2021 Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Other Voices: Robby Krieger’s Memoir Opens The Doors

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2021, Jeff Alulis, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, L.A. Woman, Light My Fire, Little Brown, Ray Manzerek, Riders On The Storm, Robby Krieger, Set the Night On Fire: Living Dying and Playing Guitar With The Doors, The Doors

An honest, exclusive conversation with the legendary guitarist from The Doors

Folk North Americana

ALBUMS: Dar Williams Promises to Meet Us There

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, BMG, Cold Spring, Dar Williams, folk, I'll Meet You Here, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Renew Records, Upstate NY

It’s a rendezvous well worth the wait

Hard Rock Heavy Metal New Wave

Quadruple Your Pleasure: Technical Ecstasy Gets An Overdue Upgrade

October 14, 2021October 19, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1976, 2021, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Box Set, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Rhino Records, Super Deluxe, Technical Ecstasy, Tony Iommi, Vertigo Records

Black Sabbath’s maligned seventh album deserves the super deluxe treatment

Art Pop Experimental Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock Docs

The Velvet Goldmine of Todd Haynes

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Apple TV+, documentary, John Cale, Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes

The acclaimed director talks with Rock & Roll Globe about his upcoming Velvet Underground documentary premiering on Apple TV+

Indie Rock Pop

Video Premiere: Clandestine Capers are Kept Undercover in Ward White’s “Dirty Clouds”

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2021, Donald Fagen, Karate Dentist, Randy Newman, The Tender Age, VF14 Records, Video, Ward White

Get the lowdown on the entirety of The Tender Age’s seamless subversion

Electronic New Wave Pop

The ODD Side of Information Society

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Hakatak International, Husker Du, Information Society, James Cassidy, Kurt Larson, Minneapolis, ODDfellows, Paul Robb, The Replacements, THX Spatial Audio

Minneapolis synth wizard Paul Robb talks about his longtime group’s excellent new album and their roots at the intersection of New Wave and House

Blues Funk Soul

Bette Smith: Rock and Soul to Lift Your Spirits

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Bette Smith, Drive-By Truckers, Jimbo Mathus, Matthew Patton, Ruf Records, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Good The Bad and The Bette

Produced by Drive-By Truckers bassist Matthew Patton, the Brooklyn-born singer’s blend of soul, rock, R&B and Southern funk gives these ten new tunes plenty of punch

Pop Rock

ALBUMS: Buckingham Kicks

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments 2021, Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Lindsey Buckingham LP, Rhino Records, Scream, Stevie Nicks

The former Fleetwood Mac guitarist emerges from the darkness with his strongest solo album in years

Folk North Americana

ALBUMS: A Better Built Dog and Pony Show

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2021, Amy Speace, Brandi Carlile, Bruce Springsteen, Hayes Carll, James McMurtry, John Mellencamp, John Prine, New West Records, Pete Seeger, RB Morris, Rodney Crowell, The Horses and the Hounds, Willie Nile, Woody Guthrie

With The Horses and The Hounds, James McMurtry asserts his everyman attitude

Art Pop Electronic Experimental Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Immersion Surrenders to Beauty, and Achieves Transcendence

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2021, Colin Newman, Dennis Wilson, Immersion, Krautrock, Laetitia Sadier, Malka Spigel, Nanocluster, Nanocluster Vol. 1, Pet Sounds, Robin Rimbaud, Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram, Scanner, Stereolab, Swim, Tarwater, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The White Album, Ulrich Schnauss, Wire

With the help of such collaborators as Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss, Tarwater and Scanner, Nanolcuster Vol. 1 is so beautiful, exotic, immediate and compelling as to defy description

Rock

David Duchovny’s Grand Gesture

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Californication, Colin Lee, David Duchovny, Davis Rowan, Gestureland, Keenan O’Meara, Mitchell Stewart, Pat McCusker, The X Files, Westbound Kyd

On his third album Gestureland, the acclaimed television and film actor finally embraces his inner rock star

Punk

ALBUMS: Comfortably Punk

September 21, 2021September 28, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2021, Amy Taylor, Amyl & The Sniffers, ATO Records, Australia, Comfort To Me, Cosmic Psychos, feedtime!, Punk

A bigger, bolder second album proves that growth suits Amyl & The Sniffers pretty damn well

Indie Rock New Wave Power Pop

It’s Just A Jenny Thing

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, American Canyon, Ehren Baker, Matt Easton, Mike Phillips, New Wave, Shyam Rao, Star Search, The Jenny Thing

Berkeley New Wave favorites from the 90s return with a new, progressive sound on American Canyon

Funk Soul

Kool & The Gang Still Imagine A World Full Of Peace

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Celebration, COVID-19, Dennis Thomas, Get Down On It, Kool & The Gang, Kool and the Gang, Ladies Night, Omnivore Recordings, Perfect Union, Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, Ru-Jac Records, The Pursuit of Happiness

Despite the loss of two key members, the celebrated Jersey City funk icons remain a Perfect Union on first new album in over a decade

Rock

The Further Adventures of Cosmo In The 1980’s

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Allman Brothers Band, Clifford/Wright, Cliffsong, Cosmo, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Eddie Money, For All The Money In The World, Greg Kihn, Jimmy Lyon, Joe Satriani, Keith England, Montrose, Steve Wright (Greg Kihn Band), The Greg Kihn Band, The Who, Tim Gorman

Legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford talks about the album he cut with the bass player from the Greg Kihn Band, Joe Satriani and Eddie Money’s guitarist

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