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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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Music Journalism 

Rock & Roll Globe Presents The Rock Books of 2024

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2 Tone Records, Bikini Kill, Books, CBGB, Huggy Bear, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Lisa Marie Presley, MC5, The Specials

From Riot Grrrls to indigenous icons, this year brought an intriguing array of good reads

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Music Journalism 

Rock & Roll Globe Presents the 32 Great Music Videos of 2024

December 24, 2024December 24, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments A$AP Rocky, Armand Hammer, Billy Idol, FKA Twigs, Kendrick Lamar, Kim Deal, Knocked Loose, Lady Gaga, Les Savy Fav, Louis Armstrong, Magdalena Bay, Music videos, Stevie Nicks, Sturgill Simpson, SZA

Yes, Virginia, videos still exist despite the gutting of MTV

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Music Journalism 

The Best Music Journalism of 2024

December 14, 2024December 15, 2024 Jason Gross 1 Comment Billboard, Conde Nast, Hearing Things, Medium, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Substack, Ted Gioia, Vice

Our political lives suck, so how about some great music writing?

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Music Journalism 

Before It Was Easy: Ira Robbins Talks Trouser Press’s 50th Birthday

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Jim Allen 1 Comment 50th anniversary, Big Country, Devo, Elvis Costello, Ira A. Robbins, Ira Robbins, Jimmy Page, Magazine, New Wave, Pete Townshend, Rory Gallagher, The Who, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books, Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984

A seminal rock magazine gets an awesome anthology

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Music Journalism 

David Menconi Takes Us Inside Rounder Records with Oh, Didn’t They Ramble 

February 22, 2024February 23, 2024 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments Alison Krauss, Bill Nowlin, Books, David Menconi, George Thorogood, Hollerin', Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, Robert Plant, Rounder Records, Rush, They Might Be Giants, Ween

An exclusive chat with the acclaimed author and music journalist

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