Rock 'n' Roll Nostalgia & Poilitical and Media Commentary
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Joni Mitchell, "40 below Zero," 1995.
Four Crossroads for Little Feat
December 9, 2024
October 11, 2024
Jackie DeShannon Probably Wrote That Song
July 21, 2024
Rockabilly: Short Shelf Life, Long on Memories
July 6, 2024
Four Essentials About Daryl Hall and John Oates
May 17, 2024
Six Cool Things About the Doobie Brothers
March 12, 2024
Stevie Wonder’s Incredible ’70s Songbook
February 18, 2024
New York’s New Wave Rocks the ’70s
January 22, 2024
The Brill Building Sound Heralded Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Arrival
December 20, 2023
Sunshine Pop a ’60s Soundtrack
December 12, 2023
Folk Music Shaped the ’60s Countercultural Revolution
November 27, 2023
Forty Years Ago: 1983, and the Pursuit of Pop Perfection
September 26, 2023
September 8, 2023
Jim Croce: So Many Songs, So Little Time
August 15, 2023
August 9, 2023
The Sound of Philadelphia in Four Takes
July 26, 2023
Four Anti-War Rock Songs in the Bush Era
June 29, 2023
Fats Domino and the Sound of New Orleans
May 9, 2023
Sly and the Family Stone in Five Celebrated Songs
April 24, 2023
Five Cool Things About Steely Dan
April 12, 2023
The Story of the First Rock ‘n’ Roll Concert
March 30, 2023
March 21, 2023
Stax Records’ Enduring Legacy of Memphis Soul Music
February 16, 2023
Three Early Sixties Rock ‘n’ Roll Influencers
February 7, 2023
How Rock ‘n’ Roll Began, Part 2
January 14, 2023
Seeking a Definition of Progressive Rock
December 20, 2022
Five Cool Things About Pat Benatar
December 1, 2022
Best Rock Songs About Places, Revisited
September 28, 2022
1962 Instrumental Oddity ‘Telstar’ – It’s the Melody
August 12, 2022
Paul Butterfield Was My First Blues Harmonica Hero
July 14, 2022
Six Cool Things About The Band
May 24, 2022
Top 10 ‘Friendliest’ Songs in the Rock Era
January 18, 2022
December 15, 2021
The Beatles’ White Album: Brilliance Overcame Adversity
October 21, 2021
James Taylor’s Apple Debut a Triumph Despite Secret Life
September 29, 2021
“John Barleycorn Must Die!” the Best Drinking Song Ever?
September 9, 2021
The Jefferson Airplane Was a San Francisco Treat
August 25, 2021
Laura Nyro: The Best Songwriter You’ve Maybe Never Heard Of
August 4, 2021
Rubber Soul: The Beatles’ Pop Masterpiece, Revisited
July 7, 2021
Awesome Rock Guitar Recordings
March 23, 2021
When Soul Music and Rock Shared the Top of the Charts
February 24, 2021
‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven’ found in a Speck of Northern Alabama
February 9, 2021
Phil Spector’s Let It Be Beatles
January 27, 2021
The Musical Journey of ‘House of the Rising Sun’
January 13, 2021
Helping Bob Dylan Create His Masterpiece
December 29, 2020
The Allman Brothers Band Gave the Blues to Southern Rock
December 16, 2020
Power-Riffing with Rock Legend Eddie Van Halen
November 19, 2020
Four Awesome Bruce Springsteen Covers
October 7, 2020
After Phenomenal Success, Cat Stevens Hit the ‘Road to Find Out’
September 23, 2020
Deja Vu All Over Again for ‘Captain Many Hands’
July 8, 2020
Jimi Hendrix and his Electric Lady
June 30, 2020
Led Zeppelin Wins Copyright Appeal Over ‘Stairway to Heaven’
April 19, 2020
Seven Cool Things About Santana
January 24, 2020
Great Rock Albums Were Abundant in the Year 1969
November 4, 2019
July 31, 2019
Best Summer Rock Songs from the Sixties and Seventies
June 26, 2019
The 27 Club: A Rock Club That Nobody Joins Willingly
February 19, 2019
Satirical Rock Is About Subversion, Pushing Boundaries
January 29, 2019
Bruce Springsteen Joins Clive Davis at Columbia Records
January 22, 2019
When The Rolling Stones Crossed Over to Atlantic
September 18, 2018
Aretha Franklin Found Greatness with Atlantic R&B Pioneer
August 22, 2018
Joni Mitchell Is Doing Fine, Thank You
June 14, 2018
The Beatles’ Rooftop London Serenade
March 21, 2018
It Was 50 Years Ago Today! Rock Scaled New Heights in 1968
February 8, 2018
The Making of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
January 11, 2018
The Battle for Springsteen Tickets Premieres on Broadway
September 22, 2017
Glen Campbell & ‘The Wrecking Crew’
August 23, 2017
Paul McCartney Gets His Songs Back!
July 14, 2017
Canned Heat: Sex, Drugs & The Blues
March 20, 2017
Neil Young & Lynyrd Skynyrd: The Friendliest of Feuds
August 4, 2016
Jerry Garcia, Owsley & Mountain Girl
March 21, 2016
Abbey Road’s ‘The End’ – A Beatles’ Farewell
February 3, 2016
Fleetwood Mac’s Tour Stirs Memories of the Original Blues Version
November 11, 2015
Spinners Thrived After Motown Exit
August 5, 2015
Pete Townshend’s Politics Are All Over the Map
March 25, 2015
