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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 28
Ready to wrap up our discussion of Time-Life's "AM Gold: 1968"? Too bad, we're going to talk about "American Pie" instead
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Soundtrack Saturday: “Pretty in Pink”
Soundtrack Saturday fans rejoice! Kelly Stitzel is reposting some of the most popular, most requested Soundtrack Saturday columns as a gift to you this holiday season. First up, John Hughes's classic Pretty in PinkRead More »
Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date (and No Date) Tonight
Get your Friday night date night songs here. Two songs for the soundtrack of your date tonight are served fresh and hot out of the oven each week for your pleasure. For all
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Soul Serenade: Otis Redding, Wardell Quezergue, Stax Reissues
Otis Redding would have turned 70 tomorrow. The great New Orleans musician Wardell Quezergue died this week. Ken Shane pays tribute to both artists
Read More »Soul Serenade: Stax Remasters Series (Win the Set!)
The Stax label released many of the seminal records in soul music history. The Stax Remasters series launches next week. We have a set for one lucky reader
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 »In Through the Out Door: Cover Songs We Heard Before the Classic Originals
No classic song deserves to be heard after the cover versions that followed it -- but hey, the world ain't fair
Read More »CD Review: Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere, “Midnight Flyer”
You know these guys, at least you know their work. Between them, Steve Cropper and Felix Cavaliere were complicit in the creation of dozens of hit records in the ’60s and early ’70s. Guitarist
Read More »CD Review: Otis Redding, “Live On the Sunset Strip”
By the time a 24 year-old Otis Redding arrived in Los Angeles in 1966 for appearances that included a Hollywood Bowl show with Donovan, Sonny & Cher, and the Mamas & the Papas, and
Read More »Popdose Tribute: Jim Marshall, Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographer (1936-2010)
Scott Malchus pens a bittersweet farewell to famed photographer Jim Marshall, who passed away this week
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