There was a lot of new music released this year. Ken Shane wades through it all to find a handful of albums with real staying power.
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Ken Shane is a writer, musician, and proud son of New Jersey, now living in Rhode Island. In addition to writing about music for Popdose, Ken has contributed to The…
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David Ruffin was not the only Temptation who went on to solo success
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Jimmy Ruffin’s biggest hit is a Motown classic
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Ken Shane looks back on the many memorable events of 1968, including the release of a classic Simon & Garfunkel album.
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Ken Shane recommends some of the year’s best music books
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Ken Shane pays tribute to Percy Sledge, the great Southern soul singer who we lost this week
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Popdose Staffers Robert Ross, Ken Shane, and Dw Dunphy; and syndicated D.J. Dave “the Rave” Kapulsky take a look at the genius behind The Left Banke, who passed away mid-March 2015.
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Ken Shane’s favorite albums of 2014
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Ken Shane pays tribute to the legendary Gerry Goffin
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Ken Shane’s annual Holiday Gift Guide
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Ken Shane interviews one of America’s greatest songwriters
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Ken Shane sits down with newly rediscovered superstar Sixto Rodriguez
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Ken Shane counts his blessings with a little help from Sam & Dave
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Over 100 classic soul tracks informed by Ken Shane’s weekly Soul Serenade column.
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The Delfonics left us with many indelible hits, but it’s a more obscure B-side that Ken Shane recalls as he celebrates the second birthday of Soul Serenade.
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Shelby Lynne has been out on the road promoting last year’s fine album “Revelation Road.” Ken Shane was there when the tour hit Fall River, MA.
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Columbia Records released the debut album from Bob Dylan 50 years ago today. An appreciation from Ken Shane.
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Believe it or not, the Miracles only had one #1 hit while Smokey Robinson was their singer. Ken Shane recalls “The Tears of a Clown.”
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Right in the middle of their epic hit making career, Earth, Wind & Fire delivered one of the most indelible singles of all time. Ken Shane remembers “September”
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Isaac Hayes and David Porter wrote a string of hits for Sam & Dave in the ’60s. Ken Shane recalls perhaps the greatest of them all.
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The world of soul, R&B, and funk lost three of its greatest artists last week. Ken Shane remembers Etta James, Johnny Otis, and Jimmy Castor.
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Jerry Butler has had a lot of hits over the course of his illustrious career, but it was a lesser-known 1967 single that found a place in Ken Shane’s heart.
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On a recent Saturday night Ken Shane caught a set by Trombone Shorty in RI. It was hot, it was sweaty, it was funky.
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