Carole King

Rock 

Family First: Danny Kortchmar on The Immediate Family’s Brotherly Bonds

February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Joel, Carole King, Danny Kortchmar, David Crosby, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards, Lee Sklar, Leland Sklar, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Quarto Valley Records, Russ Kunkel, Skin in the Game, Steve Postell, Stevie Nicks, The Immediate Family, Waddy Wachtel

“We’ve earned the right not to have to be judged by anyone”

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North Americana Rock 

Firefall Reignited!

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Firefall, Fleetwood Mac, Friends & Family, Gram Parsons, Heart, Jock Bartley, Loggins and Messina, Navarro, Rick Roberts, Spirit, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Band, The Byrds, the Doobie Brothers, The Fallen Angels, The Flying Burrito Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, Zephyr

Jock Bartley talks about the road that found them reunited with Friends & Family

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Records 

Record Store Day 2023: What To Buy

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 3 Comments 2023, Carole King, Debra Iyall, Dolly Parton, John Lennon, Muddy Waters, Phil Ochs, Record Store Day, Romeo Void, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Doors, The Happy Dragon Band, Violent Femmes

Digging for the deep gems from this year’s list so you don’t have to

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Music Journalism Pop Rock 

Pop Top 40: Top LPs & Tapes for Week Ending January 27, 1973

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 1 Comment Al Green, Carly Simon, Carole King, Curtis Mayfield, Helen Reddy, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, Los Babys, Neil Diamond, Pop Top 40, Rolling Stones, Slade, Stevie Wonder, The Moody Blues

50 years ago, soft rock was dominating the chart

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Music Journalism 

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Announces Its Class of 2021

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ahmet Ertegun Award, Billy Preston, Carole King, Charley Patton, Clarence Avant, Class of 2021, Early Influence Award, Foo Fighters, Gil Scott-Heron, Jay-Z, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Musical Excellence Award, Randy Rhoads, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, The Go-Gos, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren

Tina Turner, JAY-Z, Todd Rundgren, Kraftwerk and Carole King among the names to be inducted at this year’s ceremony

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Pop 

Way Over Yonder: Tapestry Turns 50

February 10, 2021April 6, 2021 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, AM, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, I Feel The Earth Move, Natural Woman, Ode, Tapestry

What makes this Carole King classic such a transcendent artifact in the world of popular music?

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Pop 

The Tale of Telemachus, the Tapestry Cat

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Ron Hart 11 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, album, Carole King, cats, Jim McCrary, Tapestry, Telemachus

Curiosity got the best of me when I went digging deeper to find out more about Carole King’s kitty companion on the cover of her iconic 1971 solo LP, which turns 50 today

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Pop 

ALBUMS: Louise Goffin’s Double Feature

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 Henry Carrigan 0 Comments 2020, Benmont Tench, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Louise Goffin, Pete Thomas, Two Different Movies, Van Dyke Parks

Two Different Movies carries us cinematically into the ragged ways we fall in and out of love and the desperate ambivalence of love and loss

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Radio 

Rockin’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio Revisited

April 26, 2020July 4, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Bloodrock, Carole King, Chuck Berry, Desmond Dekker and The Aces, Jane Birkin, Johnny Cash, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Radio, Serge Gainsbourg, The Ramones

Jim Sullivan recounts 10 songs outside of rock that defined the FM airwaves for him

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Pop Punk Rock 

Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, New Wave

Elvis Costello and The Imposters present Look Now

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