Music Journalism

Music Journalism 

Mitchell Cohen Sets the Story Straight

October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Dion, Mitchell Cohen, The Beatles, The Blues Project, The Cookies, The Rascals, Tim Sommer, Trouser Press Books, Wake Me Shake Me: Shake Me: New York City the '60s and the Pop-Rock Youthquake

‘Wake Me, Shake Me’ reveals the secret history of New York’s music scene in the 1960s

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Music Journalism Records Rock 

Ovation Records: The Quadfather and Me

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 Cary Baker 0 Comments Black Jazz, Bonnie Koloc, Cary Baker, Chicago, Dick Schory, Harvey Mandel, Judas Priest, Mighty Joe Young, Ovation Records, Steve Dahl, Tantrum, The Quadfather, Willie Dixon

Looking back on the Chicagoland label where I began my music biz journey

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

RIP Dave Marsh

August 17, 2026August 17, 2026 Ron Hart 2 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Dave Marsh, Detroit, John Bonham, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Michigan, Queen, RIP

Remembering the legendary rock critic with a polarizing pen

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Music Journalism 

Tim Sommer Punches Up for the ‘Outsiders’

August 11, 2026August 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments Dispatches from the Kingdom of Outsiders, Ira Robbins, MTV, Noise the Show, Tim Sommer, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books

A pundit of punk and pop tells tales about U2, The Clash and more in new book

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Music Journalism 

Good Charlotte Guts Music Publications

August 5, 2026August 6, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alternative Press, BrooklynVegan, Goldmine Magazine, Good Charlotte, Revolver Magazine, Veeps

Alternative Press, BrooklynVegan, Goldmine and Revolver hit with layoffs by parent company Veeps

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Music Journalism Rock 

The Very Possibly True Origin Story of Geese

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Cameron, Cameron Winter, Carnage Visors, Geese, LaMonte Young, Marquee Moon, New York City, Partisan Records, Television, The Cure

(By Dylan Trungpa-Maxberg, as told to Tim Sommer)

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Bruce Music Journalism Rock 

Revisiting My Words on Springsteen

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Kingdom of Outsiders, Our War, Tim Sommer

Our identities are Our War, too; and our identities are shaped by music

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Music Journalism 

Bad Bunny or Kid Rock?

February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Bad Bunny, Kid Rock, Stefanie Eulinberg, Super Bowl LX

What did you choose to watch during the Super Bowl halftime?

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Music Journalism Rock 

Rock & Roll Globe’s Best Rock Books of 2025

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Cameron Crowe, Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jordan Mooney, Lollapalooza, Orange County, Peter Wolf, Richard O’Brien, The Raincoats, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Shangri-Las, Yoko Ono

10 great reads from the music section of your local bookstore

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Music Journalism 

Best Music Journalism 2025

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2025, Alice Coltrane, Art Fein, Autechre, Best Music Journalism, Consequence of Sound, Hearing Things, Music Journalism, Offbeat Magazine, Sacha Jenkins, Stanley Booth, Stereogum, The Atlantic

Two dozen articles and plenty of blogs to keep the faith in an AI world

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Music Journalism 

Can Classical Music Help Fight the Noise Industrial Complex?

September 24, 2025September 26, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, Dewars, Marlboro, Phil Ochs, Tim Sommer

I am lodging a protest, and its called ‘The Beauty of Music’

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Music Journalism New Wave Punk 

Long Live Descenes and Discords

September 10, 2025September 9, 2025 Jim Testa 0 Comments Descenes, Discords, DiWulf Publishing, Howard Wuelfing, Ian MacKaye, Maximum Rock N Roll, New York Rocker, Washington D.C., Zines

A new book celebrates two crucial chronicles of D.C. underground music culture

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Music Journalism 

Paul Nelson’s ‘White Whales’

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Anthony Fantano, Fantagraphics Books, I Like People That Can’t Sing: Paul Nelson Interviews Leonard Cohen and Lucinda Williams, Leonard Cohen, Lucinda Williams, Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone

A new book celebrates the legendary music critic’s dream interviews with Leonard Cohen and Lucinda Williams

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Music Journalism Punk Rock 

A Londoner Dies in New York

April 5, 2025April 5, 2025 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments Frank Sinatra, Peter Silverton, Sid Vicious, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press Books

An excerpt from Peter Silverton’s excellent book London Calling New York New York

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Music Journalism 

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards Preshow Winners

February 2, 2025February 3, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Charli XCX, Grammys, Sabrina Carpenter, The Grammys, The Recording Academy

Who took home the gold but didn’t make it to primetime?

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