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THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Nirvana’s Televised Swan Song

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1993, 1994, About a Girl, Alex Coletti, All Apologies, colored vinyl edition, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, David Grohl, Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Leadbelly, Lori Goldston, MARK LANEGAN, Martin D-18E, Meat Puppets, Michael Azerrad, Nevermind, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, November 18, On a Plain, Pennyroyal Tea, Polly, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, THE VASELINES, vinyl reissue

A crisp new vinyl reissue of MTV Unplugged in New York celebrates the band that could have been

Folk Indie Rock

ALBUMS: The Inner Mounting Flame of Emily Jane White

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Emily Jane White, Immanent Fire, Talitries

The dark folk singer-songwriter colors in the spaces of a black and white world on Immanent Fire

Folk Pop Roots

ALBUMS: Thanks for the Dance is Leonard Cohen’s Letter from Eternity

November 22, 2019November 27, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2019, Arcade Fire, Beck, Damien Rice, Daniel Lanois, Feist, Happens to the Heart, It's Torn, Jennifer Warnes, Legacy Recordings, Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance, The National, The Night of Santiago, You Want it Darker

The master songwriter’s posthumous envoi arrives

Folk Psychedelics Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores

Wherever That River Goes, That’s Where I Want To Be: The Byrds’ Ballad Of Easy Rider At 50

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1969, Ballas of Easy Rider, Columbia Records, Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider, Jesus Is Just Alright, Peter Fonda, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, The Byrds

In the Fall of ’69 , the L.A. folk-rock icons added a new dimension to the Fonda/Hopper cult classic

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Records Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: No Other by Gene Clark

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1974, 4AD, Gene Clark, No Other, The Byrds

Honored by 4AD with its most comprehensive deluxe edition yet, this grounded Byrd’s solo masterpiece proves true to its title at last

Country and/or Western Folk Rock

Bob Dylan, The Nashville Cat

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1967–1969, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Bob Johnston, Earl Scruggs, Folsom Prison Blues, Girl from the North Country, I Threw it All Away, Johnny Cash, Living the Blues, Nashville Skyline, Ring of Fire, The Story of Traveling Thru, Travelin' Thru, Travelin' Thru: The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 15, Video Travelin' Thru, Vol. 15 1967-1969

The latest entry in the Bootleg Series finds the Bard sharing country comforts with Earl Scruggs and Johnny Cash

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

Across A Crowded Room: Live at Barrymore’s 1985 Pulls Up a Piece of Richard Thompson’s Past

November 8, 2019November 10, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Across A Crowded Room, Across a Crowded Room – Live at Barrymore's 1985, Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Richard Thompson

This previously unreleased concert album rocks amidst the throes of the British guitar titan’s most transitional period

Folk Punk

Frank Turner: Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before

November 7, 2019November 9, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Catherine Marks, Frank Turner, Million Dead, No Man's Land, Polydor, The Sleeping Souls, Xtra Mile

The English punk-folk hero speaks to Rock & Roll Globe as he preps for more dates through November

Alternative Rock Folk

The Waterboys: Shake Some Action, Part II

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments An Appointment With Mr. Yeats, Fisherman's Blues, Fisherman's Box, Mike Scott, The Waterboys

An appointment With Mr. Scott

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Roots

Dori Freeman Counts Her Lucky Stars

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Jason Scott 0 Comments Blue Hens Music, Dori Freeman, Emmylou Harris, Every Single Star, Linda Ronstadt, Teddy Thompson

The RNR Globe’s exclusive chat with Dori Freeman on her third studio album, Every Single Star

Alternative Rock Folk

The Waterboys: Shake Some Action, Part I

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Pagan Place, Ellie Goulding, Fisherman's Blues, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Mike Scott, Prince, Rod Stewart, Steve Earle, The Clash, The Waterboys, Tom Jones, Where The Action Is

Mike Scott continues a late period winning streak with yet another aces new album

Folk Hard Rock

ALBUMS: Crazy About Colorado

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Talbot, Colorado, Frank Sampedro, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Neil Young Colorado, Nils Lofgren, Reprise Records, THink of Me official video

Neil Young does Neil Young by sharing a familiarity factor and getting back on the Horse

Folk Rock

Joseph Arthur Comes Back to the World

October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment 2019, Alejandro Escovedo, Arthur Buck, Ben Harper, Better Than Ezra, Big City Secrets, Come Back World, Come to where I'm grom, Greg Dulli, Jesse Malin, Joseph Arthur, Kevin Griffin, Marc Cohn, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock, Rosanna Arquette

The New York singer-songwriter gets personal on his 14th studio album

Blues Festivals Folk Psychedelics Rock

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Budnick 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

Folk Funk Rock Soul

The Long Schlep From Queens to The Catskills

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Billy Sternberg 1 Comment Alive and Kicking, Canned Heat, Catskills rock, Concord Hotel, Fillmore East, Livingston Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone, The Grass Roots, Tommy James

A personal look back at the iconic Concord’s rock & roll nights of 1970

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