Robert Palmer

Rock 

Why The Power Station Were the Best Supergroup of the 1980s

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andy Taylor, Arcadia, Bernard Edwards, Duran Duran, Get It On (Bang a Gong), John Taylor, Michael Des Barres, Parlophone, Parlophone Records, Rhino Entertainment, Robert Palmer, Some Like It Hot, The Power Station, Tony Thompson

How a new box set resurrected their legacy over 40 years later

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Disco Dub/Reggae Irish New Wave Pop Rock 

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With The Philip Lynott Album 

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dire Straits, Ireland, Irish, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott, Robert Palmer, St. Patrick's Day, Thin Lizzy

Listen to the Thin Lizzy frontman’s second solo album right now

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Pop Remembrance 

Remembering Robert Palmer: A Man Who Loved Wine, Women and Tailoring

September 26, 2020April 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 10 Comments and Keb' Mo., Bob Dylan, Devo, Gary Numan, Husker Du, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Robert Palmer, ZZ Top

Jim Sullivan recounts his history of conversation with the English art pop great

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New Wave Pop Reggae Video 

MTV Killed the VIDEOSTAR

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Carey Allan 2 Comments 999, AC/DC, Bad Manners, Barbara Jones, Body Talk, Buggles, Can’t Get Enough Of You, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, Eddy Grant, Elvis Costello, Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, Feels Like I’m In Love, Genesis, Hanging Around, Hazel O’Connor, Human League, Imagination, In And Out Of Love, In The Air Tonight, Intuition, Japan, Johnny And Mary, Just Can’t Get Enough, Just When I Need You Most, Kelly Marie, Kiki Dee, Kim Wilde, Korgis, Leo Sayer, Linx, My Simple Heart, No Reply At All, Obsessed, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Queen, Quiet Life, Robert Palmer, Sky, Star, Stevie Nicks, The Three Degrees, Thunder In My Heart, Tina Turner, Toccata, Tunnel Of Love, Video Killed The Radio Star, VIDEOSTARS, Walking In The Sunshine, Whitney Houston

An inside look at the world’s very first music compilation for video cassette

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New Wave 

Remembering Moon Martin

May 15, 2020May 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 7 Comments Capitol Records, Eric Dalton, Fontaine Brown, Jim Pulte, Moon Martin, Oklahoma, RIP, Robert Palmer, The Disciples

The vastly unsung New Wave act and writer of “Bad Case of Loving You” dead at age 69

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Alternative Rock Music Journalism 

Pop Top 40: Modern Rock Tracks for the Week Ending March 24, 1990

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 T.A. Inskeep 2 Comments Adam Ant, Cowboy Junkies, Depeche Mode, Electronic, Michael Penn, Midnight Oil, Oingo Boingo, Peter Murphy, Pop, Robert Palmer, Sinead O'Connor, Social Distortion, The Beloved, The Blue Nile, The Church, The Cramps, The Creatures, The Smithereens

This is as peak “Poppy Bush Interzone” as it gets

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Pop 

Too Good To Be True: Robert Palmer’s Secrets at 40

June 8, 2019July 1, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Island Records, Robert Palmer

The dapper don of soulful artpop closed out the 70s with a hit album

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