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Huey “Piano” Smith: Mardi Gras, Punk Rock and the Boogie Woogie Flu

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Dr. John, Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Louisiana, Motörhead, New Orleans, Professor Longhair, Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu

Farewell to one of the true kings of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Dylan Rock Roots

Shy of the Moon: The Wallflowers at 30

August 24, 2022August 25, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Barrie Maguire, Jakob Dylan, Peter Yanowitz, Rami Jaffe, The Wallflowers, Tobi Miller, Virgin Records

Why the studio debut from the Jakob Dylan-led roots rockers deserves a second spin

North Americana Punk Rock Roots

LISTEN: Douglas Bales Salutes “Saint” Joe Strummer

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Ron Hart 2 Comments Chattanooga, Douglas Bales, Joe Strummer, Saint Joe, Sing This Song, Tennessee, The Clash

The Chattanooga-based singer-songwriter pays homage to the late Clash frontman on new single

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock Roots

I’ll Never Give You One Reason To Cry: Farewell, Don Everly

August 25, 2021March 29, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments All I Have To Do Is Dream, Art Garfunkel, Bye Bye Love, Cathy's Clown, Don Everly, Love Hurts, Paul Simon, Phil Everly, Roots, Simon and Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers

One of the Founding Fathers of Rock & Roll passes on at 84

Blues Rock Rockabilly Roots

Lara Hope and The Ark-Tones: Rocking Through the Pandemic with the Rockabilly Rebels from Upstate New York

July 12, 2021March 28, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, COVID-19, Eddie Rion, Here To Tell The Tale, Jeremy Boniello, Kingston, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, Matt Goldpaugh, New York, pandemic, Sower Records, Upstate NY

How this talented husband-and-wife-led band are making Kingston the modern-day capital of New York Rock

Folk Punk Roots Soul

War Ensemble

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 j. poet 1 Comment folk, Los Angeles, Nina Simone, Simple Syrup, Sunny War, Tracy Chapman

On her excellent new album, Sunny War creates folk music without limits

Blues Country and/or Western Rock Roots

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

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