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John Oates’ Nashville Dreams Come True

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Don Gibson, Guthrie Trapp, Hall & Oates, Hall and Oates, Jimmie Rodgers, John Oates, Josh “Daddy” Day, Live In Nashville, Mississippi John Hurt, Nate Smith, Russ Pahl, Sam Bush, Steve Mackay, The Good Road Band

Talking with one half of the iconic pop duo Hall & Oates about his roots in early American music

Alternative Rock Punk Rock Rockabilly Roots

Our Favorite Reissue of 2020 (So Far): The Full Mojo

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Ron Hart 2 Comments Beat Farmers' Country Dick Montana, Bill Davis, Debbie Gibson, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, John Doe, Manifesto Records, Mojo Nixon, Skid Roper, The Beat Farmers, the Del Lords.

Listen to cowpunk legend Mojo Nixon talk with Rock & Roll Globe about his new box set and the rough and rowdy ways of his adventurous career in music

Roots

Hard Times Ain’t Nothin’ New

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Alan Lomax, Eastern Kentucky., Going Away, italy Haiti, Jelly Roll Morton, John Lomax, Lead Belly and Muddy Waters, Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith, Skip James, Won't Be Long, Woody Guthrie

The Alan Lomax Archives releases an album of songs to lift spirits in troubling times

Country and/or Western Rock Roots

Come On, Pilgrim: The Odyssey Of A Marty Stuart Masterpiece

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1999, Carter Family, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Marty Stuart, Patsy Cline, The Pilgrim

New coffee table book gives a “wall-to-wall” look into the singer’s star-studded, ill-fated 1999 LP

Punk Rockabilly Roots

Touch Me, I’m Sick: The Cramps’ Stay Sick! at 30

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1990, A Date With Elvis, Enigma Records, Lux Interior, Nick Knox, Poison Ivy, Stay Sick!, The Cramps

Basing themselves in L.A., 1990 saw the band usher in the last decade of the 20th century with a renewed vigor and purpose

Dub/Reggae Reggae Roots Ska Soul

Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Coxsone Dodd, Island Records, Judy Mowatt, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley, Studio One, the I-Threes

In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career

Dub/Reggae Reggae Remembrance Roots Ska

LISTEN: The Rock & Roll Globe Presents a Bob Marley 75th Birthday Megamix

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Dub, Legend, Playlist, Reggae, Reggae Music

In celebration of this landmark birthday for the reggae icon, a Spotify playlist that dives deep into his ocean of Irie

Hip Hop jazz Roots Soul

Has It Really Been 25 Years Since Do You Want More?!!!??!

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments ?uestlove, 1995, 25th Anniversary, Black Thought, Cassandra Wilson, Do You Want More?!!!??!, Geffen, Hub, Illadelph, Malik B, Philadelphia, Philly, Rahzel, Scott Storch, Scratch, The Roots, Ursula Rucker

The major label debut of the Legendary Roots Crew was a gamechanger in early 1995

Folk Pop Roots

ALBUMS: Thanks for the Dance is Leonard Cohen’s Letter from Eternity

November 22, 2019November 27, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2019, Arcade Fire, Beck, Damien Rice, Daniel Lanois, Feist, Happens to the Heart, It's Torn, Jennifer Warnes, Legacy Recordings, Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance, The National, The Night of Santiago, You Want it Darker

The master songwriter’s posthumous envoi arrives

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Roots

Dori Freeman Counts Her Lucky Stars

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Jason Scott 0 Comments Blue Hens Music, Dori Freeman, Emmylou Harris, Every Single Star, Linda Ronstadt, Teddy Thompson

The RNR Globe’s exclusive chat with Dori Freeman on her third studio album, Every Single Star

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

Heavy Metal Pop Progressive Rock Psychedelics Roots Soul

Hæven Is a Place on Ear7h: The Cults of Lana Del Rey and Tool

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Adam Jones, Fear Inoculum, Lana del Rey, Maynard James Keenan, Norman Fucking Rockwell, Tool

A closer look at two titles from the most memorable Album Release Day since the Kanye/50 Cent face-off

Blues jazz Roots Soul

Davina And The Vagabonds: Bringing The Sound of New Orleans to Minneapolis, And The World

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 j. poet 1 Comment Davina and the Vagabonds, Davina Sowers, New Orleans, Sugar Drops

Catching up with the band’s fearless namesake Davina Sowers in this exclusive chat

Blues Chicago Gospel Roots Soul

Welcome to Cadillac Baby’s Show Lounge

July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Bea & Baby, Bob Koester, Cadillac Baby, Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection, Chicago, Chicago Blues, Earwig Music Company, Earwig Records, Jazz Record Mart, Michael Frank, Narvel Eaton, Peter Shertzer, Red LIghtin' Records, Richard Davenport

An exclusive look at the forthcoming Bea & Baby Anthology boxed set, showcasing a lost but integral part of the Chicago Blues Movement

Country and/or Western Rock Roots

Chuck Mead: All The Way to Memphis

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments BR549, Chuck Mead, Memphis, Nashville, Plowboy Records, Sam Phillips, Sun Studios

A Honky-Tonk hero creates another classic with Close To Home