Ronald Patrick Hart RockAndRollGlobe Editor and Author

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

The Racing Pulses: Something To Write Home About

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Bon Iver, Fall Out Boy, Kristian Iliev, Panic! At the Disco, Paramore, The Racing Pulses, Violent Femmes

The sharped dressed pop auteurs out of Madison, Wisconsin are one to watch in 2020 as they prep their first new LP in three years

North Americana

LISTEN: Prayers for John Prine

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Angel from Montgomery, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illegal Smile, John Prine

The American music legend is in critical condition after contracting COVID-19

Blues Classical Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Gospel Pop Rock

The Great American Quarantine Tour: Week Two

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alexis P. Suter, Allman-Betts Band, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Devon Allman, Diplo, Tilly Foster, Tim Fogarty, Yo-Yo Ma

5 more commanding performances from the neverending living room concert

Alternative Rock Industrial Pop Progressive Rock Remembrance

Remembering Bill Rieflin

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bill Rieflin, Chris Connelly, Fkea, King Crimson, KMFDM, Krist Noveselic, Martin Atkins, Ministry, R.E.M., Revolting Cocks, RIP, Robert Fripp

R.E.M., Mike Patton, Ministry, Robert Fripp, Krist Noveselic and more honor the passing of a modern rock giant

Music Journalism

Watching Online Concerts While Quarantined Is a Lot Like CMJ

March 22, 2020March 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alison Crutchfield, Bill Janovitz, Buffalo Tom, Chick Corea, CMJ, Coronavirus, Facebook Live, Gilbert Gottfried, Harley Flanagan, Instagram Live, Ja, Kevin Morby, Quaratine, Robin Pecknold, The Cro-Mags, The Grifters, Waxahatchee

5 performances I enjoyed while wandering through the socials this first weekend of lockdown

Music Journalism

WATCH: Michael Stipe Returns To The PSA Life For Coronavirus Warning

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Michael Stipe, R.E.M.

The former R.E.M. singer parlays the revival of an old hit single to raise awareness on the dire importance of social distancing

Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk

LISTEN: A St. Patrick’s Day Salute To Gavin Friday

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bomb The Bass, Bono, Dik Evans, Edge, Erik Sanko, Gavin Friday, Ireland, Island Records, Maurice Seezer, Sinead O'Connor, Virgin Prunes. U2

The Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to an unsung icon of Irish rock

Experimental Pop

Remembering Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

March 15, 2020March 16, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Dias Records, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Genesis P-Orridge, Merzbow, Psychic TV, RIP, Ryan Martin, Throbbing Gristle

The pioneering icon of industrial music and the Avant Garde passes away at 70

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock

LISTEN: Above by Mad Season Turns 25

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Revisit the Seattle supergroup’s very first performance

jazz Remembrance

LISTEN: Remembering McCoy Tyner

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Charles Lloyd, Chick Corea, Elvin Jones, Flea, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Garrison, John Coltrane, Matthew Shipp, McCoy Tyner, Nile Rodgers, Sonny Rollins, The John Coltrane Quartet

Listen to our exclusive playlist honoring the phenomenal solo catalog of the man who redefined jazz piano

Experimental Indie Rock Remembrance

Artists Honor Rain Parade/Opal/Mazzy Star Guitar Innovator David Roback

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Roback, Hope Sandoval, Kendra Smith, Mazzy Star, Opal, RIP, RIP David Roback, SST, The Dream Syndicate, The Rain Parade

The Paisley Underground luminary has died, aged 61

Blues Folk Hard Rock jazz World

LISTEN: Physical Graffiti @ 45: A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, Robert Plant

We dance and sing in celebration for Led Zeppelin’s greatest album by jumbling it all up

jazz

REISSUES: Free At Last Extended Edition by The Mal Waldron Trio

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Clarence Becton, ECM, Eric Dolphy, Free At Last, Isla Eckinger, Mal Waldron, Mal Waldron Trio

ECM capped off its 50th year celebration with a long overdue revamp of the label’s flagship title

Funk Soul

NEWS: Oakland Funk Giants Tower of Power Return With New Album and Tour

February 17, 2020March 9, 2020 Ron Hart 2 Comments Emilio Castillo, Jerry Cortez, Joe Vannelli, Marcus Scott, Oakland, Roger Smith, Soul Side of Town, Step Up, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Tom Poitzer, Tower of Power

Step Up arrives March 20; hear new single ‘Let’s Celebrate Our Love,’ released on Valentine’s Day

New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock

LISTEN: Peter Gabriel at 70–A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 13, 2020February 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Genesis, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Scratch, So. Up, Us

Celebrating 7 decades of life and a half century of music with a stroll through the catalog of the Godfather of Global Pop

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