Michael Stipe

Festivals Music Journalism 

WATCH: Earth Day 1990 Concert Highlights

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 000 Maniacs, 10, 10000 Maniacs, Earth Day, John Denver, Michael Stipe, Michelle Shocked, Natalie Merchant, R.E.M., The Indigo Girls, Ziggy Marley

Watch R.E.M., The B-52’s, John Denver and others perform in Manhattan and Washington DC 30 years ago today

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Music Journalism 

WATCH: Michael Stipe Returns To The PSA Life For Coronavirus Warning

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Michael Stipe, R.E.M.

The former R.E.M. singer parlays the revival of an old hit single to raise awareness on the dire importance of social distancing

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Pop Rock 

Peter Buck and Luke Haines Unite For Beat Poetry and Survival

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment Beat Poetry for Survivalists, Corin Tucker, Filthy Friends, Luke Haines, Michael Stipe, Omnivore Recordings, Peter Buck, R.E.M., The Auteurs

In this exclusive chat, the R.E.M. guitar hero talks extensively about his fantastic collaboration with the onetime Auteurs frontman and much more

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Music Journalism 

Boy Howdy Rides Again!

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments and John Sinclair, Barry Kramer, Cameron Crowe, Chad Smith, Creem, Dave Marsh, Ed Ward, Jaan Uhelszki, Jeff Daniels, Kirk Hammett, Lester Bangs, Michael Stipe, Niagara, Paul Stanley, Richard Meltzer, Scott Crawford, to stars like Joan Jett, Wayne Kramer

An interview with Scott Crawford, the director of the new documentary about legendary rock mag Creem

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Why You Trying To Second Guess It?: R.E.M.’s Reckoning at 35  

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1984, Athens, Begin the Begin: REM's Early Years, Bill Berry, binaural, Fables of Reconstruction, IRS Records, Joe Boyd, Let's Active, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Reckoning, Robert Dean Lurie

Saluting the follow-up to the Athens band’s legendary debut, and a chat with Begin the Begin author, Robert Dean Lurie, about the band circa 1984

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Alternative Rock 

Devastation At Last, Finally We Meet: Grant Lee Buffalo’s Mighty Joe Moon at 25

September 23, 2019September 26, 2019 Jason Perri 4 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Phillips, Joey Peters, Michael Stipe, Mighty Joe Moon, Netherworld Orange, Paul Kimble, Pistol Star, R.E.M., RNR Globe exclusive

The RNR Globe chats exclusively with bassist Paul Kimble on the legacy of the band’s sophomore masterpiece

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Pop Rock 

R.E.M. at the BEEB

December 1, 2018 John Everhart 1 Comment BBC Radio 2, Bill Berry, Joey Waronker, Ken Stringfellow, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey

Tracing the triumphant live path of one of America’s greatest bands

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Pop Rock 

The Acceptable Edge of the Unacceptable Evolves

November 17, 2018November 18, 2018 John Everhart 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

R.E.M.’s Green at 30

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Pop Rock 

At Their Most Beautiful

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 John Everhart 2 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

R.E.M.’s Up at 20

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Hip Hop Rock Soul 

The Rock and Roll Globe News Desk

June 4, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brian Wilson, Hardcore, Kanye West, Michael Stipe, Punk, Ye

June 4, 2018 Edition

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