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Music Journalism 

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

Ed Ward: The Music Critic’s Music Critic

May 12, 2021March 24, 2022 David Menconi 2 Comments Best Music Journalism, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Ed Ward, Fresh Air, Greil Marcus, Music Critic, Music Journalism, NPR, Rolling Stone

Music Historian David Menconi remembers his influential friend and mentor who passed away on May 3rd at age 72

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Blues Music Journalism 

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

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Music Journalism Punk 

Lenny Kaye: The Rock Critic Years

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 5 Comments Crawdaddy!, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Paul Williams, Richard Goldstein, Richard Meltzer, Sandy Pearlman

The influential Patti Smith Group guitarist talks about his crucial work as a music scribe

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Folk Indie Rock Pop 

Cindy Lee Berryhill’s Garage Days Revisited

August 7, 2019August 8, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Beck, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Crawdaddy!, Garage Orchestra, Living Room 16, Naked Movie Star, Omnivore Recordings, Straight Outta Marysville, Who's Gonna Save the World

Eloquent Alt-Folk singer/songwriter shares the story of two of her most seminal works

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