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Is Rough and Rowdy Ways A Beginning or an End for Bob Dylan?

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, Columbia Records, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Sinatra, The Never Ending Tour

Reckoning with Dylan’s forthcoming double LP against the future of the Never Ending Tour

Blues Folk Soul

Still Bill, Just As He Was

April 6, 2020 James Porter 2 Comments Bill Withers, Columbia Records, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, John Hammond, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg, Terry Callier

There was almost no precedent for Bill Withers in the 1970s

Folk Psychedelics Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores

Wherever That River Goes, That’s Where I Want To Be: The Byrds’ Ballad Of Easy Rider At 50

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1969, Ballas of Easy Rider, Columbia Records, Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider, Jesus Is Just Alright, Peter Fonda, Roger McGuinn, Skip Battin, The Byrds

In the Fall of ’69 , the L.A. folk-rock icons added a new dimension to the Fonda/Hopper cult classic

New Wave Pop Rock Soul

Rock and Roll, the Cola Wars, I Can’t Take It Anymore!

November 3, 2019November 3, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1989, Billy Joel, Columbia Records, Levittown, Shameless, Storm Front, We Didn't Start The Fire

A Long Island boy sequestered Upstate remembers Billy Joel’s Storm Front at 30

Pop Rock

The Everlasting Endurance of Paul Revere & The Raiders

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019 James Porter 2 Comments Columbia Records, Dick Clark reunion with Paul Revere, GTO commercial, Indian Reservation, Johnny Mathis, Kicks, Link Wray, Mark Lindsay, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Something Happening, The Judge Pontiac, The Smothers Brothers, Tommy Smothers

How Quentin Tarantino kickstarted a resurgence for the band behind “Kicks”

Country and/or Western Pop Rock

NEWS: Soundtrack Album To Accompany Bruce Springsteen’s Directorial Debut

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Clearmountain, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Glen Campbell, Jon Landau, Patti Scialfa, Toronto International Film Festival, Western Stars, Western Stars - Songs From The Film, Western Stars Trailer

Western Stars – Songs From The Film arrives in stores October 25

New Wave Pop

ALBUMS: Ezra Koenig Is Genteel in the Hour of Chaos

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Columbia Records, Ezra Koenig, Father of the Bride, Goosebumps, Madison Square Garden, Rostam, Vampire Weekend

Ahead of tonight’s big show at Madison Square Garden, let Dan Weiss remind you how Vampire Weekend impart their coolheaded calm onto those who can’t afford same. This has always been their job.

Rock Rockabilly

In California, Dave Alvin Is Still The King

August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Belinda Carlisle, Bill Bateman, Blue Blvd., Columbia Records, Country Dick Montana, Craft Recordings, Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, Gun Club, Hightone Records, June Carter Cash, King of California, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Mojo Nixon, Museum of Heart, National Steel, Romeo's Escape, Steve Berlin, The Beat Farmers, The Blasters, The Flesheaters, The Go-Gos, The Knitters, The Pleasure Barons

Americana punk pioneer revisits his best solo album for its 25th anniversary

Country and/or Western North Americana Pop

ALBUM DEPT: On Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen Rides in the Whirlwind

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Wrecking Crew

A look inside the LP being hailed as The Boss’s best since Magic

Rock

What’s Purple and Filled with Regret?

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, Moby Grape, Skip Spence

Moby Grape ’69 at 50

Experimental Pop

A Young Person’s Guide To Kate Bush (1978 – 1993)

January 15, 2019November 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Columbia Records, EMI, Hounds of Love, Kate Bush, Lionheart, Never for Ever, Rhino Records, The Dreaming, The Kick Inside, The Red Shoes, The Sensual World

Assessing the catalog of art pop’s one true queen

Folk Rock

Hopes, Dreams & Guitars

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, New York City, The Bottom Line

Springsteen on Broadway

Rock

On Lee Michaels’ Nice Day for Something and Tailface

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments A&M Records, Columbia Records, Lee Michaels

A brief but pervasive tag team triumph

Rock

The Boss Underscores the Completion Principle

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records

Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks turns 20

Rock

Blood On The Tapes

November 5, 2018August 17, 2019 Luci Turner 3 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Columbia Records

Unpacking the 14th volume of the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, More Blood, More Tracks

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