Long Island

Folk Pop Rock 

Candice Night Goes Back to the Beach

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Blackmore’s Night, Candice Night, Dweezil Zappa, earMUSIC, Long Island, Ritchie Blackmore, Sea Glass

Mrs. Blackmore revisits her solo career with Sea Glass

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North Americana 

WATCH: Roger Street Friedman Shares Poignant Video for “I Think We Know”

October 22, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Americana, Long Island, Long Shadows, New York, Roger Street Friedman

New album from revered Long Island songwriter, Long Shadows, out Jan. 2025

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Rock 

Like a Great Gatsby: Elliott Murphy’s Aquashow at 50

January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Aquashow, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elliott Murphy, Long Island, The Great Gatsby

A look back at the Long Island troubadour’s well-hyped, long-lost debut

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Indie Rock Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: The Lemon Twigs Share Video for “My Golden Years”

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Barnaby Bye, Brian D'Addario, Captured Tracks, Let's Active, Long Island, Michael D'Addario, My Golden Years, The Byrds, The Lemon Twigs

New single quickly follows the Long Island band’s acclaimed fourth album, 2023’s Everything Harmony

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Remembrance Rock 

Felix Pappalardi: 40 Years Gone

April 17, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Cream, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins, Jon Butcher Axis, Juliana Hatfield, Leslie West, Long Island, Mountain, RIP

Remembering the Mountain bassist on the anniversary of his untimely passing

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New Wave Pop Rock 

All Fired Up: Pat Benatar at 70

January 10, 2023January 15, 2024 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 70th Birthday, All Fired Up, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Gravity's Rainbow, Heat of the Night, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Innamorata, Invincible, John Cougar, Long Island, Love Is A Battlefield, Mike Chapman, Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar, Rick Derringer, Roger Capps, Shadows of the Night, The Rattling Sabres, Wide Awake in Dreamland, You Better Run

Looking back on the career of a rock ‘n’ roll feminist

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Pop Rock 

Billy Joel Returns To Texas

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments 2022, A Matter of Trust, Allentown, Billy Joel, Concert, Hicksville, Houston, It's Still Rock 'n' Roll To Me, Just The Way You Are, Long Island, Minute Maid Park, My Life, Piano Man, Pressure, Texas, The Entertainer, You May Be Right

The Piano Man makes his debut at Houston’s Minute Maid Park

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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hardcore Heavy Metal Post-Hardcore 

Cosmopolitan Blood Loss: Glassjaw’s Worship & Tribute At 20

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Daryl Palumbo, Emo, Glassjaw, Justin Beck, Long Island, Ross Robinson, Todd Weinstock, Warner Bros., Worship & Tribute

Looking back at the Long Island post-hardcore mavens’ complicated sophomore classic

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Folk Pop Remembrance 

Harry Chapin: The Story of a Life

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1981, Cat's In The Cradle, Do Something: The Harry Chapin Story, Harry Chapin, Jimmy Carter, Long Island, RIP, Tom Chapin, When In Doubt, World Hunger Year

40 years after tragedy struck on the Long Island Expressway, Jim Sullivan reminds us why the beloved singer-songwriter was so much more than one hit song

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Hip Hop Rap 

How’d You Get My Name and Number?: De La Soul Is Dead at 30

May 20, 2021September 25, 2023 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead, Long Island, Maseo, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug 3, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Tom Waits, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

Still unavailable on streaming services, the second De La Soul albums nevertheless remains a high-water mark in hip-hop creativity

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Rock Rockabilly 

Lee Rocker: Go Cat Go!

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Airstream, Brian Setzer, Gather Round, Lee Rocker, London, Long Island, Rockabilly, Slim Jim Phantom, Stray Cats, Uptight Records

COVID-19 couldn’t keep this Stray Cat out of the house

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Remembrance Rock 

Farewell, Mr. Mahoney

September 15, 2019September 15, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Billy Joel, Eddie Money, Levittown, Long Island, RIP

A loose, loving salute to Levittown legend Eddie Money

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Remembrance 

FIVE ALBUMS RELEASED ON 9/11/01

September 11, 2019April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 9/11, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z, Long Island, Mercury Rev, Slayer, The Moldy Peaches

These LPs endured their arrival on the worst day in American history to become classics with a tragic asterisk

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

Surfing the New Wave

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 j. poet 1 Comment Documentaries, FM, Long Island, Radio, WLIR

Documentary on influential Long Island radio station WLIR-FM 92.7 arrives on DVD

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