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New Wave 

Story of the Ghost: Celebrating 40 Years of a Classic Police Album

October 19, 2021October 27, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Andy Summers, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Ghost in the Machine, Hugh Padgham, Invisible Sun, Spirits in the Material World, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

1981’s Ghost in the Machine underscores the trio’s fast ascent to superstar success

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Funk jazz Pop Soul 

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021August 4, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Aaron Neville, Bo Diddley, Bobby Blue BLand, Everybody Plays The Fool, Fats Domino, Linda Ronstadt, New Orleans, Roy Orbison, Tipitina’s, Warm Your Heart

Looking back at the New Orleans icon’s epic 1991

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jazz Pop Progressive Rock 

How Sting Built The Soul Cages 30 Years Ago

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1991, A&M Records, All This Time, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Sting, The Last Ship, The Police, The Soul Cages

Looking back at the Policeman’s understated triumph as songpoet and stealth-progger

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Folk Pop 

If I Had A Rocket Launcher: 35 Years of Bruce Cockburn’s Stealing Fire

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1979, 35th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Bruce Cockburn, Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Lovers In a Dangerous Time, Peggy's Kitchen Wall, Rumours of Glory, Stealing Fire, The Trouble with Normal

On the anniversary of the Canadian songwriter’s classic 13th LP, its relevance remains strong.

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Rock 

On Lee Michaels’ Nice Day for Something and Tailface

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments A&M Records, Columbia Records, Lee Michaels

A brief but pervasive tag team triumph

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Punk Rock 

Track-by-Track: The Tubes’ Remote Control

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments A&M Records, New Wave, Roxy Music, The Tubes, Todd Rundgren

A deeper look into a New Wave classic

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