Nick Lowe

North Americana Remembrance 

A Toast to Jeremy Tepper

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 Jim Caligiuri 3 Comments Bill Kirchen, Billy Joe Shaver, BR5-49, Buck Owens, Del Reeves, Don Walser, Jeremy Tepper, Jim Lauderdale, Junior Brown, Kay Adams, Kelly Willis, Laura Cantrell, Marty Stuart, Nick Lowe, Red Simpson, Rig Rock Deluxe, RIP, Son Volt, Steve Earle, The Bottle Rockets, the Yayhoos

Remembering one of alt.country’s most influential and important figures

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Country and/or Western Folk 

Drive On: Johnny Cash’s American Recordings Turns 30

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1994, 30th Anniversary, American Recordings, Anthony DeCurtis, Glenn Danzig, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen, Nick Lowe, Rick Rubin, Tom Waits

Looking back on the album that reintroduced the Man in Black

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Rock 

Dave Edmunds Remains Ageless at 80

April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 80th birthday, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, the 99ers, the Heartbeats, the Hill-Bills, the Raiders, the Stompers

Looking back on the Welsh rock legend’s illustrious career

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Rock 

At His Age: Nick Lowe Turns 75

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the career of the Abominable Showman

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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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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Heart and Soul: Sports by Huey Lewis & The News Turns 40

September 15, 2023September 16, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Chrysalis Records, Clover, Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Heart and Soul, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis & The News, Huey Lewis and the News, I Want a New Drug, If This Is It, Nick Lowe, sports, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Thin Lizzy

Looking back on their classic third album

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Indie Rock Poetry Pop Punk Rock 

Talkin’ Trash With Ron Hawkins About The Revolution And His New EP

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments Canada, Do Good Assassins, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Nick Lowe, Ron Hawkins, Shane MacGowan, Sonic Envy, Trash Talkin' at the Speed of Sound

The Canadian songwriter is back with new music and the same righteous politics

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Beatle Britpop Indie Rock Pop Post-Punk Psychedelics Punk Rock 

“I Leak Creativity”: Robyn Hitchcock at 69

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Emma Swift, Jewels for Sophia, Nick Lowe, Pink Floyd, Randy Newman, Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Shufflemania, Syd Barrett, The Beatles, The Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight

The Rock & Roll Globe (of Frogs) catches up with the veteran singer/songwriter

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pub Rock Punk Rock 

Elvis Costello: The Boy Comes Back To Boston

August 18, 2022August 19, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Boston, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Elvis Costello and The Imposters, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Nicole Atkins

The New Wave legend is on tour with longtime cohort Nick Lowe through August

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 15: January 2021

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Cerebral Caustic, Dave Edmunds, Enya, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Mark E. Smith, Nick Lowe, Pete Townshend, Rockpile, Roxy Music, The Fall, The Who

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

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Rock Rockabilly Surf 

Revisiting the Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Career of Los Straitjackets

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1994, Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys, Daddy-O Grande, Estrus Records, Link Wray, Los Straitjackets, Nashville, Nick Lowe, The Raybeats

The Luchadores of surf guitar celebrate 25 years in modern music

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Blues 

RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

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