Read Alan Betrock’s book Girl Groups – The Story of a Sound [Delilah, 1982]. A fascinating story about the creators of this sound, and the rise and decline of the way popular music was made […]
Joe Bonomo: Sweat – The Story of The Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band [Continuum, 2007] Joe Bonomo tells the inspiring and highly readable story of one of the most durable garage band of all time in […]
Contrary to what may be expected after all the fabulous reflections published at the Popdiggers site concerning the real pop classics of the 1970s, [see links below] the case is not closed (and never will […]
Om det nu är någon som har sökt den felande länken mellan Little Richard och MC5, så har jag den här… Mina damer och herrar och alla små punks, ni är förlåtna om ni aldrig […]
Peter Guralnick: Sam Phillips – The Man who invented Rock’n’Roll [Little Brown, 2015] Sam Phillips should be regarded as one of the most important persons in music history. He shaped popular music in the 1950s […]
Bob Dylan duly dumped about another thirty-seven (at last count) albums in our laps last year, while on much the other hand the vast majority of my aural Good Times! during oh-16 came courtesy of […]
Rounding up the usual suspects and some first time offenders in 2016: 01. Jack Oblivian And The Sheiks – Lone Ranger of Love Mr. Yarber joins forces with Memphian Sheiks with a tip top record […]
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