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Sunday, November 29, 2020

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

Blues North Americana Rock

Dane Clark: Uplifting Songs for Trying Times

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Carlene Carter, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dane Clark, Dane Clark and the Backroom Boys, Jimmy Cliff, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, John Sebastian, pandemic, Songs of Isolation

The longtime Mellencamp bandmate and his Backroom Boys deliver twelve songs written to inspire and amuse us during these unusual times

Blues Country and/or Western Rock Roots

John Oates’ Nashville Dreams Come True

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Don Gibson, Guthrie Trapp, Hall & Oates, Hall and Oates, Jimmie Rodgers, John Oates, Josh “Daddy” Day, Live In Nashville, Mississippi John Hurt, Nate Smith, Russ Pahl, Sam Bush, Steve Mackay, The Good Road Band

Talking with one half of the iconic pop duo Hall & Oates about his roots in early American music

Blues Folk

ALBUMS: The Levee Still Rises

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Allen Toussaint, Billy Conway, Chris Smither, More From The Levee, Signature Sounds, Still On The Levee

Chris Smither reboots more songs from his vast repertoire

Blues

Bobby Rush: Back to the Raw Roots of The Blues

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Black Lives Matter, Bobby Rush, Chitlin Circuit, Howin’ Wolf, Mississippi, Muddy Waters, Rawer Than Raw, Skip James

At 86, the blues great pays homage to the Mississippi masters who guide his path

Blues Folk Rock

LISTEN: Van the Man is 75

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments COVID-19, Happy Birthday, Polydor, The Chieftains, Van Morrison

Celebrating this birthday milestone for Irish rock icon Van Morrison with a stroll through an essential fraction of his catalog

Blues Rock

Stevie Ray Vaughan: 30 Years Gone

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments B.B. King, Buddy Guy, David Bowie, Jimmie Vaughan, Jody Watley, Salt-N-Pepa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Stevie Wonder

Remembering the master of 80s blues guitar with his 10 essential live moments

Blues Folk Latin New Wave Pop Pub Rock Punk Reggae Remembrance Rockabilly

Happy Birthday Joe Strummer

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Albert Hammond Jr., Beto O'Rourke, Bob Gruen, Bob Weir, Brian Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, Cherry Glazerr, Dhani Harrison, Hinds, HR of Bad Brains, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Lucinda Williams, Matt Dillon, Save Our Stages, Spider Stacy and Cait O'Riordan of The Pogues, Steve Buscemi, The Clash, Tom Morello

The late punk icon would’ve turned 68

Blues Folk Pop

Peter Himmelman’s Pursuit of Passion and Perseverance

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Al Wolovitch, Andy Kamman, Eric Moen, Jeff Victor, Peter Himmelman, Press On, Sussman Lawrence

A new album, Press On, provides an unintended look at life with a pandemic presence

Blues Rock

55 Years On, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown Make It Clear They Ain’t Done Yet

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown, Ten Years After

Rock & Roll Globe shares a one-on-one conversation with one of the true masters of British Blues

Blues Remembrance Rock

LISTEN: Remembering Peter Green

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Danny Kirwan, Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (1967-1969), Jeremy Spencer, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Splinter Group

A playlist in homage to the scorching guitarist of the original Fleetwood Mac, gone at 73

Blues Hard Rock Rock

Remembering Rory, the Only Gallagher in Rock Who Matters

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Boy Fuller, Blues, Charley Patton, Earl Hooker, Gallagher, Hubert Sumlin, Rory Gallagher, Taste

Remembering the fiery Irish guitar icon, 25 years gone

Blues Heavy Metal

I’m The King Wolf: Danzig II: Lucifuge At 30

June 26, 2020June 28, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1990, Blue Oyster Cult, Chuck Biscuits, Danzig, Danzig II: Lucifuge, Def American, Def Jam, John Christ, Metallica, Ministry, Nirvana, Rick Rubin, Samhain, The Misfits, The Pixies

Danzig’s sophomore mold-breaking blues metal masterpiece still swings low as part of his grand slam album quartet

Blues Folk

ALBUMS: Bob Dylan’s 39th Dream

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, False Prophet, I Contain Multitudes, Murder Most Foul, Rough and Rowdy Ways

Rough and Rowdy Ways is Dylan’s most direct and exquisite album in a generation

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