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Desert Island Discs With John Common

Desert Island Discs With John Common

Popdose Staff January 4, 2012 0

A little classical, a little jazz, a little Leonard Cohen...singer/songwriter John Common gives us his five Desert Island Discs

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Soundtrack Saturday: “Scrooged”

Soundtrack Saturday: “Scrooged”

Kelly Stitzel December 24, 2011 31

Kelly Stitzel revisits another post from A Soundtrack Saturday Christmas, this time the Bill Murray classic, ScroogedRead More »

A Fan’s Notes: Speaking With Shelby Lynne

A Fan’s Notes: Speaking With Shelby Lynne

Ken Shane October 28, 2011 1

Last week Ken Shane had the opportunity to speak with Shelby Lynne about her new record Revelation Road, the most personal album of her career

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Desert Island Discs with Van Hunt

Desert Island Discs with Van Hunt

Popdose Staff October 25, 2011 0

Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Van Hunt has been one of the music industry’s best kept secrets for almost a decade now. Starting his career writing songs for and with artists like Dionne Farris and Rahsaan Patterson, and

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The Weekly Mixtape: 3/4/11 (Five-Star Jazz)

Chris Holmes March 4, 2011 16

This week's Popdose mixtape, presented by Chris Holmes, offers up 20 of the greatest jazz songs ever recorded

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Desert Island Discs with Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies

Matt Wardlaw January 26, 2011 4

We’re honored to have Cowboy Junkies guitarist Michael Timmins as our guest for today’s edition of Desert Island Discs. The Junkies are currently celebrating the digital release of their latest offering Demons (physical copies

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CD Review: Miles Davis, “Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Edition”

Ken Shane August 31, 2010 2

Miles Davis once quipped that he had changed the course of jazz “four or five times.” If you know anything about jazz, and I don’t profess to know much, you know that it was

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Cratedigger: Joni Mitchell, “The Hissing of Summer Lawns”

Ken Shane April 24, 2010 5

Joni Mitchell is a long-time member of my personal pantheon. It’s a short list of artists who I revere not just for what they produce, but for the journey that informs their work, for

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Sugar Water: There’s Always a Riot Goin’ On

Robert Cass October 30, 2009 19

The following piece originally appeared as an entry in Popdose’s Most Disturbing Halloween EVER! series. “Everyday People” entered the Billboard Top 40 on January 4, 1969. Six weeks later it was the number-one song

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The Popdose Interview: Paul Shaffer

Will Harris October 27, 2009 5

More than just the guy who plays keyboards for David Letterman, Paul Shaffer is really one of the more underrated musical icons of the last 35 years -- something illustrated in Shaffer's new autobiography,

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