If the names don’t immediately ring bells, their contributions to decades of American music most certainly do.
Ardent Studios
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Rob Ross
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As time passes, it gets harder to write about something you love, especially like a band – you veer between adoration, hero worship, teen obsession, musician’s arrogance and then rationality…
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Rob Ross
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Dear God, this is amazing. Not because it’s Big Star – let’s make one thing clear from the outset: I don’t like live albums as a rule of thumb; I…
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Rob Ross
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Here ’tis – a brand new track, in time for the holidays, from two of the finest singers/songwriters around, with a little help from their friends. Vicki Loveland and Van…
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Rob Ross
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This wonderful, 22-track compilation is just part of the work Chris Bell did before he dug his heels in with Big Star in 1971. Omnivore Recordings has gathered selections from…
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Rob Ross
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So here’s the short version – Stax Records, in conjunction with Ardent, has finally released a sensible compilation of Big Star’s best moments – even though there have been several…
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Keith Creighton
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On Friday, April 21, 2017, power pop rock goddess Cait Brennan releases Third, her second album and first on Omnivore Recordings. It’s only been a year since her 20 year-in-the-making,…
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Rob Ross
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I don’t know how this one snuck past me, but I’m happy to present on behalf of Popdose the latest video from Those Pretty Wrongs, the dynamic duo of Jody…
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Rob Ross
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The first thing I want to disclose before going further is to say that in the canon of the three albums Big Star, one of my favorite bands (and part…
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Rob Ross
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When Burger Records released the “Lucky Guy”/”Fool Of Myself” single last year, I was thrilled to share it with you here. Now, the first official video from the upcoming self-titled…
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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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Rob Ross
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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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Rob Ross
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It’s become something of a rarity in these last two decades or so to hear the story or motivation as to the writing of songs; it’s a lost art, and…
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Rob Ross
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This is something very special; very powerful and totally from the heart. Memphis legends Vicki Loveland and Van Duren, collectively known as Loveland Duren, release their new single, “Johnny Boy”…
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Ken Shane
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A new collection celebrates the resurgence of a legendary soul label
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Rob Ross
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For whatever reason, intuition told me even before I heard a note of this album, that this was going to be something special. Not because I have a predisposition for…
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Rob Ross
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Holly George Warren did an exemplary job of writing about Alex Chilton, the frontman of ’60’s hitmakers The Box Tops, the ramshackle director of his solo career and of course,…
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Dave Lifton
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A review of the tribute to Big Star’s “Third” album at Chicago’s Park West
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Ken Shane
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In 1970 Alex Chilton was fed up with is role in the Box Tops and still a year away from Big Star. The music he made that summer was a bridge to the future.
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane will be covering the Newport Folk Festival for Popdose again this weekend. Among the artists he looks forward to seeing is soul legend Mavis Staples.
Ken Shane
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In the summer of 1978, EMI saw the light. Driven by interest in Big Star in the U.K., they released a gatefold double album package containing the first two Big…
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