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Indigenous Musicians Remix Thanksgiving Part Two

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Indigenous, Lynyrd Sknynrd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Martha Redbone, Native American, Native Americans, Rickey Medlocke, Thanksgiving

DJ crew A Tribe Called Red, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke and roots singer Martha Redbone talk turkey about what this holiday means to them

Music Journalism

Indigenous Musicians Remix Thanksgiving Part One

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Jason Gross 1 Comment Black Belt Eagle Scout, Deborah Iyall, Grand Funk, Indigenous, Mark Farner, Native American, Native Americans, Romeo Void, Thanksgiving, Tribe

Black Belt Eagle Scout, Grand Funk’s Mark Farner and Debora Iyall Romeo Void talk turkey about what this holiday means to them

Music Journalism

This Song is a Con, But It Can Still Change the World

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020 Election, Donald J. Trump, Phil Ochs, protests, Woody Guthrie

Tim Sommer reckons with the power of the protest song in post-election 2020

Blues Music Journalism

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

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. XIII: November 2020

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Free Drink Ticket”, “Thunder Kiss ’65", Chad Smith, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Joey Santiago, Merrill Nisker, Mystery Girl, Paul Weller, Peaches, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Zombie, Roy Orbison, The Jam, The Pixies, White Zombie

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism Punk Remembrance

Farewell, Mr. Biggs

October 19, 2020October 20, 2020 Randy Haecker 7 Comments Bob Biggs, Faith No More, Green On Red, L7, Los Lobos, RIP, Slash Records, The BoDeans, The Germs, The Misfits, X

A former Slash Records employee pays homage to the founder of the most influential label in Los Angeles punk history

Britpop Music Journalism

A Ready, Steady, Revolution!

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments and power-brokers Andrew Loog Oldham, Andy Neill, Chris Stamp, Donovan, Marvin Gaye, Mick Jagger, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Ready Steady Go!, Rod Stewart, The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Who

A new book on the groundbreaking British television program, Ready, Steady, Go! documents pop’s primetime emergence

Music Journalism Remembrance

All You Need to Know About Van Halen by Someone Who Was an Actual Teenager in the 1970s

October 9, 2020October 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Billy Joel, Blondie, Bread, CHEAP TRICK, CSN, James Taylor, Kansas, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Little River Band, Neu!, Styx, The Ramones, Van Halen, Wilko Johnson, Wire

A remembrance of the era that gave us Eddie Van Halen from someone on the ground during their ascension to superstardom

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 12: October 2020

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Blue Oyster Cult, Eric Bloom, Famous Quotes, Hope Sandoval, Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, J.K. Rowling, Jim Sullivan, Mazzy Star, Robert Galbraith, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism

When You Mistake The Beatles For Ché, You Get What You Deserve

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Che Guevara, Clampdown, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Pete Seeger, Seinfeld, The Beatles, The Clash, Woodstock, Woody Guthrie

By believing that singing about working for the clampdown was the same as working against the clampdown, we worked for the clampdown

Music Journalism

It’s Almost Time For The Rock Revival

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Daft Punk, David Bowie, DJ Shadow, Elton John, Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, MTV, Robyn, Rolling Stone, technology, The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who

Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Albums List notes how technology fails Rock & Roll

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 11: September 2020

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Depeche Mode, Famous Quotes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jim Sullivan, Juliette and the Licks, Juliette Lewis, Les Paul, Martin Gore, Mini-Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Richard Thompson, Sam Phillips

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 10: August 2020

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Cherie Currie, Famous Quotes, Fiction Plane, Jim Sullivan, Joe Sumner, Little Feat, Lowell George, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Rickey Medlock, Sting, The Police, The Runaways

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Music Journalism

Do Black Lives Matter to the Music Biz in 2020?- Part 3

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments BET, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter Global Network, George Floyd, Marc Morial, National Urban League. Community Justice Exchange, Phoebe Bridgers, Pilar Maria Weiss

The National Urban League and Community Justice Network interviews

Music Journalism Seattle

Straight Talk From Mark Lanegan

July 24, 2020September 3, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2020, Courtney Love, Jerry Cantrell, Klaus Kinski, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, MARK LANEGAN, Nirvana, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York, Screaming Trees, Sing Backwards and Weep, Straight Songs Of Sorrow

The Seattle rock icon pulls no punches in his revealing new memoir

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