne’s miraculous solo success

Pop Rock

The Golden Guy

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew Gold, Golden Girls, Lonely Boy: The Asylum Years Anthology, Thank You For Being A Friend

A stellar new box set dives deep into the career of unsung songwriting superhero Andrew Gold

Rock

LISTEN: 75 Songs for Neil Young’s 75th Birthday

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Ron Hart 2 Comments 75th birthday, Birthdays, Neil Young, Neil Young Archives, Return To Greendale, The Mynah Birds

From the Mynah Birds to Promise of the Real, a look back at the music of a North American Original

Beatle Retail

Happy Crimble: Celebrating 12 Days of The Beatles

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Apple Corps, George Harrison, John Lennon, Legacy Recordings, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Fab Four, The Thread Shop

Sony Music’s The Thread Shop comes together with Apple Corps Ltd. to open a Fab new digital pop-up shop for the holiday season

Bluegrass Hip Hop

WATCH: Gangstagrass “Ride With You”

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020 Election, Affirmative, Bluegrass, Brooklyn, Gangstagrass, Hip-hop, Ride With You

Fresh off a white hot election special on their Twitch channel, the only hip-hop bluegrass group that matters drops a hope bomb with one of the year’s best singles

Alternative Rock Remembrance Rock

LISTEN: Remembering Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, 25 Years Gone

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1995, 25th Anniversary, All I Can Say, Axl Rose, Blind Melon, Guns 'N' Roses, No Rain, Rogers Stevens, Shannon Hoon

Looking back at the power of a rock ‘n’ roll singer whose life was cut short far before his time

Rock

Hindu Love Gods at 30

October 20, 2020October 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andrew Slater, Bill Berry, Georgia Satellites, Giant Records, Hindu Love Gods, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Prince, R.E.M., Virgin Records, Warren Zevon

Looking back at the time Warren Zevon and R.E.M. got together to cover Prince and the blues, only to be released as a Hindu Love Gods album three years later

Hard Rock

LISTEN: Choose Your Illusion

October 17, 2020October 19, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Appetite for Destruction, Axl Rose, double albums, Duff McKagan, Guns 'N' Roses, Izzy Stradlin, Slash, Use Your Illusion

Re-imagining the second and third Guns N’ Roses full-lengths as one perfect follow-up to Appetite for Destruction

Hard Rock Remembrance

On Losing Eddie Van Halen

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1984, 5150, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Diver Down, Eddie Van Halen, Fair Warning, Michael Anthony, Montrose, OU812, RIP, Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen, Women and Children First

For a generation of rock fans, there was no greater guitarist to grace the concert stage, making it tough for so many of us to imagine a world without him

Glam Indie Rock

LISTEN: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard “Double Denim Hop”

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Budgie, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Cardiff, Double Denim Hop, John Lennon, Manic Street Preachers, Wales

Already a fave in the UK, the U.S. version of the Cardiff quartet’s cheeky proto-glam romp hits us right in the T.V. eye

Funk Remembrance

LISTEN: Remembering Rocco Prestia

October 2, 2020October 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments bassist, Emilio Castillo, Oakland, RIP, Rocco Prestia, Tower of Power

A salute to the pioneering funk bassist and lifelong Tower of Power member, gone at 69

jazz

LISTEN: Happy Birthday John Coltrane

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments A Love Supreme, Giant Steps, Happy Birthday, Jazz, John Coltrane, Spiritual Jazz, The John Coltrane Quartet

The Heavyweight Champion of Jazz turns 94 in Heaven

Psychedelics Remembrance Rock

50 Years Gone: Remembering Jimi

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 50th anniversary, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, RIP

Talking Hendrix with the last surviving member of the Experience and Band of Gypsys

Soul

Earth Wind & Fire: Do You Remember the 21st Night of September?

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Allee Willis, Arthur Baker, David Morales, Earth Wind & Fire, Eric Kupper, Frankie Knuckles, Maurice White, September, TikTok

New remix EP and upcoming DJ Spinna marathon live set celebrate EWF’s most enduring hit

Dub/Reggae Remembrance Ska

Artists Remember Toots Hibbert

September 13, 2020September 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Marley, Brian Eno, Funky Kingston, Jimmy Cliff, Keith Richards, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Reggae, RIP, Ronnie Wood, The Specials, The Who, Toots and the Maytals, Toots Hibbert, Ziggy Marley

Read remembrances from Mick Jagger, The Who, Keith Richards, Brian Eno and more and listen to our exclusive mixtape honoring the life of the man who gave reggae its name

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