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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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Hip Hop Rap 

Once Upon A Time: Fantastic Vol. 2 at 20

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Baatin, Detroit, Fantastic Vol. 2, J. Dilla, Jay Dee, Slum Village, T3

Looking back at the album that introduced Slum Village to the world at large

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Rock Rock Docs 

Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero

July 3, 2020July 10, 2020 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Blondie, Cherie Currie, Chris Franz, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Detroit, documentary, Fishbone, Joan Jett, John Norwood Fisher, Kathy Valentine, Leather Tuscadero, Lita Ford, Mickie Most, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, The Go-Gos, The Runaways, Tina Weymouth

A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro

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Funk Soul 

LISTEN: Stevie Wonder at 70

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Detroit, funk, Happy Birthday, Motown, Soul, Stevie Wonder, Tamla

Wishing the Original Master Blaster a Happy Birthday with a joyride through his last 40 years on wax

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Blues Rock 

Noah: The Album That Nearly Ended Bob Seger’s Career

November 5, 2019November 12, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1969, Bob Seger, Capitol Records, Detroit, Mongrel, Noah, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Smokin' O.P.'s, The Bob Seger System

The Detroit rocker’s second LP from 1969 remains a bizarre blindspot in his catalog

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Blues jazz Punk Rock 

It’s 1969, OK!: A Half-Century of The Stooges

August 22, 2019August 23, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Dave Alexander, Detroit, Iggy Pop, John Cale, Motor City, Motown, No Fun, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Stooges

50 years ago, the eponymous debut from Iggy Pop’s proto-punk sounds brought a whole new funk to the Motor City

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Hard Rock Punk Rock Soul 

Brothers, Sisters and Motherf&#kers

February 24, 2019February 25, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Detroit, MC5

Kick Out The Jams, the debut call-to-arms by Detroit’s MC5, made the case for revolution 50 years ago this month

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Punk Rock 

Reissue the Jams, Motherf#&!ers!

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Dennis Machinegun Thompson, Detroit, Fred Sonic Smith, MC5, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer

A new box set celebrates the 50th anniversary of Detroit proto-punk legends the MC5

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