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Music Journalism 

Handicapping the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Tim Sommer 36 Comments 2023, A Tribe Called Quest, Bongripper, Iron Maiden, Lizzie Mercer Descloux, Missy Elliott, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Sheryl Crow, The White Stripes, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

With minimal snark and maximum intuition, we see the odds on this year’s class

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Rock 

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2023 Nominees

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Ron Hart 2 Comments 2023, A Tribe Called Quest, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Iron Maiden, Joy Division, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, New Order, Nominations, Rage Against the Machine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sheryl Crow, Soundgarden, The Spinners, The White Stripes, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, Warren Zevon and The White Stripes among this year’s list of hopefuls

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Rock 

Jack White: Taking Us Back at Barclays

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Jack White, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes

Third Man’s Renaissance Man brought big hits and deep faves to an electrifying performance in Brooklyn

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Rock 

ALBUMS: Fear of the New Jack White LP

April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Dead Weather, Fear of the Dawn, Jack White, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Third Man Records

Music critics who pan the daring of Jack’s best solo album yet are missing its point entirely

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Punk 

Spit and Retrieve: The Hives’ Veni Vidi Vicious at 20

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Epitaph Records, Garage Rock, Hate To Say I Told You So, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, Melodic Punk, Sweden, The Hives, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Veni Vidi Vicious

Before Is This It or White Blood Cells was the debut from an even more mysterious Swedish quintet that dressed like Shriners sans fez

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Blues 

RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

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Blues Punk 

Do The Peppermint Twist: The White Stripes’ Eponymous Debut Turns 20

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Gold Dollar bar Detroit, Jack White, Meg White, The White Stripes

Recalling when Jack White and his big sister Meg White were the new kids on the block

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