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Ken Shane
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I’ve written about the Exciters before in this column, back in 2013. But that story was more of a reminiscence about my first band and a song called “Do-Wah-Diddy” that…
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Rob Ross
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Popdose is pleased to present to you this lyric video from singer-songwriter Rebecca Loebe, “Tattoo” – a piece about what we leave behind when relationships end. It’s one of the…
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Ken Shane
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There is no doubt that Atlantic Records played a huge role in exposing a wider audience to the sound of Rhythm & Blues. The label, which was founded by jazz…
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Rob Ross
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From a quiet cafe to a calming coast, acclaimed Aussie singer-songwriter Mark Wilkinson is searching nearly everywhere for healing – from the heartbreak of lost love on his melancholic…
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Keith Creighton
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Beth // James is an indie folk pop duo from Austin, Texas, a city where one can imagine 70 percent of the population is a member of an indie folk pop…
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Ken Shane
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The summer of 1966. I spent it on the beach and Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Incredible music poured out of tinny sounding transistor radio speakers everywhere I went. The…
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Keith Creighton
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In the year 2019, some 33 & 1/3 years after they started (give or take), The Reverend Horton Heat is bigger than ever. This past November, Victory Records released the…
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Ken Shane
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I chose this week’s song with some trepidation. It has been on my list of prospective features for a long time. The obvious reason is that on its surface, this…
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Keith Creighton
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While it’s safe to say most of us want to forget all about 2018, there are hundreds of incredible albums by stellar artists across the complete spectrum of genres that…
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David Medsker
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The idea came, as a lot of my ideas do, from a Duran Duran song. Do I have enough songs to do a full show about dreams? As I quickly…
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Ken Shane
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Happy New Year! During the holidays I decided to determine once and for all how long I’ve been writing this column. I searched the Popdose archives for that first column…
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Ken Shane
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Let’s face it, 2018 was not a very good year. The nation seemed to become even more divided and at times it felt like the whole world was about to…
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Keith Creighton
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Popdose is proud to present the world video premiere of DR King’s new single, “Gravedigger.”
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Ken Shane
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Alright, I admit it. There’s more Philly Soul covered in this column than music from any other soul capitol. There are a few reasons for that, the primary one being…
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Dan Walsh
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Led by Wilco’s Patrick Sansone on piano, Schoepp and his band become another link in this song’s chain.
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Ken Shane
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Some glorious Philadelphia soul preceded the glory years of Philly Soul
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Keith Creighton
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Friends, robots, Kardashians, lend me your ears. Remember the days when you didn’t rely on a streaming algorithm to turn you onto new music? That’s right, back when your parents,…
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Ken Shane
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The Clovers long, distinguished career began in 1946 and hasn’t ended yet
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Ted Asregadoo
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Fleetwood Mac delivers a solid performance at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA
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Ken Shane
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Two years after the Five Stairsteps brought a song of hope to the Top 10 the Edwin Hawkins Singers brought their gospel soul to it
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Matt Wardlaw
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We caught up with Matthew to talk about the vinyl reissues of his ’90s catalog plus the special Record Store Day release that will be out on November 24th.
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Douglas Esper
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We spoke with Adrian to get the scoop on his new Faith No More book, some tips and song suggestions for non-FNM fans and lots more.
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Keith Creighton
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One of my fondest memories from the fall of 2016, before the autumn of life as we knew it, was writing up the first POPDOSE profile of Hailey Knox. Back then,…
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Ken Shane
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Gene Chandler’s career spanned the years from doo-wop to disco with lots of hits in between
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Ken Shane
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“Drift Away” was a smash in 1973 and then again 30 years later
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Jack Feerick
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You don’t need me to tell you. You can see it with your own eyes. You don’t need me to tell you that everything we warned of, everything we feared,…
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Ken Shane
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Do you remember when you first fell in love with Philly Soul? For me, it was in 1968 because that was the year when the Delfonics’ “La La Means I…
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Ken Shane
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By 1978, Brian Eno had already changed the face of art rock with his production and collaboration on David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, as well as “invention” of ambient music. He…
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Ken Shane
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Otis Rush died recently but not before leaving a lasting blues and soul legacy