The brothers from Providence had their first big hit in 1973
Bee Gees
If you dig Seventies music, you’ll dig the massive DVD box set celebrating “The Midnight Special.” Rob Smith reviews.
Popdose gives away a copy of The Midnight Special 11-DVD Collector’s Edition!
Matthew Bolin & Lyana Fernandez are back with the 7th episode of Songs of Freedom, as they use protest music associated with events of the 1st half of 2014 as a jumping off point for their discussion.
Candi Staton is known for a disco hit but there is much more
Marvin Gaye’s ’77 hit was huge, it’s influence even greater
Kenny Rogers talks to Popdose about his reunion with Dolly and a planned duet with George Jones that unfortunately didn’t happen.
The next time someone complains that album covers aren’t big enough anymore thanks to CDs and digital music, show them this gallery.
In which we look at once common curiosities of pop culture that don’t exist anymore, be it because of changing tastes, the fragmentation of culture, or merely the fickle nature…
Remember the band Player? Sure you do…and even if you think you don’t, it’ll only take three words to remind you who they are: “Baby Come Back.” That’s not by…
This week’s installment of AM Gold: 1978 features no Bee Gees songs, but two songs written by the Brothers Gibb.
Some Gibby action going on in Rob Smith’s “The Vinyl Diaries.”
Another Arthur Baker sighting, the Barenaked Ladies and Beck show up in Bottom Feeders this week. And, Dave Steed pulls out the “general rule” for the first time in the series.
Being influenced by and being extremely similar to are two different things, separated by a thin line. The biggest musical success of the last few years has been Lady Gaga….
And thus ends another year on our trolley ride through the land of Time-Life’s “AM Gold: 1967.”
We’ve got some familiar names to review this week. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles return, as of course we’ve got another chart triumph for the team of Dionne Warwick, Burt…
Chris Holmes offers a selection of songs that helped him fall in love with some of his now-favorite artists, such as Randy Newman, Wilco, and Waylon Jennings.
The 1970s weren’t all shag carpeting and plaid pants. OK, they were. But not all of it sucked. Really.
Before we get started with today’s gawping at an artist stumbling out of mothballs, I’d like you to do me a favor. I want you to look back at your…
So, I took at least an inital recommendation last week to listen to some Blue Oyster Cult and spun the record the vast majority said to listen to – Mirrors. …
Last week I mentioned that my mom took me to see Chicago in West Germany in 1977 with Matt Wardlaw and his older sister— I mean, his mother. Yes, of…
As if Daryl Hall’s ego isn’t inflated enough, The Bird and the Bee go and devote an entire album to the Rock and Soul of Hall & Oates, Michael Parr has the review.
Bet you thought this photo was the low point of Robin Gibb’s career, didn’t you? Think again, Buster — and prepare for the bleating-est version of “Silent Night” you’ve ever heard.
A duck, a muskrat, and Rod Stewart in a bowtie — the only thing that could save this Billboard Top 10 is a four-minute talkbox solo. It’s all in Jason Hare’s latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
We’ve invaded your browser, your radio dial, and your pop culture fantasies — and now, at long last, it’s time for us to snuggle up to your pods. Ladies and gentlemen, the Popdose Podcast!
Long, flowing hair, a perfectly groomed beard, and millions of records sold doesn’t mean you’re too good for a little advice, does it?
If Jason Hare can’t have you, he don’t want nobody, baby. Join him for a look back at 1978, where, with a little luck, we’ll shadow dance with imaginary lovers. (Groan.)
This album from 1978 features the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra playing that most maligned of instruments, the kazoo. The kazoo was invented by an African-American named Alabama Vest in Macon,…
F. Scott Fitzgerald once famously declared that there are no second acts in American lives. It’s a good thing that the Bee Gees aren’t American, then, because they’ve had at…