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Greatest Un-Hits: Paul McCartney’s “Young Boy” (1997)
The Beatles are kind of always in the not-distant background, as they are the goddamn Beatles. But every five years or so, there’s a major resurgence in Beatles interest, popularity, and nostalgia. It generally
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When Good Albums Happen to Bad People: Jackson Browne, “Late for the Sky”
Jackson Browne, who is known in rock circles as the dashing, sensitive, and politically-oriented sage (or sex-god) of the Laurel Canyon music scene, is also known for a troubled history with women
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The Very Guest of … Bill Frisell
Guitarist Bill Frisell, the jazz guy, issues a terrific tribute to John Lennon today, titled All We Are Saying. But this isn’t, you know, his first intersection with rock music
Read More »Popdose Roundtable: Artists We Used to Love (And Why We Stopped Loving Them)
The Popdose staff sits down for an in-depth discussion of how much it hurts to break up with a favorite artist
Read More »Soul Serenade: The Staple Singers, “I’ll Take You There”
Ken Shane will be covering the Newport Folk Festival for Popdose again this weekend. Among the artists he looks forward to seeing is soul legend Mavis Staples
Read More »Greatest Un-Hits: Graham Parker’s “Local Girls” (1979)
Not that it’s a bad thing at all, but Graham Parker sounds almost exactly like Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, the Jam, and Marshall Crenshaw. Parker had been toiling as a quirky and
Read More »CD Review: Paul Simon, “So Beautiful or So What”
We've come to expect great songwriting from Paul Simon. Ken Shane thinks that his new album is his best in a long time, and the finest album of the year so far
Read More »Live Music: Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announced
Last night, the lineup for the 2011 Newport Folk Festival was announced at a live event in Cambridge,
Read More »Cratedigger: David Ackles, “American Gothic”
David Ackles released his masterpiece, "American Gothic," in 1972. Critics loved it, but the public didn't get it. Ken Shane remembers this lost classic
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