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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

Folk Punk

IN CONCERT: Billy Bragg Is Still Brewing Up The Good Stuff

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Billy Bragg, Cambridge, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ma., Morrissey, Wilco, Worker's Playtime

On October 5th, Mr. Love & Justice brought a bit of the working class ethos to the Ivy League

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

Hip Hop Music Journalism North Americana Pop Psychedelics

FESTIVAL REPORT: Austin Shitty Limits

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Neal Pollack 2 Comments 21 Savage, ACL, Alprazolam, Austin City Limits, Austin City Limits Festival 2019, Billie Eilish, Emily Haines of Metric, Iggy and the Stooges, Lil' Uzi Vert, Lizzo, Metric, Solomon Burke, Tame Impala, Xanax

A father and son go through AC hell on the hottest weekend of the year

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

Indie Rock

We Haven’t Turned Around: Gomez’s Liquid Skin At 20

October 10, 2019October 20, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Bring It On, Gomez, Liquid Skin, Mercury Prize

In 1999, the UK indie rockers released their sophomore set and the music flows naturally

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

Blues Hard Rock Radio Rock

Til’ The Day I Die: Talking Bad Company With Simon Kirke

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Robert Baird 0 Comments Bad Company, Free, Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers, Rhino Records, Simon Kirke, Swan Song

The RNR Globe enjoys an exclusive chat with the renowned Free drummer about the English supergroup’s storied Swan Song catalog

Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk

IN CONCERT: I Am Still the Greatest, Says Adam Ant

October 8, 2019October 13, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Daniel Johnston, David Bowie, Dex Romweber, Elvis Presley, Fred Neil, Friend Or Foe, Lansky Bros., Monochrome Set, Prince, theartist

As he approaches 65, the once and future Prince Charming can still command the stage like a panther

Psychedelics Soul

Psych-Soul and Tevye’s Lament: The Puzzle of the Temptations

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1969, 50th anniversary, Berry Gordy, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Puzzle People, The Band, The Beatles, The Funk Brothers, The Supremes, The Temptations

A look back at a crown jewel of the band’s storied psychedelic era

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

Hot Club of Cowtown: Playing the Standards – Old and New – With An Original Flair

October 7, 2019October 9, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Elana James, Hot Club of Cowtown, Jake Erwin, The Band, Whit Smith, Wild Kingdom

An exclusive chat with fiddle player Elana James

Southern Rock

“The Big Man on Bass Has Left Us…”

October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments .38 Special, .38 Special live in concert, Donnie Van Zant, Hold on Loosely, K4EB, Larry Junstrom, Lynyrd Skynyrd, RIP, Ronnie Van Zant, The big man on the big bass

Former Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special member Larry Junstrom dead at age 70

African jazz Psychedelics Rock

Ginger Baker Did Not Want To Be Remembered As The Best Drummer In Rock

October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Art Blakey, Bill Frisell, Blind Faith, Charlie Haden, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker Trio, Hawkwind, Jack Bruce, Kofi Baker, Ltd., Masters of Reality, Max Roach, Public Image, RIP

Jim Sullivan recounts his testy interview with the legendary percussion great upon his passing at 80