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Friday, August 7, 2020

Stranger Things: Randy Newman’s 12 Songs Turns 50

April 29, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 12 Songs, 1970, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Harry Nilsson, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon, Mona Bone Jakon, Moondance, Norman Lear, Randy Newman, Sweet Baby James, Van Morrison

A quarter century before meeting Woody and Buzz, the L.A. songwriter walked the razor’s edge of sarcasm on his second studio LP

North Americana

ALBUMS: The Sweet, Sublime Sadness of John Moreland

February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Chris Porter, Jackson Browne, Jeff Buckley, John Moreland, Joni Mitchell, LP5, Nick Drake, Thirty Tigers

The acclaimed Thirty Tigers artist’s sobering sentiments reflect the thoughts of a remarkably tender troubadour

Electronics Fusion jazz Remembrance

LISTEN: RIP Lyle Mays–A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment American Garage, Christian McBride, ECM, Fusion, Jazz, Joni Mitchell, Lyle Mays, Offramp, Pat Metheny, Petra Haden, RIP, Vernon Reid

Digging into the discography of a man who changed the shape of jazz in the New Wave era

Blues Festivals Folk Psychedelics Rock

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Budnick 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

Blues Country and/or Western Folk Pop

The Jorgensens: What’s Old is New Again

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Joni Mitchell, Kurt and Brianna Jorgensen, Led Zeppelin, MN, Natalie Merchant, St. Paul, The Jorgensens, The Lexington Stretch, Tori Amos, Willie Dixon

Cutting through the torrents of music coming from everywhere in 2019, it’s an accomplishment for this married duo to make something that sounds so unique with The Lexington Stretch

Hard Rock World

WATCH THIS: Israeli Rock Star Ninet Tayeb Delivers Fiery Rendition of Joni’s ‘Woodstock’

August 15, 2019August 16, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bethel Woods, Israel, Joni Mitchell, Netflix, Ninet Tayeb, Pat Benatar, PJ Harvey, Rough Trade, The Zombies, When Heroes Fly, Woodstock

Catch the rising singer/actress on tour with The Zombies this month

Remembrance Rock

THE MANAGER: Remembering Elliot Roberts

June 22, 2019June 24, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Asylum Records, Elliot Roberts, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, RIP

The Asylum Records co-founder and guiding light for Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and others was 76

Folk jazz Pop

Hey Joni! Happy Birthday!

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, folk, Jaco Pastorius, Jazz, Joni Mitchell

Celebrating 75 years of a North American pop icon with an exclusive megamix