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07 Sep 2026
Blu-ray Review: Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Viewers and listeners of a certain age know that Born Innocent was the title of a lurid-for-its-time 1974 TV move starring Linda Blair. Rock fanatics know that the title also […]
04 Sep 2026
Take Five: Must-hear Tracks featuring Eric Burdon
Acclaimed by Rolling Stone as No. 57 in their “100 Greatest Singers of All Time, Eric Burdon has has a fascinating career. First as lead singer with the Animals during […]
03 Sep 2026
Take Five: Classics Written by Graham Gouldman
Graham Gouldman is perhaps best known for his time with 10cc. As a member of that art-pop group, he was responsible for writing or co-writing some of their biggest smash […]
02 Sep 2026
Album Review: Albert King – I’ll Play the Blues for You
After a decade of releasing singles for Parrot, King and Bobbin, Albert King had only one chart success – 1961’s “Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong” (R&B #14) […]
01 Sep 2026
30 Days Out, September 2026 #1: Carrie Morrison, Datrian Johnson, Gov’t Mule, Rising Appalachia
For the first of my two September ‘26 installments of 30 Days Out, I’m featuring an all-locals lineup. Two are well-known locally and emerging as national talents. And two are […]
31 Aug 2026
Take Five: Caravan Classics
During the so-called British Invasion (“beat era” if you’re British), countless musical acts from Great Britain made inroads into the musical marketplace of the United states. Led by the Beatles, […]
28 Aug 2026
Faust: Proudly Outside (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Werner “Zappi” Diermaier readily admits to his Zappa fandom. “Around 1968, I came to the Grünspan club with a Frank Zappa album under my arm,” he […]
27 Aug 2026
Faust: Proudly Outside (Part 1 of 2)
One of the most outré and boundary-pushing musical acts of the 1970s, West German band Faust exerted influence that far outstripped its own popularity. Between 1971 and 1975 the band […]
26 Aug 2026
System 7’s Second Summer of Love (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: What kind of synthesizer gear did you use on Flower of Life? Steve Hillage: Well, there’s quite a bit of our antique EMS. And […]
25 Aug 2026
System 7’s Second Summer of Love (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: From my perspective, your guitar work seems to be more integrated into what System 7 does on Flower of Life than it perhaps was […]