In recent years, Detroit has become infamous for its epidemic of dilapidation and, to be frank, ruin porn. But going under the surface, what makes Detroit so fascinating is its…
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It was a little under two years ago guitarist-turned-oncologist Karen Haglof released her initial bow, Western Holiday. That album was the soundtrack to my trip through Georgia and now, she’s…
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Chicago has just been an endless wealth of musical riches for the last two years with new bands/performers cropping up regularly (certainly to this writer) and here again is a…
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Natalie Cole emerged from a large shadow to become a star in her own right
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Ann Logue
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Before there was rock, there was country. And before there was country, there was an ad placed in the Bristol Herald Courier on Sunday, July 24, 1927. The Clark-Jones-Sheeley Company,…
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From the opening of “Black Taxi Car”, there is a fair amount of “real American” inflections of Brett Newski’s music – a little Springsteen, a little Mellencamp, a little Fogerty. …
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Since the last year-plus saw the return (in a big way) of early ’80’s British post-punk legends The Pop Group, it’s only fitting that more long-lost pieces of their puzzle…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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You’d probably recognize Billy Crain’s guitar before you’d recognize him. That’s not a slight against Crain; on the contrary, he’s shared the spotlight with the Dixie Chicks, the Outlaws, and…
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Ten years is a long time between albums for anyone; it’s a lifetime in music. But the forthcoming new album from Bob Hillman, Lost Soul, will have been well worth…
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Another group of solid songs featuring Eskobar, Galactic, Chaos Emeralds, and Matthew Logan Vasquez
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Typhoid Rosie, rising like a phoenix straight outta Brooklyn, recalls a feistier rock & roll yesteryear when the likes of Joan Jett, Suzi Quatro and Kim Carnes ruled the charts instead of…
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This new album from Bob Woodruff is only his fourth in a 22-year recording career and it’s a fine statement as to what patience and skill in songwriting can do. …
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Ken Shane
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The Fantastic Johnny C scored with a funky hit in ’67
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Despite hailing from Spain, Stormy Mondays have completed some ultra-American milestones: sharing a mic with Bruce Springsteen (in New Jersey, no less), playing at one incarnation of the Woodstock festival,…
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Rob Ross
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J.D. Souther’s debut solo album could (at least the argument is there) be looked at as the “lost Eagles album” – between the debut and the more countrified Desperado. But…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Lots of music lovers would declare soul dead, or at least convalescing. (Unless you count artists like Bruno Mars who meld soul with funk, pop, and hip-hop.) Lots of artists…
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I’m not going to pretend to be cool, professional or objective – this album is simply stunning. And for all the right reasons. If you could find a single place…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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For singer-songwriter Matt Lande, creativity was borne from heartbreak. After losing two of his close friends to cancer, Lande channeled his devastation into a new collection of songs called Glow, of…
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A few months ago, Popdose introduced you to a new band from Memphis, Elder. Since that time, they’ve changed their name to VAS and have begun recording their debut lp. …
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Quite a formidable pairing (hmmmm…) – Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony and Gary Louris of The Jayhawks team up on a knockout project now known as Au Pair (“oh,…
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Dw. Dunphy
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…as in, he wishes he could get some time with his wife.
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Ken Shane
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The world lost a musical giant when Maurice White died last week at 74
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Confessedly, I’ve been a fan of Brett Harris’ since I first saw him perform at the Big Star Third concert in Central Park, New York in 2013, never mind the fact…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Singer-songwriter navigates love and loss without doing disservice to either.
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No sooner than we delivered our review of Sultans Of String’s latest album, Subcontinental Drift, Popdose is pleased to premiere here the newest video for the track “Journey To Freedom”,…
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Cait Brennan has an amazing story. One of conquering incredible odds of gender identity, disease, abuse and homelessness, getting her shit together, rising up, becoming a stellar live performer and…
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Five years on as a band, this group from Chicago now take on an ambitious project – a five-song E.P. and a ten-track album in the span of five months. …