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Power Pop 

Ryan and Pony Are Our Favorite New Act of 2020

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Moshi Moshi, Pete Anderson, Pravda Records, Quarantine, Run Westy Run, Ryan and Pony, Soul Asylum, The Ocean Blue

Find out why in this exclusive tell-all with Ryan Smith, one half of the premier power pop couple of the Twin Cities

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2020’s Best Music Videos: 47 Reasons to Be Cheerful

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Cardi B, COVID-19, Donald J. Trump, Megan Thee Stallion

From MTV to Instagram, we count down each video that impacted this dumpster fire year

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Pop Rock 

Rufus Wainwright: Romantical Man

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Jason Perri 0 Comments COVID-19, Jon Brion, Mitchell Froom, Rufus Wainwright, Unfollow The Rules

An exclusive chat with the second generation songwriting great on his excellent new album and parenting in the Year of Coronavirus

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

“It’s My Music, Too”: Farewell Charley Pride

December 14, 2020December 17, 2020 James Porter 1 Comment Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, Coronavirus, Country Music, COVID-19, Delbert McClinton, RIP, Sonny Rollins

The Demon COVID takes another country legend, gone at 86

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The Ballad of Virus Van and COVID Clapton

December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 Tim Sommer 5 Comments COVID-19, Eric Clapton, Miley Cyrus, No More Lockdown, Phil Ochs, The Jam, Van Morrison

Van Morrison is a cranky old man, and that’s okay. Eric Clapton is a crappy old racist, and that’s not okay. 

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Blues North Americana Rock 

Dane Clark: Uplifting Songs for Trying Times

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Carlene Carter, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dane Clark, Dane Clark and the Backroom Boys, Jimmy Cliff, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, John Sebastian, pandemic, Songs of Isolation

The longtime Mellencamp bandmate and his Backroom Boys deliver twelve songs written to inspire and amuse us during these unusual times

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North Americana 

Gurf Morlix: Love in the Time of COVID

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Americana, Austin, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gurf Morlix, Kiss of the Diamondback, Lucinda Williams, Quarantine

Talking music and quarantine with Lucinda Williams’ onetime guitar guru

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Blues Folk Rock 

LISTEN: Van the Man is 75

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments COVID-19, Happy Birthday, Polydor, The Chieftains, Van Morrison

Celebrating this birthday milestone for Irish rock icon Van Morrison with a stroll through an essential fraction of his catalog

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Electronic Post-Punk Rap 

21st Century Modfathers

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Ryan Bray 0 Comments 2020, COVID-19, Crass, Jason Williamson, Rough Trade, Sleaford Mods. All That Glue, The Fall, The Sex Pistols, The Streets

Sleaford Mods look back in the face of an uncertain future

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Dance Electronic Pop 

My Headphones, They Saved My Life: Björk’s Post at 25

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Michele Zipp 0 Comments 1995, Army Of Me, Betty Hutton, Bjork, COVID-19, George Floyd, It's Oh So Quiet, Post, The Sugarcubes

A quarter century later, the former Sugarcube’s sophomore masterpiece still has the power to transport its listeners to a better place

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Folk North Americana 

John McCutcheon: A Voice Of Sanity with a Message of Reconciliation 

June 12, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine, COVID-19, folk, John McCutcheon, Pete Seeger, Quarantine

The new album, Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine, features tales of hope and resilience for this trying time 

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Rock 

Willie Nile’s New York State Of Mind

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2020, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hal Willner, Jim Jarmusch, John Prine, Lucinda Williams, New York At Night, New York City, Pete Townsend, Willie Nile

On his 13th album, the singer-songwriter pays homage to the city that staged his rebirth

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Blues Hard Rock 

Joe Perry: Shiftless In Idle

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Brad Whitford, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Joe Perry, Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler, Todd Hamilton

The legendary Aerosmith guitarist wrestles with bittersweet emotions about touring in a time of COVID-19

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Music Journalism 

Bored In The House or In The House Bored?

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Bee Gees, Brian McCullough, Cardi B, Coronavirus, COVID-19, John Paul White, Mavis Staples, Randy Newman, Roseanne Cash, Ry Cooder, Tyga x Curtis Roach, Young Dolph

10 Coronavirus songs to help make sense of an uneasy year

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Alternative Rock Hip Hop Punk 

WATCH: Post Malone and Co. Blast Through Nirvana Tribute

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Nirvana, Post Malone, Travis Barker, World Health Organization

If you had any doubt about this kid being the real deal, dig this performance to aid the World Health Organization

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