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Famous Quotes Vol. 26: December 2021

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “How Do You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?”, Christina Amphlett, David Byrne, David Johansen, Divinyls, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Lenny Kaye, Neil Tennant, New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group, Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Blues Music Journalism

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

Punk

Sonny Vincent Is Back!

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Frédéric Quennec 0 Comments 2020, CBGB, James Brown, Lenny Kaye, Punk, Sonny Vincent, Testors

Catching up with an unsung legend of NYC punk

Music Journalism Punk

Lenny Kaye: The Rock Critic Years

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 4 Comments Crawdaddy!, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Paul Williams, Richard Goldstein, Richard Meltzer, Sandy Pearlman

The influential Patti Smith Group guitarist talks about his crucial work as a music scribe

Folk Punk Rock

IN CONCERT: Patti Has The Power

March 8, 2020March 9, 2020 Evelyn McDonnell 0 Comments Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith and Her Band, Patti Smith Group, People Have the Power, Power to the People, Richard Sohl, Robert Mapplethorpe, Todd Smith, Tony Shanahan, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Women's History Month

At the cusp of International Women’s Day weekend, Patti Smith and Her Band brought the Mouse House down with a fearless and inspired performance this past Friday night at Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall

Psychedelics Punk Records Rock

Let’s Talk About ‘Nuggets’ with Lenny Kaye

October 24, 2019October 28, 2019 Bill Kopp 3 Comments 13th Floor Elevators, Amboy Dukes, Elektra, Jac Holzman, Lenny Kaye, Nuggets, Rhino Records, Sire Records, The Blues Magoos, The Chocolate Watchband, The Remains, The Standells, The Zombies

The Patti Smith Group guitar great looks back at the Original Artyfacts of the First Psychedelic Era

Folk New Wave Pop Punk

Hello & Goodbye: Patti Smith’s Wave at 40

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Fred Sonic Smith, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, Todd Rundgren

Punk’s poet laureate released her fourth album in May of 1979; it would be her last record for nearly a decade