The Rolling Stones

jazz Remembrance 

The Soothsayer: Remembering Wayne Shorter

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments Jazz, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report

The groundbreaking jazz titan was 89

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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 1 Comment 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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Bruce Music Journalism Rock Soul 

Bruce Springsteen: The Last Civil War Widow and the Happy Death of Minstrelsy

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Little Richard, Neurosis, Only The Strong Survive, Sleep, The Alarm, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones

Is the latest Boss album the final straw for a certain kind of cultural appropriation in rock?

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock 

Lucky Men: The Verve’s Urban Hymns at 25

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Allen Klein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Bernard Butler., Bitter Sweet Symphony, Lucky Man, Nick McCabe, Simon Tong, Sonnet, The Drugs Don't Work, The Rolling Stones, The Verve, Urban Hymns

Looking back on the album that helped break the band in America

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Dead Fusion Rock 

ALBUMS: Zero Is The Magic Number

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Allman Brothers Band, Donna Godchaux, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Garcia Band, John Cipollina, John Kahn, Nicky Hopkins, Pete Sears, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Kimock, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Tubes, The Who, Vince Welnick, Zero

A new archival title revives interest in the legendary Dead-centric Bay Area supergroup

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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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Retail 

Record Store Day 2022: What To Buy

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Charles Mingus, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Detective, Harper Valley P.T.A., I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos, Jeannie C. Riley, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Legacy Recordings, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Madonna, ORG Music, Patti Smith, Real Gone Music, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

Rarities from Lou Reed, Charles Mingus and Darlene Love highlight the 15th anniversary of the music industry’s annual shoppers holiday

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Pop Rock 

Ronnie Spector: The Baddest Bad Girl

January 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Amy Winehouse, Be My Baby, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Thunders, RIP, Ronnie Spector, Say Goodbye to Hollywood, The Beatles, The Chantels, The Rolling Stones, The Shirelles

Saying goodbye to a New York Original and an American Treasure

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Britpop Pop 

As Years Go By: Marianne Faithfull at 75

December 29, 2021April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments 75th birthday, As Tears Go By, Barry Reynolds, Broken English, CMJ New Music Seminar, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan reflects on his decades in conversation with the dark queen of English pop

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Music Journalism Rock Stones 

Brian Jones: Rock ‘n’ Roll King Monarch

December 4, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Books, Brian Jones, Brian Jones: Butterfly In The Park, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, New Galleon/Genius Publishing, The Rolling Stones

A vibrant new picture book looks deep into the original heart of The Rolling Stones

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Blues 

Samantha Fish: Frying Up The Blues

November 14, 2021November 14, 2021 j. poet 1 Comment Blues, blues guitar, Faster, Fleetwood Mac, Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails, Rounder Records, Samantha Fish, The Rolling Stones

On her excellent new album Faster, the modern guitar maverick switches up her sound

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Music Journalism Stones 

Brown Sugar, How Come You Taste So Bad?

October 20, 2021December 28, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1971, Bill Wyman, Brown Sugar, Charlie Watts, controversy, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, racism, slavery, Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones

Assessing why the Stones cut their controversial 50-year-old hit single from the set list of the band’s current tour

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Stones 

Charlie Watts Championed Me

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bill Wyman, Bobby Keys, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Keith Richards. Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Rolling Stones, Virgin Islands

It’s a meeting I will never forget

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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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Music Journalism Pop 

Pop Top 40: Hot 100 Week Ending August 29, 1981

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Diana Ross, Journey, Juice Newton, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Lionel Richie, Lulu, Pop Top 40, Stevie Nicks, The Commodores, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty

The month of MTV’s birth, the biggest singles in the U.S. didn’t exactly reflect the new cable channel

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