Monday, December 3, 2018

Archive Review: The 101ers' Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited (2005)

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Before Joe Strummer became a punk icon with the Clash or the patron saint of rock 'n' roll that he has become since his death, he...

Big Star’s 1974 WLIR sessions resurrected!

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Memphis power-pop legends Big Star released their classic sophomore album, Radio City , in February 1974, recording as a trio after the d...
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Soul Asylum’s While You Were Out LP and Clam Dip & Other Delights EP reissued

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Before becoming multi-Platinum™ selling major label rock stars during the 1990s, Minneapolis, Minnesota’s Soul Asylum had spent much of t...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

CD Review: Preacher Boy's The Rumble Strip (2018)

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Christopher Watkins, a/k/a ‘ Preacher Boy ’, has been kicking around the American blues scene for a couple decades, cranking out his origi...

Spotlight On The Pandoras

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Select Discography: It's About Time (1984, Voxx Records) Stop Pretending (1986, Rhino Records) Rock Hard EP (1988, Restless Rec...

Omnivore reissues Henry Townsend’s 1980 album Mule

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Legendary bluesman Henry Jesse James “Mule” Townsend was born in Mississippi in 1909 and grew up in Cairo, Illinois before making his way...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Short Rounds: Joe Bonamassa, Peter Holsapple & Alex Chilton, Winston Jarrett, The Posies & Rolling River Royalty (2018)

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New album releases in 150 words or less… Joe Bonamassa – Redemption (J&R Adventures) The second album this year from the blues-roc...
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The Blues Images 2019 calendar has arrived!

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The Reverend has been a big fan of John Tefteller’s incredible Blues Images calendar for around a decade now, and every autumn I look for...

BMG Books’ RPM Series launches with Sub Pop, Excello Records stories

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The Reverend loves books about music – heck, I’ve written a couple dozen of ‘em myself, and I’m currently reading the bio of former Jeffer...