This is one fine piece of pure American music – a mixture of country, bluegrass, zydeco with some damned masterful playing and catchy songs. Kevin Sekhani, a Lafayette, Louisiana native,…
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Thierry Côté
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For a group that once loudly and proudly proclaimed that they were reapplying for the job of best band in the world, U2 have faced their share of humbling challenges…
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Pete Chianca
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I usually don’t get worked up about aging celebrities, mainly because I’ve managed to convince myself that their age is somehow unrelated to mine — this way, no matter how…
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Rob Ross
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Good Lord, this is good. One of my absolute favorite albums this year, Allison Moorer’s Down To Believing is a 13-track blast of passion, quality songwriting and skilled musical performances…
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Ken Shane
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Brian Wilson and his band played a dazzling show in Boston last week
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Rob Ross
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One of my earliest and most loved musical recollections is “No Milk Today”; I still have my original M-G-M Records 45 with “There’s A Kind Of Hush” on the flipside. …
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Robert Cass
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All the way from Tucson, Arizona, the ghost town of Bootleg City welcomes Cyndi Lauper and Ben Folds!
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Tony Sclafani
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An affectionate tribute to the people who helped shape the music of a group whose stature seems only to grow in importance with the passage of time.
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Rob Ross
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A new band hailing from Phoenix and Los Angeles, but carrying the sound and the swagger that made the Motor City famous – that well known “garage”/dirty sound personified by…
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Rob Ross
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It’s an interesting thing that a band – in the true sense of real instruments and structured songs, carefully crafted – is born of a writer who began his musical…
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Ken Shane
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A new compilation from Omnivore shines a light on an unjustly forgotten soul singer
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Dw. Dunphy
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For a very limited time, Popdose readers can get an exclusive download of the new Brandon Schott track “Seeing You In Stereo”.
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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There’s something significant about a poignant, significant troubadour who leaves his heart on the table and bares his soul without reserve. The kind of voice and talent that’s hardly born,…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Punk is dead? Not so, says NYC’s Bad Mary, a high-voltage punk-rock outfit ready to rock your face off. Perhaps what’s even more punk than the band’s sound is its…
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Rob Ross
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The New Switcheroo are yet another new band from a very vibrant and diverse Chicago music scene; their sound is a combination of roots rock, folk and chamber pop with…
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Keith Creighton
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Don’t let the Swedish passports fool you, Sea of Clouds by Last Days of April, out last week on Tapete Records, is not your typical Robyn or Max Martin confection. Imagine a slow…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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In today’s technologically inclined society, it’s no shocker that electronica is probably the hottest rising genre infiltrating all other styles of music. From pop to funk to folk, dribs and…
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Rob Ross
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On Love Is The Great Rebellion, Australian native Ben Lee kicks in the next phase of his lengthy career by launching his debut with Warner Bros. Records. A mixture of…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Talent – real, raw talent – can’t be taught; it’s in your blood, uncontrollably flowing throughout your life, work, and, as Shannen Nicole demonstrates, school. For this high school senior…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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David Medsker
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Three years ago, they were a poppified Black Keys. Now, they seem to be the new Talk Talk. Most excellent news, indeed.
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Ken Shane
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Timmy Thomas’ 1972 plea for understanding remains as timely today as ever
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Rob Ross
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Another melodic eye-opener from Rhode Island’s (somewhat prolific) Jenn Vix. This singer-songwriter knows how to write a melody and use electronic instruments to make it sound warm, human, emotional and…
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Rob Ross
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A few months ago, we were pleased to premiere for you the first new music from Waterloo, Ontario’s Will Currie & The Country French in three years, “No Nothing”. The…
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Rob Ross
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Anyone and everyone who knows me is well aware of the magnitude to Paul Weller’s presence in my life over the past three decades. McCartney, Townshend and Weller — my…
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Ken Shane
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Norman Whitfield and the Velvelettes were a match made in soul music heaven
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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While Philly may be known more for its soul than any other genre of music, the latest output from the City of Brotherly Love shows the tides are definitely turning….