COVID-19 Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

ALBUMS: The New Adventures of Bill and Billy in Drag City

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 David Richman 0 Comments Bill Callahan, Billie Eilish, Blind Date, Bonnie Prince Billy, COVID-19, Dave Berman, Drag City, Silver Jews, Steely Dan, Will Oldham

Blind Date Party finds the two towers of Chicago’s preeminent indie rock imprint celebrating the diversity of their forever home

Music Journalism

The Trouble With Spotify

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Christopher Treacy 2 Comments Amazon, Apple Music, COVID-19, Joe Rogan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Spotify, T-Pain, Tidal, Youtube

Why the problem with the Swedish streaming giant is bigger than Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Joe Rogan combined

Indie Rock

CONCERTS: Tame Impala Takes The Hollywood Bowl

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2021, COVID-19, Hollywood, Hollywood Bowl, Kevin Parker, Los Angeles, North American Tour, Rushium, Tame Impala, The Slow Rush

No “Rushium” was needed to enjoy the Australian modern rock greats’ two-night stand at the iconic Los Angeles venue

Funk Soul

Kool & The Gang Still Imagine A World Full Of Peace

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Celebration, COVID-19, Dennis Thomas, Get Down On It, Kool & The Gang, Kool and the Gang, Ladies Night, Omnivore Recordings, Perfect Union, Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, Ru-Jac Records, The Pursuit of Happiness

Despite the loss of two key members, the celebrated Jersey City funk icons remain a Perfect Union on first new album in over a decade

Pop Rock

The Goo Goo Dolls Bring Happy Back In Los Angeles

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 Leena Tailor 0 Comments Better Days, Buffalo, Century City Mall, Concerts, COVID-19, Goo Goo Dolls, Iris, Johnny Rzeznik, Los Angeles, Name, rarities, Robby Takac

“Tonight’s the night the world begins again,” Johnny Rzeznik declares on the band’s first West Coast show since COVID-19

Hip Hop

The Juggalo Variant

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 Jason Webber 6 Comments 2021, COVID-19, DJ Paul, Gathering of the Juggalos, GWAR, ICP, Insane Clown Posse, Kid ‘N’ Play, R.A. The Rugged Man, Shaggy 2 Dope, Tech N9ne, Vanilla Ice, Violent J

Spreading the cheeks of America’s last subculture at the Gathering of the Juggalos

Alternative Rock Rock

Lunch With Sal Maida and Steve Wynn

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments COVID-19, Ed Rogers, Linda Pitmon, Roxy Music, Sal Maida, Sparks, Steve Wynn, The Dream Syndicate

Over burgers and eggs benedict, the longtime friends and contemporaries let Rock & Roll Globe listen in as they catch up on how they kept busy during the past eighteen months – and what’s next for each of them

Blues Rock Rockabilly Roots

Lara Hope and The Ark-Tones: Rocking Through the Pandemic with the Rockabilly Rebels from Upstate New York

July 12, 2021March 28, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, COVID-19, Eddie Rion, Here To Tell The Tale, Jeremy Boniello, Kingston, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, Matt Goldpaugh, New York, pandemic, Sower Records, Upstate NY

How this talented husband-and-wife-led band are making Kingston the modern-day capital of New York Rock

Folk Punk

Justin Sullivan’s Army Of One

June 10, 2021March 24, 2022 Steven Rosen 1 Comment 2021, Ceri Monger, COVID-19, Dean White, Europe, Green and Grey, Justin Sullivan, Marshall Gill, Michael Dean, New Model Army, Surrounded, U.S. Tour

The West Yorkshire folk-punk great and New Model Army frontman emerges from the pandemic with a brilliant new solo album

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

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

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 8 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.

Blues North Americana Rock

Dane Clark: Uplifting Songs for Trying Times

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment 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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