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Greatest Un-Hits: Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run” (1988)

Greatest Un-Hits: Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run” (1988)

Brian Boone February 8, 2012 3

Carly Simon's song from Working Girl was the first Oscar-winning song in a decade not to be a smash hit, and also it was by the iconic Carly Simon. What gives

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Please Excuse Me While I Make Some Noise: 10 Rock Songs by Artists Who Do Not Rock

Please Excuse Me While I Make Some Noise: 10 Rock Songs by Artists Who Do Not Rock

Jeff Giles October 31, 2011 19

Sometimes it's just better to stay mellow

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The Popdose Podcast: Episode 18

The Popdose Podcast: Episode 18

Jason Hare May 27, 2011 2

Fandom: what does it mean, who inspires it, and where will you go in its name? We have some thoughts on the subject, and you'll hear 'em on Episode 18 of The Popdose Podcast!Read More »

The Popdose Interview: Christopher Cross

Will Harris May 3, 2011 0

He's gone sailing, ridden like the wind, and been caught between the moon and New York City. Now, Christopher Cross is back with a new album: "Doctor Faith."

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The Popdose Interview: Session Bass Legend Joe Chemay

Jeff Giles March 22, 2011 0

After a few years of plundering my parents’ vinyl collection and taping songs off the radio, I finally got around to buying my first cassette in late 1985. This was it: I don’t really

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Friday Night Videos!: Christmas Eve Edition

Popdose Staff December 24, 2010 2

The Popdose Staff thought that the best way to celebrate the second to last day of Mellowmas was to set the DeLorean back to the glam year of 1980, virtually the dawn of music

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The Ninth Day of Mellowmas: Growlymas

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 9, 2009 15

Chances are, we'll never hear Tom Waits doing an album of bluegrass carols -- but if that day never comes, here's the next best thing

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CD Review: George Benson, “Songs and Stories”

Robert Cass August 25, 2009 2

Four years ago GRP/Verve released Best of George Benson Live, recorded at a concert the veteran jazz guitarist and singer gave in Belfast, Ireland, in 2000. The set drew mainly from the 1976-’81 period

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Song-Off Jr.: Sailing

Matchup Monkey June 15, 2009 11

This week’s Song-Off is dedicated to Zac Sunderland, a California teen who’s about to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. He departed from Marina Del Rey last year on June

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 20

Dave Steed August 13, 2008 25

I turned on the radio the other day for the first time in months and the first thing I heard was “more music, less talk,” so that’s what we’re going with this week. Well,

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