Music Journalism

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 2 Comments 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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Indie Rock Music Journalism New Wave Rock 

Print the Legend: Interrogating The Paranoid Style

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2024, Bar-None Records, Chrissie Hynde, Elizabeth Nelson, Northport, Peter Holsapple, Taylor Swift, The Interrogator, The Interrogator Long Island, The Mekons, The Paranoid Style

Elizabeth Nelson on her band’s brilliant new album, the state of the arts and the subtle link between Taylor Swift and fascism

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Music Journalism Pop Rock Soul 

We Watched The Grammy Awards So You Don’t Have To

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Annie Lennox, Dua Lipa, Grammy, Grammy Awards, Jay-Z, Joni Mitchell, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Sinead O'Connor, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, The Grammys, Tony Bennett

A by-the-minute recount of last night’s broadcast ICYMI

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Music Journalism 

The Rock & Roll Globe Grammy Forecast 2024

February 2, 2024February 5, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Brandi Carlile, Grammy, IDLES, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, Taylor Swift, The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, The War And Treaty

Looking at who will win and who should win at this year’s award ceremony

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Music Journalism 

Music Book Club Launches This Sunday

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ann Powers, Dan Charnas, Danyel Smith, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, DJ Tamara Palmer, J. Dilla, Music Book Club, Pamela Des Barres, Substack

Highly anticipated new interactive online series kicks off with Dilla Time’s Dan Charnas

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Trouser Press Celebrates 50 Years in March at New York’s Bowery Electric

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bowery Electric, Chris Stamey, Dennis Diken, Dot Dash, Ira Robbins, New York City, Peter Holsapple, The Smithereens, Trouser Press, Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984

Revered New York music magazine also honored with upcoming anthology as well

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Music Journalism 

Condé Nast Folds Pitchfork Into GQ

January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 Ron Hart 2 Comments Conde Nast, GQ, layoffs, Music Journalism, Pitchfork, Puja Patel, Ryan Schreiber

Renowned music journalism site’s future in doubt; multiple layoffs announced

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Music Journalism 

Inside the Book She’s A Badass: Women In Rock Shaping Feminism

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 Jason Webber 0 Comments 2024, Ann Wilson, Backbeat Books, Duran Duran, Katherine Yeske Taylor, Music Journalism, Paula Cole, She’s A Badass: Women In Rock Shaping Feminism, Suzi Quatro

An interview with author Katherine Yeske Taylor

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Marc Masters’ Excellent Cassette Adventure

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Books, Cassettes, High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape, Marc Masters, Talking Heads, tapes, The Grateful Dead

A conversation with the author of High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 50: November 2023

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bruce Dickinson, Carmine Appice, David Gilmour, Famous Quotes, Iron Maiden, Jim Sullivan, Pink Floyd, Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters, Steve Howe, Tattooed Millionaire, Vanilla Fudge, Yes, You Keep Me Hangin’ On

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

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Beatle Music Journalism Rock 

There is No Such Thing as The Final Beatles Release

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2023, Carnival of Light, George Harrison, Germany, Giles Martin, Hamburg, John Lennon, Liverpool, Now And Then, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, the Star Club

Questioning the validity of “Now And Then”

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