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Leslie Liberatore
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A Fleetwood Mac backed date night and a badass from the Swedish land. Do you remember, my love?
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Mike Heyliger
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Anita Baker skates through Jheri Curl Fridays this week with her hit “Same Ole Love.”
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Michael Parr
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What embarrassing tracks are lurking in your library? Hit shuffle and share with this week’s Friday Five!
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J.A. Bartlett
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Many of us have favorite stories we return to again and again. Even though we know the characters, the incidents, and how the whole thing turns out, there’s something about…
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Ken Shane
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Over 100 classic soul tracks informed by Ken Shane’s weekly Soul Serenade column.
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Alicia Gallagher
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Just recently in Brooklyn’s own Prospect Park was the premiere of what may become the annual Great Googa Mooga festival. The intended vibe of the event was to be akin…
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Popdose Staff
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If there was any doubt that disco was quickly gaining traction in America in 1974, witness two of the three chart-topping songs highlighted this week. And then check out “Seasons in the Sun” so we don’t have to again.
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J.A. Bartlett
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A commenter on a recent post about Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey” suggested that in the pantheon of the World’s Worst Songs, “the fruit doesn’t hang any lower.” I beg to differ,…
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Popdose Staff
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Being trapped on a desert island is a bit scary, so the members of rock band Wild Adriatic approached their DID piece a little differently. Read on to check out what the band members had to say!
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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith Can’t Say No to Kenny G’s Indian collaboration record, “Namaste.”
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Michael Fortes
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Chrystian Rawk gives an unlikely chamber pop treatment to a punk classic by Rancid. What?
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Jeff Giles
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If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t a fair question, but that hasn’t stopped us from asking music fans who happen to be recording artists in their own right. This edition of
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Popdose Staff
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Conor Mulroy shares the writing method behind his latest LP, “Foxfire.”
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Popdose Staff
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If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Andy Elwell makes his picks.
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Dan Walsh
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Folk/Celtic/Rock/Gypsy/Americana/Klezmer Washington DC based band, Scythian, are set to release a new album It’s Not Too Late in July. Like a lot of independent bands, Scythian’s latest release was done…
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Mike Duquette
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Blame the ever-widening gulfs between how music is made and consumed, but there just aren’t many great “before they were stars” stories in pop music these days. I’m not talking…
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Dave Steed
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Dave Steed takes a look at the minor hits from Enya, Enigma and um, Bill Engvall?
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Leslie Liberatore
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Squeeze your squeeze while your listening to Squeeze tonight, daters. Mix it up, buttercup. Add a dash of Al Green and you’re shaking a full cocktail of love and loveless tonight.
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Mike Heyliger
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The latest installment of Jheri Curl Fridays pays tribute to CHAKAKHAN CHAKAKHAN’s stunning rendition of Prince’s “I Feel For You.” Everybody now! CHAKAKHAN. CHAKAKHAN.
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Jeff Giles
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The Woody Guthrie centennial is coming up, and we’re celebrating with music.
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Michael Parr
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On your mark! Get Set! Shuffle! Join in this week’s Friday Five.
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Kelly Stitzel
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On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Kelly Stitzel revisits Deee-Lite’s sophomore effort, Infinity Within.
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J.A. Bartlett
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If you like music and you like to write, challenge yourself with this task: Say something fresh about Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. When the album’s 40th anniversary was celebrated…
Keith Creighton
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My favorite album of the 2011, by a landslide, was only recently released in the United States. I ordered it last May from Amazon.co.uk and it was worth every pound….
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Popdose Staff
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The Popdose staff weighs in on the departure of vocalist Geoff Tate from venerable progressive metal band QueensrÁ¿che.
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Ken Shane
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The O’Jays are best known as a hit-making trio, but they started as a quintet, and had one of their earliest hits as a quartet.
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Jeff Giles
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While Paul Simon’s Graceland celebrates its 25th anniversary, a group of musicians rediscovers the bonds between Appalachia and Nepal.