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1989

Rock Soul 

Happy Birthday Tina Turner

November 25, 2020November 26, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1989, birthday, Foreign Affair, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Roger Davies, Tina Turner, Tony Joe White

As she approaches 81, Jim Sullivan reflects on an enlightening 1989 interview with the Soul Queen of Rock & Roll

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Punk Rap 

Dee Dee Ramone’s Rap ‘N’ Roll

September 18, 2020September 20, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1989, Brain Drain, Chinese Dragons, Dee Dee King, Dee Dee Ramone, Funky Man, Happy Birthday, Standing In The Spotlight, The Ramones, Vera Ramone King

For the Ramones bassist’s 69th birthday in Heaven, former Boston Globe music critic Jim Sullivan revisits his 1989 story chronicling Dee Dee’s short-lived hip-hop career

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Hip Hop jazz Soul 

Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Bebop and Hip-Hop: Back on the Block at 30

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1989, Back On The Block, Big Daddy Kane, Chaka Khan, George Benson, George Duke, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Siedah Garrett

Quincy Jones’s Grammy-laden 1989 album was an unqualified triumph 

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Hard Rock Pop 

Rise To It: Hot In The Shade by Kiss Turns 30

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 1989, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr, Gene Simmons, Hot In The Shade, Kiss, Michael Bolton, Paul Stanley

An exclusive interview with former guitarist Bruce Kulick about the most polarizing LP of the Non-Makeup Era

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Indie Rock 

BEST REISSUES OF 2019: The Frogs’ It’s Only Right and Natural Turns 30

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Jedediah Smith 0 Comments 1989, Dennis Flemion, Eddie Vedder, It's Only Right and Natural, Jimmy Flemion, Kurt Cobain, The Frogs

Appreciating the Brothers Flemion’s American underground rock classic in the voice of H.P. Lovecraft

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Blues 

The Healing Power of The Hook

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1989, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Los Lobos, The Healer, Virgin Records

Celebrating blues legend John Lee Hooker’s late period classic at 30

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Rock and Roll, the Cola Wars, I Can’t Take It Anymore!

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1989, Billy Joel, Columbia Records, Levittown, Shameless, Storm Front, We Didn't Start The Fire

A Long Island boy sequestered Upstate remembers Billy Joel’s Storm Front at 30

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Pop 

On the California Coast: Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind at 30

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1989, Aaron Neville, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Dolly Parton, Don't Know Much, Elektra, Howl Like The Wind, Linda Ronstadt, Nelson Riddle

Linda Ronstadt’s 1989 return to pop was a surprise smash — and surprisingly great

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Metal! 

Stronger Than Hate: Sepultura’s Beneath the Remains at 30

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Andreas Kisser, Beneath the Remains, Igor Cavalera, Jairo Guedz, Max Cavalera, Obituary, Paulo Jr., Roadrunner Records, Sepultura


Brazilian thrashers opened up a whole new can of worms with its third studio album

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New Wave Pop Records Rock 

Sowing Success: Tears For Fears’ The Seeds of Love at 30

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Alan Winstanley, Clive Langer, Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Tears For Fears, The Seeds of Love

The third classic from Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith saw them channeling their inner Fabs

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Alternative Rock Records Rock 

The Replacements: Dead Men Do Wear Plaid

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1989, Chris Mars, Dead Man's Pop, Don't Tell A Soul, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino Records, Sire Records, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Tommy Stinson

A look inside the new box set celebrating The Mats’ most polarizing album

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Alternative Rock 

Both of Us Knew How the End Always Is: Disintegration at 30

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1989, Cureation 25, Disintegration, Ian Curtis, Robert Smith, The Cure

As their stunning new concert film comes to home video, one writer explores the importance of a goth-rock masterpiece to an 18-year-old Midwestern boy in the summer of 1989

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Hard Rock 

Mr. Big turns 30

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Atlantic Records, Billy Sheehan, Eric Martin, Mr. Big, Pat Torpey, Paul Gilbert

American supergroup’s debut album set a new precedent for hard rock musicianship in 1989

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Comedy 

Spatula City!: UHF at 30

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1989, Michael Richards, Rick Derringer, Spatula City, UHF, Weird Al Yankovic

Reassessing the cultural significance of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s cult comedy classic and its soundtrack

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Alternative Rock Dance New Wave 

Calm Like A Bomb

August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Johnny Marr, Matt Johnson, Mind Bomb, Sinead O'Connor, The The

A look back at The The’s decade-ending 1989 classic Mind Bomb

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