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Music Journalism Pop Rock 

Pop Top 40: Top LPs & Tapes for Week Ending January 27, 1973

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Al Green, Carly Simon, Carole King, Curtis Mayfield, Helen Reddy, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, Los Babys, Neil Diamond, Pop Top 40, Rolling Stones, Slade, Stevie Wonder, The Moody Blues

50 years ago, soft rock was dominating the chart

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Hard Rock Rock 

Joe Perry: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, CHEAP TRICK, Dave Davies, Gibson Es 335, guitar, Guitarist, Joe Perry, Keith Richards, Rick Nielsen, Rolling Stones, Sam Kinison, The Kinks

A lengthy chat with the Aerosmith guitar great

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Folk North Americana Rock Soul 

The Secret Stash of Earl McGrath

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, David Johansen, Earl McGrath, Hall and Oates, James Taylor, Jim Carroll, Joan Didion, Joe Hagan, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger, Pat Thomas, Rolling Stones

Diving into the treasured closet of a music biz bon vivant

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Rock Southern Rock 

The Georgia Satellites Were Pure Lightnin’ In A Bottle

May 18, 2022May 19, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1988, American Recordings, Atlanta, Cleveland International Records, Dan Baird, Elektra Records, Georgia, Keith Christopher, Lightnin' In A Bottle: The Official Live Album, live album, Rick Richards, Rolling Stones, The Georgia Satellites

A newly released live album from 1988 showcases the unchained spirit of Southern Rock’s most unsung act

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Rock Stones 

Torn and Frayed: Exile on Main St. at 50

May 12, 2022May 15, 2022 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Anita Pallenberg, Charlie Watts, Exile on Main St., Jimmy Miller, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones

Looking back on what many consider to be the Rolling Stones’ greatest album

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Gimme One Good Dose of Thunder: Bleeding Hearts Keep the Genius of Bob Stinson Alive with Riches To Rags

May 3, 2022May 4, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments 2022, Bar/None, Bleeding Hearts, Bob Stinson, Fiasco Records, Husker Du, Mike Leonard, Riches To Rags, Rolling Stones, Soul Asylum, The Replacements

A Record Store Day exclusive and upcoming digital release provides a crucial snapshot of a long-lost touchstone of Minneapolis alt-rock 

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Blues Folk 

Ry Cooder Kickstarts His Solo Career by Venturing Into the Purple Valley

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Monroe, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot, Into The Purple Valley, Jim Dickinson, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal and the Rising Sons, Van Morrison

Looking back on 50 years of a debut that put the spotlight on an American guitar icon

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Music Journalism 

Pigs In Zen: A Tale Of Trademarks and Quality

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment A Pig’s Tale (The Underground Story of the Legendary Bootleg Record Label), Bob Dylan, Genius Music Books, Harold Sherrick, Led Zeppelin, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Ralph Sutherland, Rolling Stones, The Who

A new book uncovers the story of the world’s most notorious bootleg record label

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Stones 

Ode to a High Flying Stone, Part I: Charlie Watts Makes the Songs

September 1, 2021September 2, 2021 John Packel 12 Comments Aftermath, Charlie Watts, Dave Grohl, Ginger Baker, Gretsch, John Valley, Keith Richards, Let It Bleed, Mick Jagger, Mitch Mitchell, Neil Peart, Ringo Starr, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, Stewart Copeland, Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones

Looking back at the legendary Rolling Stones drummer’s finest moments on wax

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adblock Records Rock 

Still Sticky After All These Years

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1971, Bill Wyman, Billy Preston, Brown Sugar, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards. Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins, Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers, Sway, Wild Horses

Celebrating a half century of Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

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adblock Music Journalism Radio Rock 

Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl: Primitive Fools

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Tim Sommer 4 Comments 2021, Dave Grohl, Eazy Sleazy, Foo Fighters, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones

This childish rant is exactly what “Eazy Sleazy” deserves

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Music Journalism Radio 

Sympathy for the Devil: Four More Songs to Offend Moral Hypocrites

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments AC/DC, Charlie Daniels, Highway To Hell, Lil Nas X, Montero, Rolling Stones, Sympathy For The Devil, The Charlie Daniels Band

Lil Nas X certainly wasn’t the first pop act to crack the charts on the wings of a cloven-hooved Prince of Darkness

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Blues Rock 

His Blood Runs Cold: Peter Wolf at 75

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Jim Sullivan 4 Comments 75th birthday, Blues, Boston, Cape Cod, J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Jim Sullivan digs into his archives for a career-spanning 2018 interview with the vibrant frontman for the J. Geils Band

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Music Journalism 

Seven Crosses and a Horse

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, football, Jeep, Lynn Goldsmith, MC5, NFL, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Super Bowl LV, Woody Guthrie

Bruce Springsteen, Jeep and the death of the lie-dream of Liberalism in American rock and pop

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Radio Records 

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

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