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Let’s Talk About ‘Nuggets’ with Lenny Kaye

October 24, 2019October 28, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 13th Floor Elevators, Amboy Dukes, Elektra, Jac Holzman, Lenny Kaye, Nuggets, Rhino Records, Sire Records, The Blues Magoos, The Chocolate Watchband, The Remains, The Standells, The Zombies

The Patti Smith Group guitar great looks back at the Original Artyfacts of the First Psychedelic Era

Blues Hard Rock jazz Rock

Weird of Scotland: Jack Bruce’s ‘Songs for a Tailor’ at 50

October 23, 2019October 24, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Atco, Chris Spedding, Colessium, Cream, Felix Pappalardi, George Harrison, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Songs for a Tailor

The late Cream bassist’s solo debut is an absolutely deep AOR treasure

Blues Electronics Pop Progressive Rock Rock

ALBUMS: Steve Miller Cracks Open His Vault

October 22, 2019October 24, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Abracadabra, alternate version of Fly Like an Eagle, alternate version of Rock 'n Me, Chuck Berry, Fly Like An Eagle, James Cotton, Live at the Fillmore, rarities, Rock'n Me, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Steve Miller box set, Steve Miller Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Joker, Welcome to the Vault

A look inside the American rock legend’s rarities-packed new box set

Blues Festivals Folk Psychedelics Rock

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Budnick 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

Progressive Rock

They Got the Power, Got the Glory: Gentle Giant in 1974

October 19, 2019October 24, 2019 Jordan Blum 2 Comments 1974, Cogs in Cogs, Derek Shulman, Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant live on German TV, Minimoog, mirimba, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman, Shulman Brothers, The Power and The Glory, Vertigo Records

How the Shulman Brothers foresaw our modern times on their classic sixth LP

Punk Rock

IN CONCERT: Giuda Takes The East River

October 18, 2019October 19, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments Guida, Italy, Rocks Off Cruise, Soft Cell, Taxi

Italian garage stompers definitely didn’t sink last Friday on a boat show in NYC

Folk Funk Rock Soul

The Long Schlep From Queens to The Catskills

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Billy Sternberg 0 Comments Alive and Kicking, Canned Heat, Catskills rock, Concord Hotel, Fillmore East, Livingston Taylor, Sly and the Family Stone, The Grass Roots, Tommy James

A personal look back at the iconic Concord’s rock & roll nights of 1970

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Punk

ALBUMS: Another Gloomy ‘Morning in America’ for Mudhoney

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Mark Arm, Morning In America, MUDHONEY, Steve Turner, Sub Pop

Sub Pop’s evergreen hometown band releases its first EP in 25 years

Alternative Rock Funk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop New Wave Progressive Rock Punk Rock Soul

NEWS: 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Chaka Khan, Dave Matthews Band, Depeche Mode, Jann Wenner, John Sykes, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, MC5, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rufus, Soundgarden, T.Rex, the Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Whitney Houston

Whitney, Biggie, T.Rex, Pat Benatar, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails and Thin Lizzy among those included on this year’s list of potential inductees

Alternative Rock

Pop Top 40 – Modern Rock Tracks: Week Ending October 14, 1989

October 14, 2019October 18, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Big Audio Dynamite, Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks, Deborah Harry, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Exene Cervenka, Flesh For Lulu, Hoodoo Gurus, Max Q, Melissa Etheridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Squeeze, Tears For Fears, The B-52's, The Cure, The Innocence Mission, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, The Rolling Stones, The Sugarcubes, The The

Billboard’s Modern Rock chart was just 13 months old in October ‘89 and it was… well, kinda weird

Pop Rock

ALBUMS: What’s His Name? If You’ve Forgotten, Ringo’s Happy to Offer One More Reminder

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Capitol Records, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ringo Starr All Starr Band, The Beatles, What's My Name?

A look at the 79-year-old Starr’s 20th solo endeavor

Bluegrass Folk Rock Roots

A Simple Twist of Fate: Jerry Garcia’s Late Live Peak

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Jim Allen 1 Comment David Kemper, Garcia Live Vokume 11, Gloria Jones, Grateful Dead, Jaclyn LaBranch, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia Band, John Kahn, Melvin Seals

The 11th volume of the JGB live archive showcases a highlight from the Grateful Dead icon’s final years

Progressive Rock

Patrick Moraz and the Poetry of Creation

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Mini-Moog, Minimoog, Moody Blues, Moog Synthesizer, Moogseum, Patrick Moraz, Random Kingdom, Refugee, Robert Moog, The Story of I, Yes

The Swiss keyboard visionary Patrick Moraz reflects on his career in this exclusive chat with the RNR Globe

Pop Rock

The Everlasting Endurance of Paul Revere & The Raiders

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019 James Porter 2 Comments Columbia Records, Dick Clark reunion with Paul Revere, GTO commercial, Indian Reservation, Johnny Mathis, Kicks, Link Wray, Mark Lindsay, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Something Happening, The Judge Pontiac, The Smothers Brothers, Tommy Smothers

How Quentin Tarantino kickstarted a resurgence for the band behind “Kicks”

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Why You Trying To Second Guess It?: R.E.M.’s Reckoning at 35

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1984, Athens, Begin the Begin: REM's Early Years, Bill Berry, binaural, Fables of Reconstruction, IRS Records, Joe Boyd, Let's Active, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Reckoning, Robert Dean Lurie

Saluting the follow-up to the Athens band’s legendary debut, and a chat with Begin the Begin author, Robert Dean Lurie, about the band circa 1984