Jeff Lynne

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

Out of the Blue: Dew Claw Return with New Album

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Chris Xefos, Dew Claw, Dromedary Records, E.L.F., Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Stephen Hunking

E.L.F., which pays homage to the genius of Jeff Lynne and ELO, out May 9

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Pop Rock 

Yer So Bad: Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever at 35

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Del Shannon, Free Fallin', Jeff Lynne, MCA, Mike Campbell, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys

How his hallmark solo debut still hits home after all these years.

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Where They’re Anymore: Why Grandaddy Matters

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2024, Blu Wav, Dangerbird Records, Grandaddy, Jason Lytle, Jeff Lynne, Just Like The Fambly Cat, Paul McCartney, Sumday, The Sophtware Slump

Looking back on Jason Lytle & co. in the wake of the lovely new album Blu Wav

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Ms. Blue Sky: Juliana Hatfield Talks ELO

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments American Laundromat Records, Blake Babies, Boston, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Juliana Hatfield, The Lemonheads

Catching up on the latest in the Boston alt-rock great’s covers series

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Beatle Rock 

Handle With Care: The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 at 35

October 18, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1988, 35th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, End of the Line, George Harrison, Handle With Care, Jeff Lynne, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Roy Orbison, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty

A loose salute to the debut album from classic rock’s greatest supergroup

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Beatle Pop Rock 

An Open (Non-A.I.) Letter To Sir Paul McCartney

June 15, 2023June 17, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence, Carnival of Light, Fab Four, George Harrison, Giles Martin, Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Wings

Did you really need to go there with this final Beatles song?

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Beatle Remembrance Rock 

Breath Away From Heaven: George Harrison at 80

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 80th birthday, All Things Must Pass, Bob Dylan, Cloud Nine, Fab Four, George Harrison, Gone Troppo, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

Honoring the career of the not-so-quiet Beatle

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Rock 

Strange Magic: Jeff Lynne at 75

December 30, 2022January 4, 2023 Kara Tucker 8 Comments Dave Edmunds, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Electric Light Orchestra, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Jim Croce, Roy Orbison, Roy Wood, The Idle Race, The Move, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Xanadu

Looking back on the career of a British rock legend

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Remembrance Rock 

Five Years Gone: Remembering Tom Petty

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments American Girl, Benmont Tench, Free Fallin', Full Moon Fever, George Harrison, Howie Epstein, Jeff Lynne, Johnny Cash, Mike Campbell, Rick Rubin, Ron Blair, Southern Accents, Steve Farrone, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Reflecting on 20 of his most memorable songs

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Beatle 

I’m The Man On The Flaming Pie

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1997, Calico Skies, Flaming Pie, Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney Archives, Ringo Starr, Steve Miller, The Beatles, The World Tonight

Diving deep into the massive box set celebrating the best Paul McCartney album of the last 25 years

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Disco Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

We Are Magic: Xanadu at 40

September 3, 2020August 9, 2022 Lily Moayeri 6 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Cliff Richard, Electric Light Orchestra, Gene Kelly, Jeff Lynne, Magic, Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, The Tubes, Xanadu

Why the flawless ELO-assisted soundtrack deserves to be separated from Olivia Newton-John’s head-scratching post-Grease career move

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Pop Rock 

Armchair Theatre Still A Showstopper

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Armchair Theatre, Every Little Thing, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

30 years later, the solo debut from Jeff Lynne remains an unsung Wilbury era classic

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Pop 

Gonna Take Off My Pants: Randy Newman’s Born Again at 40

August 23, 2019October 15, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Born Again, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Land of Dreams, LIttle Criminals, Randy Newman, Rider in the Rain, Waddy Watchel, Warner Bros.

Was the pop bard simply not made for the times in 1979?

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