October 5, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Big Mama Thornton was a seminal figure in the development of rock and roll but she's never gotten her due...
August 24, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Radiants were a Chicago group that deserved more success than they had...
February 11, 2016• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The world lost a musical giant when Maurice White died last week at 74...
May 28, 2015• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
All of the Kings of the blues guitar are gone now. We lost Freddie King back in 1976, and then Albert King in 1992. The most renowned...
May 22, 2015• Concert Reviews, Music
Well, he owed Toronto this much! No, Prince Rogers Nelson does not really owe anything to anyone, of course, but after speculation and...
October 16, 2013• A Fan's Notes, Concert Reviews, Music
Two music legends unite in a remarkable collaboration...
May 22, 2013• Podcast, Songs of Freedom
The sixth episode of Songs of Freedom focuses on the subject of cultural — especially musical — appropriation, using the inexplicable...
December 17, 2012• CD Reviews, Music
Taking it back to where the legend began, Epic makes a Legacy of Texas Flood....
December 31, 2011• Film, Soundtrack Saturday
The last of the Soundtrack Saturday reruns revisits one of the column's first posts, about the John Cusack classic Better Off Dead....
November 24, 2011• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
On a Thanksgiving night 35 years ago tomorrow, the Band bid farewell at The Last Waltz. Among the show's many highlights was Van Morrison's...
August 29, 2011• Music, Parlour to Parlour
Hailing from Oakland, California, Quinn DeVeaux talks about the hybrid of gospel, blues and R&B that he calls blue beat in this month's...
February 14, 2011• Music
You have no idea what you're missing. That's what Judd Marcello's here for. He says Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble is a rare musical...
June 5, 2010• Cratedigger, Music
In 1965, one of the most highly regarded blues bands ever assembled coalesced around harmonica genius Paul Butterfield. Their first album...
November 26, 2009• Mojo's Cold Shot, Music
Each Thanksgiving at the Flucke household, we have a special tradition where we open up the mojo bag and drop in some new gris-gris,...
September 17, 2009• Mojo's Cold Shot, Music
One of the many things I love about Popdose is our collective freedom to write different kinds of posts: Sometimes you gets yourself a Cold...
August 6, 2009• Mojo's Cold Shot, Music
Mojo Flucke has returned from an unexplained disappearance, still woozy from a cold shot of '60s blues powerhouse Super Session....
April 29, 2009• Music, Popdose Interviews
One of rock's most distinctive and respected keyboard players, Ian McLagan has appeared on a long list of hits by other artists -- and he's...
March 5, 2009• Mojo's Cold Shot, Music
Last summer, I gave y’alls a Cephas & Wiggins Cold Shot that had no news peg, no current-events hook that made it relevant to...
February 9, 2009• Lost MP3 of the Week, Music
Being an obsessive music hoarder has its drawbacks. The questions of, “How often do I really listen to ______ ?” and all those...
October 20, 2008• Hooks 'N' You, Music, Popdose Interviews
When you hear the name “Don Dixon,” you’re probably more likely to think of him in terms of his production career than...
