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Jimi Hendrix
2016 was a bad year for musicians, but a good year for music books
The Native American rock band scored a huge hit in 1974
The Bo-Keys rose from the ashes of a legendary ’60s soul band
Luther Ingram released his indelible soul classic in 1972
Friday Five : |ˈfrÄ«dÄ – fÄ«v| : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button in iTunes and share the first five tracks and thought for…
“That Lady” was a crowning moment in a legendary career
It’s appropriate for a Valentine’s Day release to have an element of love in it, though one could argue that every song and every album needs love to successfully communicate…
Paying tribute to a recently departed soul legend
Veteran rockers Night Ranger might be celebrating their 31st year as a band, but that doesn’t mean that they’re slowing things down one bit. The band just released their 11th studio…
Ken Shane’s annual Holiday Gift Guide
Bloodstone was one of the key groups in soul music history
Kenny Aronoff. For liner notes geeks like you and me, the name alone conjures up at the very least, the thought of that one really awesome drum breakdown, one which…
Working without a set list Los Lobos just let it rip in Fall River
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…
It’s Friday, time to shuffle into this week’s Friday Five!
Taking it back to where the legend began, Epic makes a Legacy of Texas Flood.
Drop the leftover stuffing, put down that TV, and shuffle into this week’s Friday Five!
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…
On the heels of the release of a brand new EP, Little Shalimar stops by and gives Popdose his choices for five Desert Island Discs.
Engineer and producer Phill Brown reflects on more than four decades in the music business with “Are We Still Rolling?” Chris Holmes weighs in with his review.
Before 2000, OutKast wasn’t known much outside of the rap world, as it was a southern-fried, alien-obsessed duo successfully reconciling gangsta swagga and innovative weirdness. Two breakthrough hits in 2001…
We made a list of our favorite guitarists of all time, and this week we count down the final 10. Who’s number 1? You’ll have to click to find out.
Scott Malchus pens a bittersweet farewell to famed photographer Jim Marshall, who passed away this week.
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Sometimes the music gods command me to mix certain things together. Case in point, the latest issue of Rolling Stone and reading Facebook updates…
Is the “new” Jimi Hendrix album really worth all the hullabaloo? Popdose writer Michael Fortes digs deep to find out.
Just when you start to think that Rhino is the only company that knows how to do the box set thing, along comes ABKCO Records with their entry in the…
When it comes to telling the true story of Woodstock, more properly known as “An Aquarian Exposition: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair,” it’s hard to imagine anyone better suited…
If youÁ¢€â„¢ve visited your local Barnes & Noble or Borders lately, you may have noticed that Woodstock-related books have taken over display tables nationwide. Indeed, a cottage industry of tree-pulping…