Newport Jazz Festival 2018 set out to push boundaries and succeeded admirably
Bill Withers
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Ken Shane
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The group responsible for the original version of “Funky Broadway” didn’t stop there
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Justin Vellucci
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There’s electronic buzzing, post-something refrains, borderline-tribal heat, and occasional Rhodes-and-bass grooves. There’s also, however, more mutant pop bridges than you could swing a dead cat at, if that’s your idea…
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Justin Vellucci
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He’s going it on his own again and it sounds great. Tomorrow, after a decade-plus at the helm of the thought-rock ensemble/b(r)and Skeletons, Matt Mehlan will strike out on his…
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Ken Shane
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A funked up cover of an already funky Bill Withers tune scored in ’74
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Ken Shane
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Legends, upstarts, and an honored but absent guest at this year’s festival.
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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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Popblerd Staff
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There’s a riot goin’ on…in our list of the 100 best albums of the ’70s. Find out where Sly places…and what else made the list!
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Popdose Staff
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Still on Disc One of this compilation, and get a load of this line-up! This may, in fact, be the single Mellow Gold-iest article we’ve ever done or will ever…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Box sets! Limited editions! Reunions! Oh my!
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Ken Shane
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The outstanding career of Bill Withers is finally getting some overdue recognition
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Leslie Liberatore
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Song for the Soundtrack of Your Date Tonight is dedicated to the memory of a soul legend, Ms. Etta James. The queen of date songs has died. RIP.
Popdose Staff
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The Web moves fast. Here are some of our favorite links from the week that was: What do all the numbers on your credit card mean? [Gizmodo] 10-year-old girl becomes…
Ken Shane
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Bill Withers released his last album in 1985. After a relatively brief but hit-filled career, he walked away. Frustrated by the efforts of the so-called “blaxperts” at Columbia Records to…
Robert Cass
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Four years ago GRP/Verve released Best of George Benson Live, recorded at a concert the veteran jazz guitarist and singer gave in Belfast, Ireland, in 2000. The set drew mainly…
Robert Cass
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For this special edition of Bootleg City, I’m spotlighting the top 17 songs of the ’90s, a decade we can all officially start nostalgicizing on January 1, 2010. Until then…
Dw. Dunphy
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The more things change… Adam Again – Ain’t No Sunshine from Ten Songs by Adam Again (1988) Deliverance – Beauty And The Beast from Camelot in Smithereens (1995) Jacob’s Trouble…
Dave Steed
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It’s week 57 of Bottom Feeders, and Dave Steed is still going strong. He’s reached the letter M in his journey through the ass end of Billboard’s Hot 100 of the ’80s, which can only mean one thing…
Dw. Dunphy
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In an ongoing series, Dw. Dunphy takes an occasional look back at Christian contemporary music (CCM) of the past and makes the case for a new audience to rediscover the…
Jason Hare
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Hi, everybody! This week’s CHART ATTACK! takes us back a whopping 22 years, and wow, do I feel old, considering I remember hearing just about every single one of these…
Jeff Vrabel
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We’ve been having a lot of fun here at Songs for the Dumped, but let us not forget that these are stories of heartache, woe, ache and heartwoe, and that…
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