Bobby Marchan’s unusual career reached a high point with his 1960 hit
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In music’s new frontier, one genre stands as what might become the hottest (and quite possibly only) way to make a living as a creator: video games. Despite Germany’s Chris…
Originally the driving force behind the Jersey Shore’s Snowball 37, this wonderful new track has been released by David Fagan, songwriter/singer extraordinaire. The album Declasse, from Snowball 37, was a…
Lots of musicians claim the title of “artist,” but few really walk the walk. Pat Campo, pop/rock artist from Los Angeles, lives the credo so devoutly, however, that he has…
There has been a great deal written/talked/whispered about the long-awaited, highly-anticipated return of Emitt Rhodes, with good reason. His long-out-of-print albums (four, from the early ’70’s) are considered musical prizes…
Miami EDM/pop artist and producer Vein, otherwise known as Gavriel Rafael Aminov, counts Pitbull, Ashanti, Belinda, Enrique Iglesias, J Balvin, Jay Sean, Leona Lewis, Red Foo (LMFAO) and Robin Thicke…
Back in 2014, I told you about Paul Maged, a socially conscious rocker with an edge and a bone to pick. His new single, “The Wild,” kicks it up a…
Okay, I’ll admit it: I’m a sucker for pop-punk. I would go so far to say one of my favorite bands ever is Green Day. So when a band takes that…
Popdose presents the exclusive lyric video premiere for “Over My Head,” by Edison + Belle.
Not new to any scene; in fact, been missing in action for over a decade, Freakwater return with their new album, Scheherazade. A crushing, 12-track collection, this album sees and…
The Brooklyn five-piece returns with a hook-filled second album, Good Grief.
Latimore scored with his Miami soul hit in 1974
While San Antonio’s March Divide is really driven by singer/songwriter Jared Putnam, the sound is very much that of a band, which is never an easy thing when you’re doing…
Eighteen year old Irish native Rosie Carney delivers this new track to the Popdose stable, “Better Man”, along with its accompanying video. In advance of her appearances at this year’s…
You absolutely have to love when an artist like Edward Rogers delivers a new album because he gives you a complete package – thoughtful, image-laden lyrics, almost always thematically unified,…
The pure-pop of Matthews’ debut “It’s Heavy In Here” is back. Popdose discusses this and more.
When is a cover more than a cover? It seems like the mere act of reinterpreting another artist or band’s work is frowned upon or seen as either an easy…
Though Hot Rumour has only been a tangible unit for, oh, four months, the three members have enough musical cred among them to more than make up for what they lack…
For my final Popdose post until Fall, I am going out with a bang — or better yet, a shake, rattle and roll. Cancer sucks. I am shifting my focus…
What one might expect and what one gets from this, the debut from High Waisted, are two completely different things. At a glance, you might think the music in the…
Billy Paul’s career was not limited to one hit single
It’s hard to fight against the man when, at this stage, “I’m The Man”
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…
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…
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…
Natalie Cole emerged from a large shadow to become a star in her own right
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,…
