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Chrissie Hynde (Refuses To) Play The Hits!

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Chrissie Hynde, Concerts, Cyndi Lauper, Lou Reed, Pretenders, The Pretenders, The Velvet Underground

What happens after a legendary artist wants to retire their most popular material from concert setlists

Retail

Record Store Day 2022: What To Buy

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Charles Mingus, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Detective, Harper Valley P.T.A., I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos, Jeannie C. Riley, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Legacy Recordings, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Madonna, ORG Music, Patti Smith, Real Gone Music, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

Rarities from Lou Reed, Charles Mingus and Darlene Love highlight the 15th anniversary of the music industry’s annual shoppers holiday

Classical Experimental Pop Post-Punk

John Cale: 80 and Ageless

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Brian Eno, Fear, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Nico, Paris 1919, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Now in his eighth decade on Earth, the Velvet Underground viola master remains an explorer ever on the lookout for challenge

Art Pop Experimental Pop Rock

Venus In Furs: The Feminine Divinity of The Velvet Underground and Nico

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1967, 55th Anniversary, Andy Warhol, John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Nico, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

55 years after it’s release, we honor the majesty of Andy Warhol’s greatest work of art

Remembrance Rock

Grown Up In Public: Lou Reed at 80

March 2, 2022March 12, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Andy Warhol, Boston, Heroin, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, RIP, Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the man Lester Bangs once called a “pathetic death dwarf” but we hail as a forever hero

Rock

Life’s Like A Mayonnaise Soda: Lou Reed’s Magic and Loss at 30

January 23, 2022January 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Lou Reed, Magic and Loss, Sire Records

For his first solo album of the 90s, Lou probed the depths of death and desire

Music Journalism Rock Rock Docs

Mick Rock, 1948–2021

November 19, 2021April 3, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Blondie, Bob Marley, Brian May, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Ian Hunter, Iggy and the Stooges, Jack White, Joan Jett, John Cale, Johnny Marr, Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Madonna, Matthew Kassel, Michael Stipe, Mick Rock, Mötley Crüe, New York Observer, Ozzy, Peter Gabriel, Pharrell Williams, Phil Collins, Ray Davies, Roxy Music, Squeeze, Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Tina Turner, Transformer

Rock’s greatest photographer chronicled rock’s greatest era

Art Pop Experimental Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Rock Docs

The Velvet Goldmine of Todd Haynes

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Apple TV+, documentary, John Cale, Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes

The acclaimed director talks with Rock & Roll Globe about his upcoming Velvet Underground documentary premiering on Apple TV+

Progressive Rock Rock

Tony Levin at 75

June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, Joan Armatrading, John Lennon, King Crimson, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, The Roches, Tom Waits, Tony Levin

An exclusive birthday chat with the bass legend about his time with King Crimson, John Lennon, Peter Gabriel and more

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. XX: June 2021

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Angela Bowie, Ani DiFranco, Cheetah Chrome, David Bowie, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, The Dead Boys

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

Music Journalism

It Is Time for SNL to Lose Live Music

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Captain Beefheart, Fear, Kid Creole, Lone Justice, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Mink DeVille, Percy Sledge, Roy Orbison, Saturday Night Live, Sparks, Wynton Marsalis

An open letter to Lorne Michaels

Blues Rock

Two Trains Running: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds and the Blues-Rock Explosion of 1965

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Simon, Rick Nelson, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds

The duel between these blues rock classics helped bring 1965 to a landing with a bang

New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

Rock

Nils Lofgren Goes Fishing

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments and Eric Clapton, Andy Newmark, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Cindy Mizelle, Crosby, David Bowie, Full Circle, Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Keb' Mo', Kevin McCormick, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Melissa Etheridge, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Nils Lofgren, Nils Lofgren Band, Sly Stone, Steely Dan, Stills and Nash, Tom Lofgren, Weathered, Whitney Houston

An exclusive chat with the guitar innovator for Crazy Horse and E Street about his killer new live album

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

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

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