Joe Jackson

New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! Defined 1979

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, CMJ, David Houghton, David Sanford, Elvis Costello, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Look Sharp!, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the New Wave legend’s classic debut

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Funk New Wave Pop Prince Rock Soul 

A Pocket Full of Horses: Prince’s 1999 at 40

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1982, 1999, 40th Anniversary, Adam Ant, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Joe Jackson, Little Red Corvette, Men At Work, Phil Collins, Prince, Stray Cats, The Go-Gos, Warner Bros.

Looking back at the Purple One’s breakthrough double LP

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Arthur Nasson Shares New Single

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Arthur Nasson, Boston, Joe Jackson, single, Steely Dan, Wilue

Check out the lyric video for “Without A Clue” from the acclaimed Boston singer-songwriter

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Pop 

That Time Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren Toured With A String Quartet

July 19, 2021March 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2005, Ethel, Joe Jackson, New Jersey, Red Bank, State Theater, Todd Rundgren, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The two pop genuises revisit a concert of special significance

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jazz New Wave Pop 

We The Cats: Joe Jackson’s Jumpin’ Jive at 40

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Jim Allen 3 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, AM, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer, Cab Calloway, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Jumpin' Jive, Louis Jordan, Night and Day

In the Summer of ’81, a New Wave firebrand became the first neo-swing king

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Dub/Reggae New Wave Power Pop Punk 

They’ve All Gone…: Beat Crazy Turns 40

November 16, 2020November 19, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1980, Beat Crazy, Biology, Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, Fit, Graham Maby, I'm The Man, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Look Sharp!, Mad At You, Pretty Boys

That time Joe Jackson subverted Rock ‘n’ Roll but nobody noticed

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

What A ‘Fool’ Believes

January 18, 2019October 6, 2025 Jim Allen 0 Comments Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, New Wave

Joe Jackson on looking sharp and looking forward

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Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Sedan Delivery

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Francis Ford-Coppola, George Lucas, Joe Jackson

Thirty years ago, Joe Jackson released the Soundtrack for Tucker: The Man and His Dream and got a Grammy nod in the process

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