sun records Archive

17 Apr 2018

Album Reviews: Two Various-Artists RSD Releases

By Bill Kopp
blues, compilation, new release, r&b, review, soul, vinyl
The Other Side of Sun, Part 2 Sun Records had seen its heyday come and go by the time Shelby Singleton bought the label in the late 1960s. But purchase […]
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28 Oct 2017

Ten 100-word Reviews: Archival/Reissue Releases

By Bill Kopp
blues, compilation, country, instrumental, new wave, pop, powerpop, psych, rawk, reissue, review
With a great deal of my time these days spent working on my new book and various artist interviews, I tend to amass a backlog of albums for review. To […]
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11 Aug 2017

New Music Review Roundup, Part 3

By Bill Kopp
Americana, compilation, country, fusion, instrumental, new release, new wave, pop, post-rock, powerpop, prog, psych, rawk, review, rockabilly, shoegaze, soul, trip-hop
Today I wrap up three days’ worth of reviews of new music. Dig if you will. The Pollyseeds – Sounds of Crenshaw, Vol. 1 As far as I know, none […]
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01 Dec 2014

DVD Review: Very Extremely Dangerous

By Bill Kopp
dvd, new release, review
There are antiheroes, and there are antiheroes. One supposes that Jerry McGill is one. He certainly possesses a primary prerequisite: a worldview that measures everyone and everything though the whatt’s-in-it-for-me […]
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14 Oct 2014

Book Review: The Next Elvis

By Bill Kopp
book, new release, review
There have been countless books written about Elvis Presley and/or the early years of Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But a new book by someone who was there (for a […]
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