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Inside the Music of Bob Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Fallen Angels, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Legacy Recordings, Queen Jane Approximately, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, Tombstone Blues, Triplicate

On this brilliant soundtrack, the Bard broadcasts on Radio Right Now

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Something So Right: There Goes Rhymin’ Simon at 50

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, American Tune, Columbia Records, Kodachrome, Loves Me Like a Rock, Paul Simon, Take Me to the Mardi Gras, There Goes Rhymin' Simon

Looking back on the album that broke Paul Simon out of his own shell

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Close to the Wire: The Kinks’ Phobia at 30

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1993, Columbia Records, Dave Davies, Phobia, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Is the band’s final studio album more relevant today?

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Miley Cyrus: Lost in Wonderland

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2023, Bangerz, Billy Ray Cyrus, Columbia Records, Endless Summer Vacation, Flowers, Hannah Montana, Kathleen Hanna, Miley Cyrus, The Flaming Lips

She’s just bein’ Miley – but what does that mean?

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Shake Appeal: Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power at 50

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, David Bowie, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Williamson, Raw Power, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Stooges

Looking back on a half-century of a punk rock landmark

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LISTEN: Bob Dylan Shares New Track From Forthcoming Bootleg Series

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Columbia Records, Daniel Lanois, Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17, Legacy Recordings, Teatro, Tony Garnier, Tony Mangurian

Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) comes out January 27th

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Make It: Aerosmith’s Debut LP at 50

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Aerosmith, Brad Whitford, Clive Davis, Columbia Records, Dream On, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Make It, Mama Kin, Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Walking the Dog

The legendary Boston band rolled into 1973 with swagger to spare

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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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Baby Hold On: Eddie Money at 45

December 7, 2022December 8, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baby Hold On, Bruce Botnick, Columbia Records, Eddie Money, Jimmy Lyon, Levittown, New York, Two Tickets to Paradise

How the Levittown legend found success with his eponymous debut

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ALBUMS: November 2022 In Review

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, And In Darkness Hearts Aglow, Columbia Records, Crazy Horse, First Aid Kit, Neil Young, Neil Young With Crazy Horse, Palomino, Reprise Records, Sub Pop, Weyes Blood, World Record

New titles from Weyes Blood, Neil Young With Crazy Horse and First Aid Kit highlight this month’s release schedule

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ALBUMS: Bruce Springsteen Lets His Soul Shine

November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment 2022, Ben E. King, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Howard Stern, Jackie Wilson, Only The Strong Survive

The Boss showcases his R&B influences on impressive new album

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Pictures Are Dead, Man: Miles Davis’ On the Corner Turns 50

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, Funkadelic, Helen Butte, Kamasi Washington, Makaya, Miles Davis, On The Corner, Ornette Coleman, Sly and the Family Stone, Stankonia

Honoring an avant-funk masterpiece that’s still ahead of its time

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Tougher Than The Rest: Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love at 35

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Against Me!, Bon Iver, Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Low Cut Connie, Phosphorescent, Prince, Sharon Van Etten, Ted Leo, the Front Bottoms, the Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Tougher Than The Rest, Tunnel Of Love

Celebrating the ’80s Boss album that sounds most like 2022

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Where’s the Orchestra: Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain at 40

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Allentown, An Innocent Man, Billy Joel, Columbia Records, Goodnight Saigon, Laura, Pressure, The Nylon Curtain, The Stranger, Turnstiles, Where’s the Orchestra

Inside a Piano Man’s most political album

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The Time Has Come: Midnight Oil’s Diesel and Dust at 35

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, 35th Anniversary, Aborigines, Australia, Beds Are Burning, Bones Hillman, Columbia Records, Diesel and Dust, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Peter Gifford, Rob Hirst, The Dead Heart

Looking back on the Australian band’s most successful LP

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