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On The Record: ‘New Guitars in Town’ (a Power-Pop Anthology), plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, Marcia Griffiths & Willie Lindo

Jeff Burger

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March 29, 2024 0

As this column noted last year, “Power pop has always been a loosely defined genre – a big umbrella for...

On The Record: Dion’s ‘Girl Friends’ & the Rolling Stones ‘Live at the Wiltern,’ plus John Smith & Doris Troy

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 22, 2024 0

Dion DiMucci, one of rock’s most deservedly celebrated singers, regularly occupied high positions on the pop charts from 1957 to...

On The Record: Tom Rush’s ‘Gardens Old, Flowers New,’ plus the Little Girls, Eddie Bond, & Freddie Scott

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 15, 2024 0

Folk singer Tom Rush, who has been performing and recording for more than 60 years, has long been known primarily as an...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Come Alive Again

Mike Greenblatt

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March 13, 2024 0

Tidal Currents: East Meets West (Chronograph Records), the seventh album by the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, is a beautiful, adventurous, meandering suite with...

On The Record: the Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies & CDs from Johnny Adams & Tyrone Cotton

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 8, 2024 0

“Strange as it seems now, with the survivors of the Who still playing live nearly 60 years after the band’s...

On The Record: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, & Lance Cowan

Jeff Burger

Columns

March 1, 2024 0

According to conventional wisdom, rock experienced a fallow period from around the time we lost Buddy Holly in January 1959...

On The Record: ‘You Can Walk Across It on the Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London,’ plus Paul Collins & Gordon Grdina

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 23, 2024 0

After the Beatles conquered the world, the world turned its eyes to the Fab Four’s home country and particularly to...

On The Record: ‘Les Cousins’ (Folk Anthology), plus Steeleye Span Live, Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 16, 2024 0

Rock wasn’t the only kind of music that was exploding in the 1960s: a major folk and blues revival was...

On the Record: ‘Pushin’ Too Hard: American Garage Punk 1964-1967,’ plus Rod Picott & Tinsley Ellis

Jeff Burger

Columns

February 9, 2024 0

Pushin’ Too Hard: American Garage Punk 1964–1967, a new three-CD anthology, mines the same fertile territory as Lenny Kaye’s classic Nuggets collection,...

One More Look At 2023: The Best of the Rest

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

February 5, 2024 0

The second album of the incredible Taiwanese vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu – Built In System (Live From New York) – is...

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#THROWBACK: The Cranberries, December 14, 1994

Part V of the When We Were Young Series: New Found Glory

Part IV of the When We Were Young Series: Pat Miranda from Movements

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The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

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Red Wanting Blue at Café Wa? / November 12, 2024

Mk.gee at Franklin Music Hall / November 7, 2024

Iron Maiden at Prudential Center / November 9, 2024

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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: The Allman Brothers Band, plus Renaissance, Frank Sinatra, a David Olney Tribute, & More New Releases

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Rarities & More

Makin Waves with Albert Music Hall: ‘Be Part of Our History’

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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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Live Music for NYC Audiences This Week

Awesome Live Music for Mid-November in NYC

Spotlight: More of WPU’s Jazz Room Series

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

On The Record: ‘New Guitars in Town’ (a Power-Pop Anthology), plus Christian Parker, Ted Russell Kamp, Marcia Griffiths & Willie Lindo

On The Record: Dion’s ‘Girl Friends’ & the Rolling Stones ‘Live at the Wiltern,’ plus John Smith & Doris Troy

On The Record: Tom Rush’s ‘Gardens Old, Flowers New,’ plus the Little Girls, Eddie Bond, & Freddie Scott

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Come Alive Again

On The Record: the Who’s ‘Live at Shea Stadium,’ plus Rockabilly Anthologies & CDs from Johnny Adams & Tyrone Cotton

On The Record: ‘The JFK Inauguration: US Top 100 20th January 1961,’ plus Mike Zito, Vanessa Peters, & Lance Cowan

On The Record: ‘You Can Walk Across It on the Grass: The Boutique Sounds of Swinging London,’ plus Paul Collins & Gordon Grdina

On The Record: ‘Les Cousins’ (Folk Anthology), plus Steeleye Span Live, Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz

On the Record: ‘Pushin’ Too Hard: American Garage Punk 1964-1967,’ plus Rod Picott & Tinsley Ellis

One More Look At 2023: The Best of the Rest

#THROWBACK: The Cranberries, December 14, 1994

#THROWBACK: The Cranberries, December 14, 1994

Sammy Rae & the Friends Crash Into NYC (& They Need to Again Soon!)

Part V of the When We Were Young Series: New Found Glory

Red Wanting Blue at Café Wa? / November 12, 2024

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