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1970 was the year that popular music began its inevitable transition from the hit single to the hit album.
By the Fall of that year, you could ...read more
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The New York Roots Music Association has done it again. In the past few months, they have dedicated their collective talents to present a few remarkable ...read more
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Considering how jaded we all are regarding the current scene, it’s remarkable to note the sense of discovery that enveloped our nation for the half-century ...read more
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I met the guys from Butcher’s Blind after a mutual friend brought them to my attention. I was organizing a special event that featured the music of Buffalo ...read more
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Last week, we took a look at a few singles that defined the pop charts of 1990. Not too much of it was stellar, and I figured we find some reprieve by ...read more
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Looking back twenty years ago, I think I was pretty confused about the state of music in 1990, but how could you not be confused? There was no overriding ...read more
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It’s not easy to cobble much sense out of the music scene in the summer of 1980, at least nothing that would be cohesive. All that the punk movement ...read more
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A lot of the pop music from the late summer of 1970 had a pastoral feel that conveyed the feeling of a warm summer day. In some ways, this made the music ...read more
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In some ways, I feel that my generation was among the luckiest of all generations.
Specifically, the 1958 (when I was born) had me hitting certain ...read more
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It’s hard for songs to remain relevant for 50 years, which is why so few do. Usually, a song will sound cool for a month or two, maybe a year, then fade ...read more
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