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Soundtrack Saturday: “Better Off Dead”
The last of the Soundtrack Saturday reruns revisits one of the column's first posts, about the John Cusack classic Better Off DeadRead More »
Soul Serenade: The Band (With Van Morrison), “Caravan”
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 scintillating rendition of "Caravan."
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Parlour to Parlour, Episode 33: Quinn DeVeaux
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 Parlour to Parlour
Read More »Turn-Ons: Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble — Once You Get It, You Can’t Forget It
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 experience you must not miss.
Read More »Cratedigger: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, “The Paul Butterfield Blues Band”
In 1965, one of the most highly regarded blues bands ever assembled coalesced around harmonica genius Paul Butterfield. Their first album for Elektra Records remains a genre classic
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Giving Thanks for Mojo Workin’
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, playing Dr. John and Professor Longhair while we’re doing it,
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Bo Diddley, “Drive By: Tales From the Funk Dimension”
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 Shot related to some bit of blues news, or
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Super Session Live at the Fillmore East
Mojo Flucke has returned from an unexplained disappearance, still woozy from a cold shot of '60s blues powerhouse Super Session
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Ian McLagan
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 got an excellent new album out, all of which
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: John Cephas, 1930-2009
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 that time, just a nice little cut to get you
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