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Greatest Un-Hits: Graham Parker’s “Local Girls” (1979)

Brian Boone May 18, 2011 1

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

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Soul Serenade: The Trammps, “Hold Back the Night”

Ken Shane February 24, 2011 2

This week Ken Shane brings us a non-disco hit from one of the dance genre's most iconic bands

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Popdose Flashback ’91: Graham Parker, “Struck by Lightning”

Rob Smith February 6, 2011 7

Rob Smith travels back in time to Graham Parker's 1991 album Struck by Lightning, in today's Popdose Flashback

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Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 37

Dave Steed January 26, 2011 9

Be sure to show your AARP card to get access to Bottom Feeders this week. Jimmy Page and Tom Petty bring along both Joe and Steve Perry to the geriatric party.

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Live Music: 2010 Non-CommVention in Philadelphia

Ken Shane June 21, 2010 10

Non-Comm is the annual Triple A radio conference hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, and held at that city’s wonderful venue, World Cafe Live. The conference draws radio programmers from all over the country for

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Cratedigger: Graham Parker & the Rumour, “Squeezing Out Sparks”

Ken Shane March 13, 2010 13

In 1979, following an acrimonious divorce from Mercury Records, Graham Parker & the Rumour released an album that would become a rock and roll classic

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CD Review: Graham Parker, “Imaginary Television”

Dw. Dunphy March 10, 2010 64

Coming from the 1970s UK pub-rock scene, Graham Parker had to slip away from the shadows cast by Nick Lowe, the producer of his first album Howlin’ Wind, and the burgeoning legend of Elvis

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Mix Six: “Thanksgiving”

Ted Asregadoo November 24, 2009 8

DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The thing I love about Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) is that it’s a holiday devoid of the trappings of Christmas. You don’t have to buy gifts for people, no

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 66

Dave Steed August 26, 2009 37

Don't be alarmed, baby -- that tingling you're feeling isn't herpes. It's time for another installment of Bottom Feeders, and this time, Ray Parker, Jr. is here to give it that little extra mmmmmRead More »

The Popdose Guide to Marti Jones

Jon Cummings March 2, 2009 21

To fans of her four albums of marvelous acoustic pop in the mid-to-late ’80s, Marti Jones seemed on the cusp of becoming the next (albeit far hipper) Linda Ronstadt. Jones had inherited La Ronstadt’s

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