Popdose presents the premiere of “Engadine”, from a new entry into the rock & roll fray, Television City. Television City is a Detroit roots rock band led by the songwriting…
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Bill Medley wrote a moderate hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1963. Three years later, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels made it a smash.
This oft-covered Christmas hit had its origins in the late 1940s
Indie pop/rock songwriter presents latest track “Narcissus.”
I do a set of cover songs that may make the writer of both songs call me a wanker. One can only hope, anyway.
(Archive.) The names of bands and individuals have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved. March 2016 Sometimes, when I’m depressed, I enter online contests. The prizes are…
Lenny Welch was on his way to a big career until fate intervened
As news broke that Trump was rescinding Department of Justice guidelines to protect transgender students, I was immediately swept back in time, to the 1970’s and 80’s, when I was…
Greetings and welcome to CHART ATTACK!, the long-defunct-but-now-resurrected series where we take a look back at a Billboard Top 10 chart from yesteryear, and try to remember what we loved about…
Rob Smith reviews recent music from elder statesmen Ian Hunter and Willie Nelson in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
Your friends are liars., your family in pieces, and your country is confused. What do you do next?
Two weeks ago today, I was sitting in the Fort Lauderdale airport, and my biggest concern was whether or not I’d make it home for my son’s Cub Scout sleepover…
Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
Celebrating the joys of the season with Otis Redding
2016 was a bad year for musicians, but a good year for music books
If you have a music lover in your life and he or she already has (or has no interest in) Bruce Springsteen’s lengthy memoir Born to Run, there were quite…
Popdose hosts the exclusive premiere of the new video from Rick Barry
We were back in Columbia for the 10th year of Roots N Blues N BBQ! Annie Zaleski shares some highlights from this year’s fun at the fest.
Welcome once again to the Popdose Labor Day Mixtape, our annual curated playlist of music and songs about work, economics, and the dubious joys to be found in the Hobbesian…
Singer/songwriter Ben Arthur is our guest this week on the podcast. He plays a couple of songs live and tells us all about his new album.
Roads can take you anywhere, but they have a funny way of bringing you around to the same spots now and then. You pass through these hubs and junctions on…
Rob Smith explores Jackson Browne’s three finest albums in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
It seems that there are a number of musicians in NJ with the name Anthony D’Amato, or something similar enough to make it uncomfortable for all of the Anthonys. So…
Natalie Cole emerged from a large shadow to become a star in her own right
From the opening of “Black Taxi Car”, there is a fair amount of “real American” inflections of Brett Newski’s music – a little Springsteen, a little Mellencamp, a little Fogerty. …
To kick off 2016 in high style, Popdose proudly premieres the latest video from one of our favorite bands. Ideal listening for fans of New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen and The…
After running down the best 2015 albums from classic rockers and taking a look at the rock/pop and country/rootsrecords you don’t want to miss from the past year, you’d think…
Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies drops by to discuss Notes Falling Slow, the band’s new box set, their return to touring and the early days of the group.
Give 50 music writers a forum to tout their top 50 albums of the year and you’ll probably see 45 or so unique bands and albums on every person’s list. You’ll immediately…