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Tim Cohen: Psych-Pop Prophet

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 2021, Bobo Integral, Grateful Dead, The Fresh & Onlys, Tim Cohen, You Are Still Here

The Fresh & Onlys frontman marks his place in the present on ‘You Are Still Here’

Disco Funk Pop Soul

Pop Top 40: Hot Soul Singles For The Week Ending February 28, 1981

April 7, 2021April 8, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments A Taste of Honey, Disco, George Benson, Grover Washington Jr., Jermaine Jackson, Kool and the Gang, Pop, Pop Top 40, Smokey Robinson, Soul, The Gap Band, The Isley Brothers, The Jacksons, The Manhattans, The Sugar Hill Gang, Yarbrough & Peoples

40 years ago, post-disco R&B was on fire

"Shoegaze" Indie Rock Pop

WATCH: “We Don’t Sleep” by Anna Copa Cabanna

March 30, 2021March 31, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anna Copa Cabanna, Bjork, David Lynch, Jesse Krakow, Kraftwerk, Lost Highway, My Bloody Valentine

Hypnotic new video showcases another side to the art and artistry of a renowned NYC Go Go Luminary

Indie Rock Pop Power Pop

WATCH: Mike Viola in Super-8

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2021, Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne, Godmuffin, Mike Viola, That Thing You Do! That Seems Impossible Now, Video

The renowned pop auteur premieres his wistful, nostalgic new video exclusively with Rock & Roll Globe

Art Pop Britpop Hip Hop Pop

Useless, But Not For Long: Gorillaz at 20

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2-D, 2001. Damon Albarn, Clint Eastwood, Dan The Automator, Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett, Miho Hatori, Murdac Niccals, Noodle, Russel Hobbs

Little did we know how bright the future was coming on for the groundbreaking collaboration between Blur’s Damon Albarn and Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett when Gorillaz was released on March 26, 2001

Pop

Daniel Lanois and His Gospel of Grit

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Heavy Sun, Peter Gabriel, The Neville Brothers, U2

A masterful musician and acclaimed producer talks craft, creativity and a career dripping with Grammy gold

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Near Wild Heaven: Out Of Time Turns 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Losing My Religion, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Near Wild Heaven, Out Of Time, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Shiny Happy People

Was the biggest R.E.M. album also their best?

Pop

These Boots Keep a Walkin’

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Boots, Frank Sinatra, James Bond, Lee Hazlewood, Mac Davis, Nancy Sinatra, Start Walkin': 1965-1976, These Boots Are Made For Walkin', You Only Live Twice

Light In The Attic reintroduces Nancy Sinatra to a new generation with an excellent career overview

Indie Rock Pop

ALBUMS: Game On for Two Way Radio

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments Al Green, Ardent Studios, Back To The Light Records, Craig Brewer, Hustle and Flow, Memphis, Succinct Extinction, Two Way Radio

Succinct Extinction is more definitive proof that it’s always a mistake to count Memphis out

Pop Rock

LISTEN: Eric Hirshberg’s Call of Duty

February 26, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Activision, Benjamin Orr, Call of Duty, Drive, Elliot Easton, Eric Hirshberg, Freedy Johnston, Jon Brion, Largo, Mar-a-Lago, Pitfall!, The Cars

The L.A. singer-songwriter who traded in an executive role at a video game juggernaut for his rock ‘n’ roll dreams shares cover of The Cars’ “Drive”

jazz Pop Progressive Rock

How Sting Built The Soul Cages 30 Years Ago

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1991, A&M Records, All This Time, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Sting, The Last Ship, The Police, The Soul Cages

Looking back at the Policeman’s understated triumph as songpoet and stealth-progger

Indie Rock New Wave Pop

DISCOVER: Oceanside With Corvair

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brian Naubert, Corvair, Eux Autres, Heather Larimer, Pop Sickle, Portland, Ruston Mire, The Service Providers, Tube Top

Catching up with Portland, OR’s indie pop power couple

Pop

Hey, Jupiter: Tori Amos’ ‘Boys for Pele’ Turns 25

February 17, 2021February 18, 2021 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, Boys For Pele, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Laura Nyro, Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos

The singer/songwriter’s third studio album remains an idiosyncratically peculiar yet poignant opus

Pop

Way Over Yonder: Tapestry Turns 50

February 10, 2021April 6, 2021 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, AM, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, I Feel The Earth Move, Natural Woman, Ode, Tapestry

What makes this Carole King classic such a transcendent artifact in the world of popular music?

Pop

The Tale of Telemachus, the Tapestry Cat

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Ron Hart 2 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, album, Carole King, cats, Jim McCrary, Tapestry, Telemachus

Curiosity got the best of me when I went digging deeper to find out more about Carole King’s kitty companion on the cover of her iconic 1971 solo LP, which turns 50 today

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