A new recovered tape that had been lost for 40 years provides compelling insight into Bob Dylan’s earliest days as a songwriter and performer.
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High Moon Records is having their launch party at The Roxy in LA on April 29. One lucky Popdose reader will be there, with a friend.
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Arnold McCuller calls “Soon As I Get Paid” his musical autobiography. He could haven’t chosen better songs or better players to help him to tell his story.
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Just when Freddie Scott decided to give up on recording and focus on songwriting, an opportunity came along to record a song that would change his life.
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We’ve come to expect great songwriting from Paul Simon. Ken Shane thinks that his new album is his best in a long time, and the finest album of the year so far.
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The Platters scored a number of huge hits in the ’50s before problems derailed them. Unexpectedly, they returned with a pair of indelible singles in 1966-67.
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For his first album in more than ten years, Robbie Robertson recruited an all-star cast of musicians and created the most personal solo album of his career.
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In 1982, Teddy Pendergrass was on top of the music world when he performed in London. A few weeks later, a tragic car accident changed everything.
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One year after his death, a group of George Harrison’s friends got together to pay tribute to him. The stunning film of that event is now available on Blu-ray.
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By late 1968, the Rascals string of hit singles was coming to and end, but there was still a lot of great music to be heard from the blue-eyed soul legends.
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It’s a big week in Austin, and that city’s Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears have done their hometown proud with a scintillating, soulful sophomore album.
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David Ackles released his masterpiece, “American Gothic,” in 1972. Critics loved it, but the public didn’t get it. Ken Shane remembers this lost classic.
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Buddy Miller has assembled a veritable guitar army for his latest effort, and matched the pickers with a talented roster of singers doing classic country songs.
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The Chi-Lites got together in the late ’50s, but they didn’t have their first huge hit until they released the unforgettable “Have You Seen Her” in 1971.
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The great American songwriter Lucinda Williams has returned with her 10th studio album. Ken Shane thinks it’s one of the best of her storied career.
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In 1973 the legendary Bay Area funk band broke out with their third album, which included some of their best-known songs. Ken Shane recalls their biggest hit.
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It may be a bit too early to call them a supergroup, but according to Ken Shane, members of Dawes, Deer Tick, and Delta Spirit have made a fine debut album.
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This week Ken Shane brings us a non-disco hit from one of the dance genre’s most iconic bands.
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The Low Anthem’s 2009 album “Oh My God Charlie Darwin” was greeted with critical rapture. Ken Shane tells us if their new album lives up to expectations.
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The Civil Wars are two powerful voices with a handful of good songs. What more could you want? Ken Shane reviews their new album.
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After decades as a renowned sideman, Klaus Voormann has released his first solo album, featuring many of his famous friends. Win the Super Deluxe box set.
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Last summer Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings blew away a Newport Folk Festival crowd. Last week they were back in Rhode Island, and Ken Shane was there.
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In 2006, Ken Shane called the Twilight Singers album Powder Burns the year’s best album. Now there’s a new album. Ken lets us know how it measures up.
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After a stunning debut album, Nicole Atkins lost her band, her boyfriend, and her record deal. Now she’s returned with a new label, and an impressive new album.
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The Temptations’ hit “My Girl” is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the soul classic.
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Eddie Holland had moderate success as a recording artist, but his greatest contribution came as a member of one of the leading songwriting teams in history.