Joe Cocker

Festivals Films Rock Rock Docs Television 

Trainwreck or Clusterf#&k?: Unpacking Woodstock ’99

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Festival, Bob Weir, Crosby Stills & Nash, Cypress Hill, Green Day, Joe Cocker, Kid Rock, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rollins Band, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Woodstock, Woodstock 94, Woodstock 99

A new Netflix docuseries uncovers the controversial festival that serves as a disturbing sign of the times

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Films Folk Pop 

The Anatomy of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Hallelujah, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen A Journey A Song, Jeff Buckley, Joe Cocker, John Cale, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Shrek, Sony Pictures Classics

A new documentary by filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller charts the unlikely success of Cohen’s signature song

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Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock 

A Tribute to Alan White, A Determined Drummer With a Remarkable Resume

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Alan White, Bill Bruford, George Harrison, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, RIP, Yes

The acclaimed Yes drummer who jammed with Beatles was 72

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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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Rock Soul 

Something’s Coming On: The Rise of Joe Cocker & the Grease Band

May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1969, Fillmore East, Fillmore West, Grease Band, Joe Cocker, Woodstock 1969

In honor of his 75th birthday, we look back at the late singer’s pivotal 1969

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