Ken Shane has emerged from those dusty crates again, and this time, he’s getting down and getting funky.
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The Newport Folk Festival turned 50 over the weekend, and Popdose’s Ken Shane was there. Read his recap of the festival’s first day here.
For a special Monday morning edition of Cratedigger, Ken Shane revisits Rod Stewart’s classic first solo album.
Ken Shane is back in the crates this week, and he’s blowing the dust off a copy of a Hendrix classic.
Wilco is back, with the appropriately titled Wilco (the album), and Ken Shane is here to tell you how it stacks up against the band’s critically adored earlier work.
In this week’s Cratedigger, Ken Shane blows the dust off a copy of Stephen Stills’ early ’70s apogee, Manassas.
Goodness gracious — Ken Shane has made his way through every moment of Neil Young’s ten-disc Archives, Volume 1. What will you get for your $280? Read his review to find out.
Listen up, Americana fans: Ken Shane says Justin Townes Earle is going to be a very big star. Read his interview with the singer/songwriter here!
Ken Shane is back with another week of Cratedigger, and this week’s trip to the vinyl vaults produces a pair of jazz sides: Miles Davis’ 1965 release, E.S.P.
One of rock’s most distinctive and respected keyboard players, Ian McLagan has appeared on a long list of hits by other artists — and he’s got an excellent new album out, all of which were topics of discussion during his recent chat with Ken Shane.
40 years ago, U2 went into the laboratory with Professors Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to experiment with ambient sonics and more fragmented lyrics on “The Unforgettable Fire”
Writer Bob Makin, producer of the weekly Makin Waves column since 1988, announced his column will be an official partner for the Asbury Park Summer Concert Series this year.
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: 25 shows in and we’ve only started… The never-ending drive to defeat evil in music and laugh at the insanity we call…
Iman Lababedi remembers a brilliant young talent whose flame went out far too soon.
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Hey Nineteen! Rolling along with the new format, Jon and Rob have a lively, riveting and powerful conversation which you don’t want…
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross are totally on the 1! This week finds Rob Ross reading the classic David Fricke “Faces” piece in Musician magazine from September,…
The Magnificent Seven(th episode)!
The guys are back! Unfortunately, some of the great all-time rock tunes are back too in commercial form.
Spring is here and some of the big releases come in even bigger “deluxe editions”. So, if you pony up the dough, is it worth the extra show? POPDOSE places…
Rob Smith declares his love of Air Supply in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
Over the weekend, my roommate and I hosted our very first Christmas party. Among the guests was our friend, Louie, who found me in the living room and exclaimed, “Can…
For Pinetop Seven, the folk/Americana gold rush came a decade and a half too late.
The mayor has found his true calling, so he’s calling it quits as mayor.
Due to the extreme length of this 2012 year-end recap, Michael Fortes recommends that you skip ahead to the entry on Joey Dosik.
Scott Malchus offers TV on DVD and Blu-ray suggestions for the holiday season.
Certain albums in this series present a particular challenge, as we’ve noted before: What can one say that’s fresh about some of the most famous albums ever recorded? For that,…
Certain albums in this series present a challenge even to a professional gasbag such as I. What can one possibly say about the most legendary albums in the history of…