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Sneak of the Week: Big Maybelle, "Ocean of Tears"
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (274+ words) A "50s R&B queen turns a burning barrel of heartache upside down and shakes it. Some of the greatest mid-century blues and R&B singers were part of the "Big" family: Big Joe Turner, Big Maceo Merriweather, Big Joe Williams,…...
Robert Christgau is "The Last Critic"
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (484+ words) When it comes to grading albums, Robert Christgau is tough. Here are three albums that he considered "duds:" Neil Young " Live At Massey Hall, The Long Winters "Putting The Days To Bed, and Paul Simon " The Concert In The Park....
Chip Monck: Voice of a Generation
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (313+ words) It was emcee Chip Monck's warning of a brand of bad acid at the first Woodstock concert that saved attendees from badly tripping: "The warning that I've received, you might take it with however many grains of salt you wish,…...
Sneak of the Week: Honeybus, "Hear Me Only"
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (673+ words) Jim Allen's night job is fronting country band The Ramblin' Kind, and working as a solo singer/songwriter. His day job is writing about other people's music. He has contributed to NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone. com, and many more, and…...
How the 1970s New York Punk Scene Redefined Modern Songwriting Standards
1+ week, 2+ day ago (411+ words) Then, almost quietly, New York stepped in and said, "Enough." Television proved that punk didn't have to be simplistic. It just had to be intentional. Their influence is all over modern indie rock " the clean, chiming guitars of R. E. M. , the angular…...
Appreciating Nick Lowe | A Music Blog
1+ week, 4+ day ago (73+ words) Appreciating Nick Lowe'Culture Sonar Our latest You Tube installment is a celebration of Nick Lowe's decades of (seemingly) effortless cool and craft. His grace in navigating countless changes is a lesson for all of us" We've got lots of other…...
"Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen". .. and How - Cultuew Sonar
1+ week, 5+ day ago (555+ words) John Visconti is a lifelong music and movies aficionado with wide-ranging tastes, from The British Invasion and Motown, to the blues, a dash of jazz, on through to power pop, funk, retro soul, folk, bubblegum and metal. He digs film…...
Sneak of the Week: The Bloods, "Button Up"
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (634+ words) Jim Allen's night job is fronting country band The Ramblin' Kind, and working as a solo singer/songwriter. His day job is writing about other people's music. He has contributed to NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone. com, and many more, and…...
Why the Washington Coliseum Show May Be the Purest Moment of Beatlemania
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1222+ words) It wasn't their biggest concert. It wasn't their most polished. It wasn't even their most widely seen. But it captured something that would never exist again: four young men, bonded by years of grinding in clubs, suddenly realizing they had…...
The Mount Rushmore of Rock and Roll?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (63+ words) Culture Sonar A while back, a post on a possible Mt Rushmore of Rock and Roll got a lot of traction. Culture Sonar highlights music, films, TV, books and events for people who've lived a little and have plenty more…...