Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Sixty One Sixty one shows and the hits keep on coming as the world turns… listen in as Jon and Rob…
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Rob Ross has been, for good, bad or indifferent, involved in the music industry for over 30 years - first as guitarist/singer/songwriter with The Punch Line, then as freelance journalist, producer and manager to working for independent and major record labels. He resides in Staten Island, New York with his wife and cats; he works out a lot, reads voraciously, loves Big Star and his orange Gretsch. Doesn't that make him neat?
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The Claudettes fuse Chicago piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk and the sultriness of ’60’s soul to write a thrilling new chapter in American roots music….
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From the opening notes of singer/songwriter/guitarist Arkansas Dave’s debut album, you’re first thinking “am I listening to an old Molly Hatchet record?” but quickly, you realize there’s a lot here…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Sixty Sixty shows is no small number; a lot of thought and work goes into assembling these podcasts and you can…
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It’s no secret how much Popdose likes Lisa Said. And it should come as no surprise that this first E.P. with her new band, Piramid Scheme, is on par with…
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A worthwhile history lesson: Wreckless Eric is Mr. Eric Goulden. His recording career began in 1977 with the enduring ”Whole Wide World”. He was one of the original Stiffs, alongside…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Nine A new intensity and depth is now surging the direction forward of Radio City… and this 59th instalment is…
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It goes without saying Chris Stamey is one of my favorite songwriters/musicians. Having fallen under the spell of The dB’s from 1981 onward, the band he formed in New York…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Eight Even being waylaid by illness doesn’t stop these fine reporters/radio personalities from doing their jobs and in this latest…
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It’s a little difficult to be completely objective after watching New Wave: Dare To Be Different, the story of WLIR radio, from Long Island. I listened to the station religiously…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Seven While this episode is later than usual, due to illness, our brave and fearless reporters still tackle an amazing…
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This is really good. I mean REALLY GOOD. This second album from The Shelleye Valauskas Experience, History Of Panic, which is anchored by singer-guitarist Ms. Valausakas and Mr. Dean Falcone…
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Chris Hillman co-founded some of the most classic, seminal, groundbreaking acts of the ’60s and ’70s – namely The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, and The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. But…
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Vivian Leva’s voice is the sound of living tradition. Raised by parents who absorbed ancient tunes and ballads during visits to legendary old-time musicians, Ms. Leva grew up steeped in…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Six Veering between the joyful abandon of a comedic podcast and the real-life, serious issues that affect us all, Jon…
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This is very exciting – certainly to me. Yung Wu was a Feelies side project with one classic album, Shore Leave, on Steve Fallon’s Coyote Records in 1987, which I…
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Singer Nina June is releasing her global debut album, Bon Voyage, the result of a 3 year long journey that began in a home studio in Amsterdam, going through France…
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A songwriter, guitarist, bluesman, interpreter and performer for more than 50 years, Chris Smither has proven himself an American original. Recorded at the gorgeous Blue Rock Studios in Texas’ hill…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Five (doin’ double nickels on the dime – we jam econo…) After losing the original episode 54, there were…
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In the same methodical way she takes apart engines and makes them roadworthy again, Erica Blinn constructs American rock songs, one earnest melody at a time. She forces Midwestern air…
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Let’s begin by making clear a disclaimer: this is not an easy book, by any means. Deanna M. Lehman’s Kinderwhore is one of the most harrowing things I’ve ever read,…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Four With the widening audience/following behind Radio City, the topics expand and there’s no shortage in conversation on this latest…
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Jeffrey Gaines is a name you should be familiar with because he’s been putting out thoughtful, soul-clenching, highly personal and rewarding music for over 25 years. Alright is his first…
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Hailing from the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, RVG — more formally, but less frequently, the Romy Vager Group — self-released their debut full-length, A Quality Of Mercy, in early…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Three Rob and Jon kick off year two without slowing down – and because there is no shortage of…
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Popdose is pleased to introduce Swedish electronic pop singer Emma-Lee Andersson, who goes by the moniker BELLHOUSE. She’s just released her own dose of pop goodness with her new single,…
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More a “mini-album” than full-length (but I won’t split hairs here), Unbreakable is the very powerful and touching debut from Ali McManus, a 21-year old singer-songwriter/pianist/guitarist from Detroit. It says…
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As you know, Popdose loves Lisa Said, the singer/songwriter/guitarist who knocked us out with her debut album and E.P. over the last year and a half. So we are both…
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Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross: Episode Fifty Two Ladies and gentlemen… the big one! Radio City With Jon Grayson & Rob Ross is officially 1 year…