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On The Record: Nighthawk, Smoking Popes, the Seldom Scene, Maria Manousaki, Grey DeLisle, & Johnny Rawls

April 11, 2025 0

Nighthawk, Street Dog. Parker Hawkins (aka Nighthawk) is the bassist for Piper & the Hard Times, a Nashville-based blues-rock outfit...

On The Record: Elliott Murphy’s ‘Infinity,’ plus the Move, R&B Hits from 1955, Iron City Houserockers, & Chatham Rabbits

Jeff Burger

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April 4, 2025 0

Rock singer/songwriter Elliott Murphy says Infinity is his 52nd album, which suggests that he’s not only prolific, but also many...

On The Record: An Anthology Collects Hits from 1960, plus San Francisco Salsa, & CDs from Lance Cowan & Antonio Andrade

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 28, 2025 0

The 20th Anniversary Billboard Chart, 20th July 1960 is the latest in a series of anthologies based on the music...

Kinky Friedman - Poet of Motel 6 (Album art). A man is standing in the center of the image wearing a black cowboy hat and dark sunglasses. He is in the middle of an empty road. He is smoking a cigar and holding his jacket closed. His name reads to the left of him 'Kinky Friedman,' and the title of his new album, 'Poet of Motel 6' reads to the right. The image is in black and white.

On The Record: Kinky Friedman’s ‘Poet of Motel 6,’ plus Chris Walz

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 21, 2025 0

The late Kinky Friedman, a cigar-smoking novelist, country rock musician, and two-time Texas gubernatorial candidate, had a decidedly idiosyncratic personality....

Five album covers are in polaroid picture 'frames.' From the top left and clockwise, there is a man playing trump and keys at the same time. Then there is a young man playing guitar wearing a suit and tie. Next are two people in the distance on a winter field. Underneath that is a blue image with the words "Rant 'N' Roll" written in green over it. Then there is red sound waves on a black background. Last is a red saxophone with yellow rays shooting out of it.

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Jazz Times Five

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

March 12, 2025 0

Sonny Rollins – with John Coltrane in his band – cut his iconic Tenor Madness album in 1956. The Ryan...

Four men pose for a black-and-white photo. The first man on the left is standing. He has long hair and bangs and is wearing a white shirt with suspenders. The second man is sitting with his arms crossed and is staring up at the camera no smiling in a black t-shirt. The third man is smiling at the camera and has glasses on. The final man on the right has long hair and a grey t-shirt on and is looking the camera blankly. Surrounding the photo are colorful abstract symbols and shapes ranging from circles to triangles to zigzag lines in blue, green, pink, yellow, and more. The words "The Beckies" are underlined and in a 3D font next to the flat words in black, "Good to know: The Beckies Story."

On The Record: ‘Good to Know: The Beckies Story,’ Featuring the Left Banke’s Michael Brown

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 7, 2025 0

If the Left Banke and Michael Brown are footnotes in the history of rock and roll, they’re long and notable...

(Album Art). A drawing of a guitar on fire. The guitar is a black silhouette and the fire is yellow and orange. This is over a red background. The words "The 25th Anniversary" are written next to it in black, and the words "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" are written on top in white. The word "Concerts" is written the biggest in yellow.

On The Record: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts, plus Bluegrass from Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman & Joe Maphis

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 28, 2025 0

If you weren’t lucky enough to be in the audience for the 25th anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...

On The Record: The Third Mind’s Psychedelia-Infused ‘Live Mind’ & an Alt-Country Anthology from Souled American

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 21, 2025 0

The Third Mind, a wonderfully anachronistic band whose music recalls the best of 1960s psychedelia, got off to a terrific...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Got It All

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

February 17, 2025 0

These four? Really? Not since Diz, Bird, Bud, Mingus, and Max convened in 1953 as ‘The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever,’...

On The Record: Standout Blues Albums from Mark Muleman Massey, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 14, 2025 0

Like such artists as Merle Haggard, Mark Muleman Massey honed his musical skills in prison. He grew up in Clarksdale,...

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Hannah Cohen Gets in Touch With ‘Earthstar Mountain’

#THROWBACK: Peter Frampton, October 27, 1976

Mercury Rev – Keeping the Soil Fertile

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The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

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Mum’s the Word with Mumford & Sons at Brooklyn Paramount / March 26, 2025

HERstory Rocks at the Parkside Lounge – A Decade of NYC Women Rock

Disturbed Sell Out the Garden for the First Time

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HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

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On The Record: Nighthawk, Smoking Popes, the Seldom Scene, Maria Manousaki, Grey DeLisle, & Johnny Rawls

Profonde Musique: The Day Robert Johnson Died – American Lore & the Curse of Virtuosity

Makin Waves with Michael Patrick: A Clear Blue Sky

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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

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Musicians of Today & Yesterday to Perform This Week in NYC

Start April with Great Live Music

Engaging Live Music for the Beginning of April

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Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally

On The Record: Nighthawk, Smoking Popes, the Seldom Scene, Maria Manousaki, Grey DeLisle, & Johnny Rawls

On The Record: Elliott Murphy’s ‘Infinity,’ plus the Move, R&B Hits from 1955, Iron City Houserockers, & Chatham Rabbits

On The Record: An Anthology Collects Hits from 1960, plus San Francisco Salsa, & CDs from Lance Cowan & Antonio Andrade

On The Record: Kinky Friedman’s ‘Poet of Motel 6,’ plus Chris Walz

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Jazz Times Five

On The Record: ‘Good to Know: The Beckies Story,’ Featuring the Left Banke’s Michael Brown

On The Record: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts, plus Bluegrass from Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman & Joe Maphis

On The Record: The Third Mind’s Psychedelia-Infused ‘Live Mind’ & an Alt-Country Anthology from Souled American

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Got It All

On The Record: Standout Blues Albums from Mark Muleman Massey, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers

#THROWBACK: Peter Frampton, October 27, 1976

A Perfect Night With Disturbed, Daughtry, Nothing More in Philly

Hannah Cohen Gets in Touch With ‘Earthstar Mountain’

On The Record: Nighthawk, Smoking Popes, the Seldom Scene, Maria Manousaki, Grey DeLisle, & Johnny Rawls

#THROWBACK: Peter Frampton, October 27, 1976

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