Rod Stewart

Art Pop Rock 

Such a Crumbling Beauty: Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs Turns 40

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1985, 40th Anniversary, Clap Hands, Downtown Train, Hal Willner, Island Records, Kathleen Brennan, Kurt Weill, Rain Dogs, Rod Stewart, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits, Trevor Horn

Looking back on a vagabond masterpiece

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

If She Knew What She Wants: Susanna Hoffs At 65

January 17, 2024February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 65th birthday, California, Carly Simon, Debbi Peterson, Fleetwood Mac, Los Angeles, Matthew Sweet, Michael Steele, Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Pretenders, The Smiths, Vicki Peterson

Celebrating the brilliance of a power pop icon

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

It’s A Brand New Day for the Bay City Rollers

October 9, 2023February 19, 2024 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2023, Badfinger, Bay City Rollers, Big Star, Brand New Day, Elevator, Johnny McLaughlin, Les McKeown, Rod Stewart, Scotland, Shoes, Stuart "Woody" Wood, The Nerves, The Records, The Rubinoos

Talking with Woody about the group’s wonderous new single

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Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

Simply The Best: Remembering Tina Turner

May 25, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment David Bowie, Foreign Affair, Ike and Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, RIP, Rod Stewart, Sly and the Family Stone, The Acid Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tina Turner, Tommy

Looking back on the career of the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Rock 

Borstal Boys: Faces’ Ooh La La at 50

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Faces, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Ooh La La, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Small Faces, The Faces

Looking back on the British greats’ fourth and final studio album

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Pop Rock 

But It Feels So Right: Bryan Adams’ Cuts Like a Knife at 40

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bryan Adams, Canada, Cuts Like a Knife, Jim Vallance, Mutt Lange, Rod Stewart, South Park, Sting, Straight From The Heart

The Canadian hitmaker’s U.S. breakthrough revisited

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Blues Fusion Hard Rock Instrumental jazz Remembrance Rock 

Jeff Beck: The Guitarist’s Guitarist

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments Blow By Blow, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, guitar, Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Led Zeppelin, RIP, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Wired

Remembering the life and career of England’s greatest axe man

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Remembrance Rock 

Jeff Beck Remembered By His Peers

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, RIP, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, The Jeff Beck Group, The Yardbirds

British guitar master died following a short illness at 78

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Music Journalism Records Remembrance 

Record Man: Mo Ostin (1927-2022)

August 3, 2022August 2, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Devo, Family, Fanny, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Mo Ostin, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Sex Pistols, T.Rex, The Everly Brothers, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, The Modern Lovers, The Pentangle, The Small Faces, Van Dyke Parks, Van Morrison, Warner Bros. Records

Remembering a music industry giant responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell and countless others

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Rock 

Hercules, Rod Stewart and Me

November 18, 2021April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Atlantic Crossing, Every Picture Tells a Story, Gasoline Alley, Ian McLagan, Out of Order, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Lane, The Faces, The Tears of Hercules

Roddy’s new album rekindles a memory of one exceptional adventure

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Britpop Music Journalism 

A Ready, Steady, Revolution!

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments and power-brokers Andrew Loog Oldham, Andy Neill, Chris Stamp, Donovan, Marvin Gaye, Mick Jagger, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Ready Steady Go!, Rod Stewart, The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Who

A new book on the groundbreaking British television program, Ready, Steady, Go! documents pop’s primetime emergence

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Country and/or Western Psychedelics Rock Uncategorized 

ALBUMS: Across The Great Divide

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Fairport Convention, Idle Race, Matthews Southern Comfort, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Hollies, Traffic

On this excellent anthology subtitled Getting It Together In The Country 1968-1974, the influence of American music on British rock is examined

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Alternative Rock Folk 

The Waterboys: Shake Some Action, Part I

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Pagan Place, Ellie Goulding, Fisherman's Blues, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Mike Scott, Prince, Rod Stewart, Steve Earle, The Clash, The Waterboys, Tom Jones, Where The Action Is

Mike Scott continues a late period winning streak with yet another aces new album

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North Americana 

Grand Canyon: Songs As Deep As The Landmark Its Named After

July 6, 2019July 8, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Casey Shea, Grand Canyon, Rod Stewart, The Killers

An exclusive chat with frontman Casey Shea about the present and future of the working musician

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Pop Rock 

Alone Again, Naturally

October 31, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Comebacks, David Lee Roth, Journey, Rod Stewart, Steve Perry

Steve Perry returns to the solo life with his new album Traces

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