The Byrds

Country and/or Western North Americana 

Jeff Hanna Serves Up the Dirt

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2024, Dirt Does Dylan, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Jeff Hanna, Mother Maybelle Carter, NGDB Records, Norman Blake, Poco, Roy Acuff, The Byrds, The Eagles, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Grateful Dead, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band singer looks back on his group’s remarkable career

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Folk Indie Rock Pop 

WATCH: Hungrytown Gets Animated on “Tuesday Sun”

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Hungrytown, Ken Anderson, Peter Robert Parlegreco, Rebecca Hall, The Archies, The Byrds, The Cowsills, The Cyrkle, Vermont

New album out later this spring

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Indie Rock Rock 

Second Guessing: R.E.M.’s Reckoning at 40

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, 7 Chinese Bros, Bill Berry, Harborcoat, I.R.S. Records, Lynda Stipe, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Oh-OK, Peter Buck, Pretty Persuasion, R.E.M., Reckoning, Second Guessing, So. Central Rain, The B-52's, The Byrds

What makes the band’s sophomore set better than Murmur

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Country and/or Western Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Christian Parker Shares Cover of The Byrds’ “She Don’t Care About Time”

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Christian Parker, David Crosby, Earl Poole Ball, Edgewater Music Group, Gene Clark, Nashville, Roger McGuinn, She Don't Care About Time, The Beatles, The Byrds

New album, Change is Now: A Tribute to The Byrds, out March 22nd

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Big Star’s Radio City is Classic Rock Nirvana

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel, Ardent Records, Ardent Studios, Big Star, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, Memphis, Radio City, September Gurls, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Monkees

Why the Memphis band’s second album remains such a timeless treasure

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Brass Buttons: Gram Parsons’ Grievous Angel at 50

January 30, 2024January 30, 2024 Jason Gross 2 Comments $1000 Wedding, 1974, 50th anniversary, Brass Buttons, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones

Reflecting on the fated country rock icon’s final studio album

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Indie Rock Power Pop Rock 

WATCH: The Lemon Twigs Share Video for “My Golden Years”

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Barnaby Bye, Brian D'Addario, Captured Tracks, Let's Active, Long Island, Michael D'Addario, My Golden Years, The Byrds, The Lemon Twigs

New single quickly follows the Long Island band’s acclaimed fourth album, 2023’s Everything Harmony

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North Americana Rock 

Firefall Reignited!

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Firefall, Fleetwood Mac, Friends & Family, Gram Parsons, Heart, Jock Bartley, Loggins and Messina, Navarro, Rick Roberts, Spirit, Sunset Blvd. Records, The Band, The Byrds, the Doobie Brothers, The Fallen Angels, The Flying Burrito Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band, Zephyr

Jock Bartley talks about the road that found them reunited with Friends & Family

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

Car Man: An Interview with Chris Stamey

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Alex Chilton, Big Star, Car Records, Chris Stamey, Don Dixon, Gene Holder, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Poco, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Great Escape, Will Rigby

Chatting with an American indie pop hero about his fab new LP The Great Escape

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Rock 

Golden Earring: Five Great Songs

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments ” Golden Earring, 75th birthday, George Kooymans, Jimi Hendrix, R.E.M., Radar Love, Santana, The Byrds, The Who, Twilight Zone, White Lion

Their best beyond “Radar Love” for guitarist George Kooymans’ 75th birthday

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Folk Remembrance Rock 

Music Is Love: Remembering David Crosby

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Steve Holtje 0 Comments Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, David Crosby, If I Could Only Remember My Name, James Raymond, Melissa Etheridge, RIP, Snarky Puppy, The Byrds

Looking back on the career of an American rock icon

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Folk jazz Psychedelics Remembrance Rock 

David Crosby Gone at 81

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, CSN, CSNY, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young, RIP, Roger McGuinn, Stephen Stills, The Byrds

Friends and family take to social media to process the news

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Indie Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Grand Canyon Announces New Album

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Full Moon Fever, Grand Canyon, Joe Guese, Los Angeles, The Byrds, Tom Petty, Tristan Shea

Forevermore to be released on October 7th; listen now to the title track

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Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock 

Sitting Silently At Will: Gene Clark’s White Light at 50

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1971, 50th anniversary, Gene Clark, Steve Young, The Byrds, The Dillards, The Flying Burrito Brothers, White Light

The first true solo LP from the former Byrd found him lowly lit but still flying high 

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North Americana 

Chris Hillman: A Byrd Takes Wing

October 5, 2020October 6, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 6 Comments 2020, Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Gene Clark, John David Souther, Richie Furay, Roger McGuinn, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds, The Desert Rose Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Time Between

In his revealing new autobiography, singer, songwriter and multi-faceted musician reflects on times pent in two of themes influential outfits of all time — the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers

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