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Blues 

Reed Turchi: The Blues Before and After

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Ardent Records, Blues, Jim Dickinson, John Fry, Memphis, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Reed Turchi, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, World On Fire

Ardent Records’ former A&R man returns to his roots

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Indie Rock Rock 

Navigating the Blues with The Reds, Pinks & Purples

April 25, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments 2024, Bay Area, Bob Dylan, California, Glenn Donaldson, Leonard Cohen, Ma Rainey, Robert Cray, Robert Johnson, San Francisco, Slumberland Records, The Reds Pinks & Purples, The Smiths, Unwishing Well

A chat with group mastermind Glenn Donaldson 

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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

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Rock 

Rich Cohen’s Rolling Stones Memoir Adds Meaningfully to the Canon

May 23, 2016March 23, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Andrew Loog Oldham, Brian Jones, Chess Records, James Phelge, Marshall Chess, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Muddy Waters, Rich Cohen, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones

Tough guy writer tackles world’s toughest band

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