Jimi Hendrix

adblock Heavy Metal Hip Hop 

Every Body Count Album Ranked

September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Ben Apatoff 0 Comments Body Count, Common, D-Roc, Ernie C, Guns 'N' Roses, Ice-T, Jack Kevorkian, Jimi Hendrix, Mooseman, Motörhead, Raw Breed

Author Ben Apatoff assesses the catalog of Ice-T’s controversial metal band

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Blues Soul 

Strong Persuader: Robert Cray Turns 70

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Albert Collins, B.B. King, Elmore James, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Cray, The Beatles, The Robert Cray Band

Celebrating the man at the corner of blues and soul

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Rock 

Golden Earring: Five Great Songs

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment ” Golden Earring, 75th birthday, George Kooymans, Jimi Hendrix, R.E.M., Radar Love, Santana, The Byrds, The Who, Twilight Zone, White Lion

Their best beyond “Radar Love” for guitarist George Kooymans’ 75th birthday

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Rock 

Alone Together: An Interview With Dave Mason

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alone Together, Blue Cruise, Dave Mason, Delaney and Bonnie, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, Jim Capaldi, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Mama Cass Elliott, Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood

Conversing at sea with the English guitar legend who’s seen it all

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Jimi Rock 

Voodoo Chile: Jimi Hendrix at 80

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 80th birthday, Band of Gypsys, Both Sides of the Sky, Crash Landing, First Rays of the New Rising Sun, Jimi, Jimi Hendrix, Loose Ends, Midnight Lightning, Nine to the Universe, People Hell and Angels, Rainbow Bridge, South Saturn Delta, The Cry of Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Valleys of Neptune, Voodoo Soup, War Heroes

Why the guitar icon’s enduring legacy still resonates in 2022

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Records 

Record Store Day Black Friday’s “Dirty Dozen”

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2022, Augustus Pablo, Black Friday, Captain Beefheart, Etta James, Jim Carroll, Jimi Hendrix, Overwhelming Colorfast, Record Store Day, Skip James, The Gun Club, The Jim Carroll Band

What’s hot, rare and ready to pick up this season

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Classical Experimental jazz 

ECM Records: Still Beyond Category in 2022

October 16, 2022 David Beckett 1 Comment ECM, Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch, Jason Palmer, Jazz, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Blake, Julia Hülsmann, Keith Jarrett, Kit Downes, Manfred Eicher, Nitai Hershkovits, Oded Tzur

Digging into some of the influential jazz label’s latest titles

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Music Journalism Records Remembrance 

Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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Hard Rock Hendrix Psychedelics Rock 

California By Kopter (Or Twirly Bird)

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 50th anniversary, Jay Ferguson, Jimi Hendrix, Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds, Mark Andes, Randy California, Spirit

Looking back on 50 years of a (Fabulous) Randy California solo album

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Funk Remembrance Rock Soul 

Game Was Her Middle Name: Remembering Betty Davis

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 James Porter 0 Comments American Bandstand, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, Bettye LaVette, Candi Staton, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Soul Train, the Buddy Miles Express, The Chambers Brothers

If anybody ever embodied the term “Black Girls Rock!,” the dearly departed funk-rock innovator was it

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Folk jazz 

Joni Mitchell’s Archives: Digging the Roots of a Living Legend

December 22, 2021April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1971, 2021, Archives, Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), Blue, Box sets, Canada, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Ottowa, Song For A Seagull

Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) traces the development of her seminal songs

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Alternative Rock Irish Rock 

Kirsty MacColl: They (Still) Don’t Know

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Desperate Character, Electric Landlady, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Marr, Kirsty MacColl, Steve Lillywhite, They Don't Know

It’s been 30 years since she released one of the best albums of 1991 with Electric Landlady; her flowers are long overdue

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Funk Psychedelics Rock Soul 

The Odyssey of Funkadelic and Eddie Hazel

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1971, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Hazel, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, Maggot Brain, Mike Watt, P-Funk, Parliament-Funkadelic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween

Released 50 years ago, Maggot Brain gave a psychedelic groove to psychic pain

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Music Journalism 

LISTEN: What Juneteenth Means To Me

June 19, 2021June 20, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Bad Brains, Black Lives Matter, Clarence Clemons, Frank Ocean, Jimi Hendrix, Juneteenth, Lil Nas X, Living Colour, Stevie Wonder

59 songs that define my love and appreciation for Black Culture

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Folk jazz Psychedelics Rock Soul 

Dave Mason: Feelin’ Alright At 75

May 10, 2021May 13, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, Bob Dylan, Dave Mason, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Jimi Hendrix, Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys, Michael Jackson, Traffic. Feelin' Alright

With tour dates on the horizon, the legendary Traffic guitarist is ready to get back on the road

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