Captain Beefheart

Funk Rock Southern Rock 

Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alice Cooper, Bill Payne, Captain Beefheart, Dixie Chicken, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Webb, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder

Looking back on the band’s greatest studio album

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Bruce Music Journalism Rock Soul 

Bruce Springsteen: The Last Civil War Widow and the Happy Death of Minstrelsy

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Little Richard, Neurosis, Only The Strong Survive, Sleep, The Alarm, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones

Is the latest Boss album the final straw for a certain kind of cultural appropriation in rock?

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Records 

Record Store Day Black Friday’s “Dirty Dozen”

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2022, Augustus Pablo, Black Friday, Captain Beefheart, Etta James, Jim Carroll, Jimi Hendrix, Overwhelming Colorfast, Record Store Day, Skip James, The Gun Club, The Jim Carroll Band

What’s hot, rare and ready to pick up this season

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Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: The Last Will and Testament of Pat Fish

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Captain Beefheart, Daevid Allen, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Patti Smith, Peter Blegvad, Peter Laughner, Syd Barrett, The Highest in the Land, The Jazz Butcher, The Velvet Underground, Tony Moore

England’s indie rock icon gave us one final Jazz Butcher classic before departing this astral plane

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Music Journalism 

It Is Time for SNL to Lose Live Music 

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Captain Beefheart, Fear, Kid Creole, Lone Justice, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Mink DeVille, Percy Sledge, Roy Orbison, Saturday Night Live, Sparks, Wynton Marsalis

An open letter to Lorne Michaels

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Experimental jazz Rock 

Deliciousness: Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats at 50

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Hot Rats, It Must Be A Camel, Peaches en Regalia, The Gumbo Variations, The Hot Rats Sessions, Willie The Pimp

With a box set of its legendary studio sessions due in December, the RNR Globe looks back on the most inoffensive LP in the FZ canon

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Records 

MIXTAPE: A Salute to Apollo 11 at 50

July 18, 2019July 19, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 50th anniversary of moon landing, Air, Apollo 11, Captain Beefheart, Easy Star All-Stars, Harry Nilsson, Kid Cudi, Mixtape, Moon Rock, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Porno For Pyros, Sun Ra, Television, The Neville Brothers, The Soft Machine, Wings

Listen to this blend of moon-themed tunes as you celebrate a half-century of American ingenuity in outer space

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