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Popdose On Kirkus Reviews: Def Jam And The Last Days Of The Record Labels
Rizzoli celebrates the anniversary of the legendary Def Jam label...with a book that could crush a small animal
Read More »Rob Smith Can’t Say No: Josh Groban, “Hidden Away”
Rob Smith Can't Say No to finding the answer to the ages-old question: Do they play Josh Groban music in Hell
Read More »CD Review: Johnny Cash, “American VI: Ain’t No Grave”
The sixth and final chapter in the American Recordings collaborations between Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin is a direct conversation between a man and his maker
Read More »Popdose Flashback ’90: The Black Crowes, “Shake Your Money Maker”
A favorite trope among the British Invasion bands of the ’60s was the notion that they took the R&B, country and early rock music that America had exported during the ’50s, put it all
Read More »The Third Day of Mellowmas: The Return of Diamondmas
Neil Diamond hates the holidays almost as much as he hates you, and Jason Hare and Jeff Giles have found the audio proof
Read More »CD Review: Avett Brothers, “I and Love and You”
Last summer when I saw the Avett Brothers at the Newport Folk Festival, they were a charming, energetic, ragtag bunch of guys dressed in white shirts and vests with skinny black ties. This summer,
Read More »Popdose Flashback: The Cult, “Sonic Temple”
Things should have been going swimmingly for The Cult. Their album Electric had succeeded in becoming the biker-rock record they hoped it would be – raw, straight-ahead and helmed by a fledgling production wunderkind
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