Warren Zevon

Rock 

Robert Scheffler Calls a ‘Truce’

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 Ron Hart 1 Comment End of the Line Records, Freedy Johnston, Jules Shear, Life'll Kill Ya, Paul Westerberg, Robert Scheffler, Truce, Warren Zevon

The NYC songwriter cuts his third album at home

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Records 

Rhino Unveils 24 Titles for its Sounds of the Summer Campaign

July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Al Stewart, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Genesis, George Benson, Linda Ronstadt, Now Playing, Sonny & Cher, Summer Sounds, Van Morrison, Vinyl, War. Utopia Hall & Oates, Warren Zevon, Yes

Recordings by Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, The Grateful Dead, Hall & Oates and more to get new vinyl releases  

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Folk Rock 

Going from Ship to Shore with Richard Thompson

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2024, David Bowie, interview, Kate Bush, Martha Wainwright, New West Records, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Ship to Shore, Warren Zevon

A frank chat about the guitar legend’s new album (and ex-wife Linda’s as well!)

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Blues Remembrance Rock 

Mean Town Blues: Johnny Winter at 80

February 23, 2024February 27, 2024 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Blues, Edgar Winter, guitar, Ian Curtis, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Texas, Warren Zevon

Memories of witnessing the late electric guitar great in concert

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Folk Rock 

Please Stay: Warren Zevon’s The Wind at 20

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Springsteen, David Lindley, Don Henley, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, John Waite, Keep Me In Your Heart, Mike Campbell, Ry Cooder, T-Bone Burnett, The Wind, Tom Petty, Warren Zevon

Looking back on the acclaimed songwriter’s fateful final album

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Music Journalism 

Handicapping the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Tim Sommer 40 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 

Lawyers, Guns and Money: Warren Zevon’s Excitable Boy at 45

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Excitable Boy, Lawyers Guns and Money, Warren The Headless Thompson Gunner, Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London

Looking back on the legendary songwriter’s most popular album

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Music Journalism 

Best Music Journalism of 2022

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jason Gross 1 Comment Arhoolie Records, Ashanti Mutinta, Bob Dylan, Chris Strachwitz, Conde Nast, Consequence of Sound, Creem, David Letterman, Ed Sheeran, Entertainment Weekly, Motörhead, Music Journalism, Noisey, Sleng Teng, Taylor Swift, Uproxx, Vice, Warren Zevon

Looking back on the 24 best stories beyond our pages

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Dylan Music Journalism 

Bob Dylan’s Infinite Playlist

November 24, 2022November 23, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, Dean Martin, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Uncle Dave Macon, Judy Garland, Little Richard, Perry Como, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Santana and The Eagles, Stephen Foster, The Clash, The Fugs, The Philosophy of Modern Song, Vic Damone, Warren Zevon

Inside his new book The Philosophy of Modern Song

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Remembrance Rock 

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Warren Zevon at 75

January 24, 2022January 24, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 75th birthday, David Letterman, Excitable Boy, Hunter S. Thompson, Life'll Kill Ya, Ross MacDonald, Sentimental Hygiene, The Wind, Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London

The rock legend still resists an easy, smooth canonization; not that he’d want one in the first place

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Rock 

Hindu Love Gods at 30

October 20, 2020October 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andrew Slater, Bill Berry, Georgia Satellites, Giant Records, Hindu Love Gods, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Prince, R.E.M., Virgin Records, Warren Zevon

Looking back at the time Warren Zevon and R.E.M. got together to cover Prince and the blues, only to be released as a Hindu Love Gods album three years later

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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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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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Remembrance Rock 

Remembering An Old Friend

September 7, 2018September 12, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Carl Hiassen, Excitable Boy, Jim Sullivan, Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London

Renowned Boston rock critic Jim Sullivan reflects on pal Warren Zevon 15 years after his passing

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