Rock

Art Pop Glam Rock 

Like Some Cat From Japan: Ziggy Stardust at 50

June 16, 2022June 17, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1972, 50th anniversary, Bowie, David Bowie, LGBTQ, Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, The Spiders From Mars, Ziggy Stardust

Exploring the revolutionary queerness of the most iconic David Bowie album

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North Americana Pop Rock 

WATCH: Buick Audra Learns To Fly

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Afraid of Flying, Audra Buick, interview, Joss Stone

The first single off her forthcoming LP addresses conflict and change

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Rock Southern Rock 

A Apolitical Blues: Sailin’ Shoes Turns 50

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Payne, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Richie Hayward, Sail Away, Sailin' Shoes, Willin'

Why the second Little Feat LP still matters

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Alternative Rock 

LISTEN: Spray Allen Share “Illuminate Me”

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Daniel Lonner, Eric Sherman, Illuminate Me, No Doubt, San Diego, Spray Allen, Sublime, Unwritten Law

Check out the first single from the San Diego band’s debut opus

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Folk Pop Rock 

He Will Never Pass This Way Again: Remembering Jim Seals

June 11, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Dan Seals, Dash Crofts, Glen Campbell, Jim Seals, John Ford Coley, RIP, Roe v Wade, Seals and Crofts, Summer Breeze, Unborn Child

One half of the hit-making duo Seals and Crofts dead at age 80

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Blues Rock 

The Nighthawks: Back At The Diner

June 10, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues, Established 1972, George Thorogood, Maryland, Mose Allison, Sam Cooke, The Nighthawks

With Established 1972, the veteran Maryland blues rockers celebrate the satisfaction that they’ve endured for five decades

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Hard Rock Rock Seattle 

Nobody Knows Your Melancholy Mind: Heart’s Little Queen At 45

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Ann Wilson, Barracuda, Crazy on You, Epic Records, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Little Queen, Mushroom Records, Nancy Wilson, Portrait Records

Looking back on the album that gave the Wilson sisters, and their fans, a true voice

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

A Bouncing Little Baby, A Shiny Copper Penny: Faith No More’s Angel Dust at 30

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, 30th Anniversary, Angel Dust, Billy Gould, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, The Real Thing

Why this beautiful, terrifying, schizophrenic masterpiece of a record remains their high water mark

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New Wave Rock 

When Greg Hawkes Met Eddie Japan

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Benjamin Orr, Boston, City Winery, Dangerous Type, Drive, Eddie Japan, Elliot Easton, Good Times Roll, Greg Hawkes, Just What I Needed, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, The Rat, Todd Rundgren

Catching up with the legendary Cars keyboardist during a rare club gig

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Alternative Rock New Wave Rock 

One Thing Leads to Another: The Return of The Fixx

June 7, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2022, Cy Curnin, Every Five Seconds, interview, London, One Thing Leads To Another, Stand Or Fall, T.S. Eliot, The Fixx, The Portraits

Lead vocalist Cy Curnin talks about the group’s first new album in a decade, Every Five Seconds

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Blues Folk North Americana Rock 

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raise The Roof In Queens

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments Alison Krauss, David Bowie, Forest Hills, Forest Hills Stadium, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Neil Young, Queens, Raise The Roof, Raising Sand, Robert Plant, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Rock & Roll

What this current tour says about the Led Zeppelin singer’s staying power at 73

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Dead Fusion Rock 

ALBUMS: Zero Is The Magic Number

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Allman Brothers Band, Donna Godchaux, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Garcia Band, John Cipollina, John Kahn, Nicky Hopkins, Pete Sears, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Kimock, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Tubes, The Who, Vince Welnick, Zero

A new archival title revives interest in the legendary Dead-centric Bay Area supergroup

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Hard Rock Pop Remembrance Rock 

Former Bon Jovi Bassist Alec John Such Dead at 70

June 5, 2022June 5, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alec John Such, Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, RIP, Tico Torres

“He was an original,” his old bandmates profess in a public statement

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North Americana Rock 

Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams Rock Knoxville

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bonnie Raitt, Concert, Duke Levine, Glenn Patscha, James “Hutch” Hutchinson, John Prine, Just Like That, Knoxville, Lucinda Williams, Ricky Fataar, Talking Heads, Tennessee

Two American icons stun their audience with energy and emotion

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Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock 

A Tribute to Alan White, A Determined Drummer With a Remarkable Resume

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Alan White, Bill Bruford, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, RIP, Yes

The acclaimed Yes drummer who jammed with Beatles was 72

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