Why did so many, when given the chance to speak, let Dylan speak for them?
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Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
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Ken Shane
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Ken Shane recommends some of the year’s best music books
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Superstars, secret stars, rising stars, and a ghost from the past hovering over it all.
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Ken Shane
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The legendary sessions finally get a complete release
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Exhilarating. Emotional. Exhausting. The 2014 Newport Folk Festival.
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Ken Shane
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The Staple Singers let go of the past on this 1975 classic
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Dave Lifton
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This isn’t a proper obituary of Pete Seeger. If that’s what you want, please read Popdose founder Jeff Giles’ beautifully written retrospective over at Ultimate Classic Rock. Instead, I wanted…
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Jack Feerick
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For almost 80 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike. Now Popdose joins the Kirkus Book Bloggers Network to explore…
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Matthew Bolin
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For the second episode of “Songs of Freedom”, Matthew Bolin and Lyana Fernandez focus on the Occupy movement, especially its beginning point at Occupy Wall Street.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane was back at the Newport Folk Festival this year — but this time, he wasn’t just there as a journalist.
Popdose Staff
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Our celebration of AM Gold’s compilation series continues with the first batch of songs from 1963. Hello Beach Boys!
Dw. Dunphy
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Popdose.com presents the Top Ten CCM albums of all-time as determined by Dw. Dunphy.
Jeff Giles
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has always been rooted in tradition, and at this point, the group is a tradition itself — to the point that quite a few of…
Jeff Giles
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Pete Seeger’s unlikely late-career resurgence continues with Live in ’65, Appleseed Recordings’ latest contribution to the folk icon’s vast catalog. Culled from a performance at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall, these…
Ken Shane
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To be honest, I had my doubts about Day Two of Folk Festival 50. First of all, I was still tired from the day one. Next, it appeared that the…
Ken Shane
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The Newport Folk Festival turned 50 over the weekend, and Popdose’s Ken Shane was there. Read his recap of the festival’s first day here.
Kelly Stitzel
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In our new series, Kelly Stitzel and the Popdose staff bring you 27 — count ’em! — versions of the great blues-folk song “Stagger Lee.”
Dw. Dunphy
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Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel gave the world something that has never been fully recognized, I think. Now, I enjoy folk music and several of its most recognizable proponents, but…
Jeff Giles
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I’ve been waiting for this to show up on YouTube since the night it aired. Hallelujah: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/O4yKFsanqSo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
Jeff Giles
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song purchase this DVD (Amazon) You need to see this movie. He’s happily existed on the outskirts of the pop culture landscape for the last…
Jeff Giles
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Ah, the fourth quarter. It isn’t as much of an event as it used to be, but even as the music industry crumbles to dust before our very eyes, artists…
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