In early 2015 I published a list of my favorite albums of the previous year. In my story, I chastised writers who had rushed to get their lists out early…
Joni Mitchell
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Ken Shane
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Popdose has the exclusive premiere of a track from Kevin Jenkins’ tribute to Joni Mitchell
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Popdose Staff
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Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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I love folk music. New folk, old folk, it doesn’t matter. But I will admit that there is good folk and great folk, the kind that steals the show at Newport and…
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Ken Shane
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A career of brilliant variety came to an end when Wilton Felder died this week
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Zack Dennis
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This turned out a lot better than I expected. I’ve always had a weird sort of crush on Joan Didion – or at least the twentysomething ingenue she comes across…
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Michael Fortes
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An all-women’s choir playing in the same venues on the same nights as indie rock and folk bands? That’s exactly what Conspiracy of Venus is.
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Matthew Bolin
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The fifth episode of Songs of Freedom continues the discussion from the last episode on politics and female recording artists.
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Rob Smith
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Popdose interviews 16-year-old singer/songwriter Hayley Reardon.
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Mike Heyliger
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What do James Brown, Joni Mitchell and Dan Hartman have in common? Read this week’s Jheri Curl Fridays column to find out.
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Ken Shane
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On a Thanksgiving night 35 years ago tomorrow, the Band bid farewell at The Last Waltz. Among the show’s many highlights was Van Morrison’s scintillating rendition of “Caravan.”
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Dave Lifton
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Bob can’t just give advice to the myriad young acts who don’t read his columns. He has to present it with awkward metaphors about high school, which he probably learned from the movies.
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Jack Feerick
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More easily than most rock stars, Peter Gabriel has settled into his inevitable role as an elder statesman. He’s an exception, in the youth-obsessed industry of pop, in how freely…
Rob Smith
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When Scottish cock rockers Nazareth slowed things down to play “Love Hurts,” the whole world slowed with them. Rob Smith pays tribute in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
Jeff Giles
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If you had to go away for awhile and you could only take five of your favorite albums with you, which ones would you choose? Yes, we know it isn’t…
Popdose Staff
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No classic song deserves to be heard after the cover versions that followed it — but hey, the world ain’t fair.
Dave Steed
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Dave Steed looks back on more minor rock hits from Eddie Money, Molly Hatchet, Men at Work and his favorite, Steve Miller.
Ken Shane
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L.A.’s Laurel Canyon was one of the most important breeding grounds for American music in the ’60s. A new documentary traces the history of the scene.
Ken Shane
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Joni Mitchell is a long-time member of my personal pantheon. It’s a short list of artists who I revere not just for what they produce, but for the journey that…
Robert Cass
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There’s been a lot of negativity here in Bootleg City the past few months. From last fall’s mayoral election to the criticism of my extended vacation and the controversy over…
Ken Shane
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Greenpeace has released a two-disc set of the live, re-mastered recording Amchitka: The 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace. The CD is available exclusively through Greenpeace, and all proceeds will benefit…
Jason Crane
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I was (briefly) in college in 1992. My best friend was a very talented drummer name Mike. We played in a jazz group together called, for no apparent reason, the…
Ken Shane
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To be honest, I had my doubts about Day Two of Folk Festival 50. First of all, I was still tired from the day one. Next, it appeared that the…
Ken Shane
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It’s not something that I’m particularly proud of, and in retrospect, it was remarkably short-sighted, but when Laura Nyro, unhappy with attempts to market her as a celebrity, announced her…
Dave Steed
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There’s something terribly wrong with me right now. Just like everyone, there are points when I get a song stuck in my head that I just can’t get rid of….
Ken Shane
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I don’t think it’s boastful to say that I know a little bit about music. I’m old, so I’ve been playing and listening to it for many years. In that…
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