Following this year’s reissue of Exile On Main Street, and the Stones In Exile documentary, the Stones have crowned a great year with an Exile-era concert film.
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Following up his rustic classic “Tumbleweed Connection” was no easy task for Elton John, but in 1971 he released another dusky gem. Ken Shane remembers.
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Angie Mattson impressed Ken Shane when she opened for Justin Currie on his first solo US tour. Does her new album deliver on the promise of that performance?
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Solomon Burke was known as the King of Rock and Soul. When he died last Sunday, he left behind a long string of soul classics. Ken Shane remembers.
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John Lennon would have been 70 years old tomorrow. The Popdose staff has gathered to pay tribute.
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Ken Shane celebrates the six-month anniversary of his Soul Serenade column with an awesome mix that includes every song that has appeared in his column so far.
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“Lonely Avenue” is a collaboration between two of our favorite artists, Ben Folds and Nick Hornby. We have a free vinyl copy for one lucky reader.
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In 1968, the guitarist for an obscure group wrote a song that became a Top 30 hit. He went on to legendary success, but not as a songwriter.
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In 1962, Dionne Warwick began her historic collaboration with Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Two years later she had the first in a long string of Top Ten hits.
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The combined talents of Robert Plant and Buddy Miller were bound to produce interesting results. Together they have made “Band of Joy” one the year’s best albums.
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Justin Townes Earle has been on the wrong side of some undesirable headlines lately, but when it comes to his music he delivers the goods on his third album.
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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.
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The self-titled debut album from the Clash knocked the music world on its ass in 1977, but it took two more years to reach US shores.
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“Show and Tell” is just one of those songs that thrills me whenever it comes on the radio. It’s been doing that since Al Wilson released it in 1973. I…
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I don’t think I’ve used the word ‘astonishing’ in relation to an album in a long time. But the new Ryan Bingham album, Junky Star (Lost Highway), merits that kind…
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Last week, as you will no doubt recall, Soul Serenade focused on the great Laura Nyro and her song “Timer.” This week’s column has a Laura Nyro connection as well….
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In 1970, the Dead threw the music world a curveball. Workingman’s Dead was a complete musical departure for the band, and among their new fans was Ken Shane.
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I have written extensively about Laura Nyro for Popdose. There was my review of the splendid Iconoclassic reissue of her live album Season of Light, and more recently, a review…
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Miles Davis once quipped that he had changed the course of jazz “four or five times.” If you know anything about jazz, and I don’t profess to know much, you…
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Working with producer Thom Bell, the Delfonics hit the charts with a string of unforgettable singles, including 1970’s “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time).”
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If anything, the final day of the 2010 Newport Folk Festival was even more beautiful than the day before, and Newport Harbor was at the height of its midsummer glory….
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A collaboration between Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch was bound to be interesting. Dark Night of the Soul is a triumph. Win the Deluxe Box Set.
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It’s surprising to me that we’re now several months into Soul Serenade, and I have yet to feature a track by the Temptations. They are, after all, my favorite soul…
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The idea of a collaboration between two of America’s greatest composers is one that is intriguing, but also fraught with peril. The biggest problem is that the music of George…
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George Wein started the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and though economic difficulties caused the festival to close down in 1971, it was revived in 1985, and it’s been running…
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The story of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell is one that ends tragically, but begins in glory. Together they stormed the charts in 1967 with a series of indelible soul…
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To read Part One of my coverage of the 10th annual XPoNential Music Festival, please click here. If anything, the weather along the banks of the Delaware River in Camden,…
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Last year I saw Eli “Paperboy” Reed and his band the True Loves at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. I came away a little disappointed. I’d been following their…