Verve Records

Experimental Rock Zappa 

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s ‘Freak Out!’ Gets 60th Anniversary Box

August 16, 2026August 16, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1966, Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, Universal Music Enterprises, Verve Records, Zappa Records

6-disc set contains tons of bonus cream cheese

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Rock 

Ain’t It Peculiar?: 40 Years of The Velvet Underground’s VU

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 Melody Esme 1 Comment 1985, 40th Anniversary, Doug Yule, John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Squeeze, Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Verve Records, VU

Looking back on the New York City icons’ ‘lost’ LP

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Bossa Nova Remembrance 

Astrud Gilberto Gone at 83

June 6, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Astrud Gilberto, Bossa Nova, Brazil, George Michael, Michael Franks, Quincy Jones, RIP, Stanley Turrentine, Verve Records

The legendary Brazilian singer helped bring Bossa Nova to the world

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Art Pop Electronic Pop 

ALBUMS: Brian Eno Forever

October 19, 2022October 20, 2022 Steven Rosen 1 Comment 2022, Brian Eno, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, Opal Records, Verve Records

Assessing the legendary producer’s first vocal album in 17 years

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Folk Pop 

ALBUMS: Mandy Moore’s ‘In Real Life’ Declaration

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments folk, In Real Life, Laurel Canyon, Mandy Moore, Pop, Silver Landings, This Is Us, UMG, Verve Records

The retro-pop songbird shoots across the synth-strew sky on new LP

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jazz 

Bird Turns 100

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments BeBop, Bird, Bud Powell, Centennial, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Dial Records, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz, Max Roach, Savoy Records, Verve Records

If there is one Charlie Parker album with which to celebrate his centennial…

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Bossa Nova jazz Pop 

The Girl from Ipanema and the Infinite Sadness of Astrud Gilberto

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Bossa Nova, Brazil, Stan Getz, The Astrud Gilberto Album, The Girl From Ipanema, Verve Records

Looking back at The Astrud Gilberto Album at 55

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jazz Records Soul 

NEWS: Verve To Reissue 1982 Nina Simone Classic

February 10, 2020June 18, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1982, Fodder On My Wings, Nina Simone, Universal Music Enterprises, Verve Records

Fodder On My Wings comes out on April 3rd

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