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  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Ian Hunter on Mott the Hoople, Ringo Starr, and Mick Ronson

    ​Calling that Mott the Hoople a band's band makes it sound like humans didn't like them. Oh, but they did. In fact they loved them, back in the days when they sold out halls all over England but no one bought their records and then again later when everyone did. If the only blip they ever regi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    So What Do Those 15 Favorite Songs Say About Us Anyway?

    Lindsay Cates on the 1s and 2s ​Okay, so the 15 Favorite Songs thing. It happened. I freaked out a little (a lot) picking my selections, but it was a fun, in a self-aggrandizing way. I wrote yesterday that it was nearly impossible to do what the event asked: come up with 15 songs that you love a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hooves, and Gospel Claws Last Night At McDowell Mountain Music Fest

    Melissa FossumEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform last night at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.​Day 3, McDowell Mountain Music Fest Compound GrillSunday, May 1, 2011Last night I stood at the Compound Grill bar watching the president deliver a speech about the death of Osama Bin Lade ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A New Times Writer Fights "Aesthetic Atrophy" by Listening Only to New Music in 2010

    Melissa FossumEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform last night at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.​Day 3, McDowell Mountain Music Fest Compound GrillSunday, May 1, 2011Last night I stood at the Compound Grill bar watching the president deliver a speech about the death of Osama Bin Lade ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2010

    Why Bob Corritore Is Phoenix's Bluesman

    Melissa FossumEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform last night at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.​Day 3, McDowell Mountain Music Fest Compound GrillSunday, May 1, 2011Last night I stood at the Compound Grill bar watching the president deliver a speech about the death of Osama Bin Lade ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Lessons Learned from George Thorogood

    Melissa FossumEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform last night at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.​Day 3, McDowell Mountain Music Fest Compound GrillSunday, May 1, 2011Last night I stood at the Compound Grill bar watching the president deliver a speech about the death of Osama Bin Lade ... More >>

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Chico and the Fan

    A legendary drummer should go out with a bang

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Big Daddy

    After 50 years, the kids are still crazy about Andre Williams

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    Everybody loves Chico

    A Chicago legend gives Phoenix the blues.

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Log Jam

    Former Doo Ragger and one-man band Bob Log III plays with himself. But he really gets off on seeing others share his spotlight.

  • Music

    May 2, 2002

    The Next Rig Thing

    Covering the tracks of Truckers on Speed's raucous new CD

  • Music

    October 11, 2001

    Clash City Rocker

    Joe Strummer gives his band enough rope, and arrives at a democratically created, internationalist gem

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Born to Lose

    The Slash City Daggers, Back Stabber Blues (Unity Squad Records)

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Blues Valentine

    After nearly three decades, the fateful desert meeting between Tom Waits and John Hammond is fully realized with the release of Wicked Grin

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    Marshall Law

    Power-pop icon Marshall Crenshaw refuses to be pigeonholed as a nerdy relic of the early '80s

  • Music

    January 11, 2001

    Lizard Thing

    From a big-name tribute to some big-beat remixes, the Doors' catalogue bulges with a soft parade of new releases

  • Music

    June 1, 2000

    Chick Cashman Offs Himself

    Sequined glam burlesque Countrypolitans are to be no more

  • Music

    June 17, 1999

    Dolls House

    Sylvain Sylvain pays tribute to three fallen former bandmates on his new album

  • Music

    May 13, 1999

    Mystery Men

    Face it, you don't really know what the Everly Brothers have been doing all these years, do you, Bird Dog?

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    Universal Greed

    Seagram's merger invites a look into how the suits took record labels away from the true music enthusiasts

  • Music

    August 20, 1998

    Whiskey River

    R.L. Burnside's passion for alcohol is matched only by his command of rawboned Delta blues

  • Music

    June 19, 1997

    Recordings

    R.L. Burnside's passion for alcohol is matched only by his command of rawboned Delta blues

  • Calendar

    April 11, 1996

    Pic Hits for the week

    R.L. Burnside's passion for alcohol is matched only by his command of rawboned Delta blues

  • Calendar

    January 18, 1996

    Pic Hits for the week

    R.L. Burnside's passion for alcohol is matched only by his command of rawboned Delta blues

  • News

    May 11, 1995

    ANNIE HAD A CO-WORKER

    HANK BALLARD BROUGHT ROCK 'N' SEX OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND INTO THE HALL OF FAME. OH, YEAH, AND HE INVENTED THE TWIST!

  • Music

    May 19, 1993

    RODGERS' MUD

    EX-BAD COMPANY VOCALIST HAS A FINE ROCK DISC AND TOUR' BUT THEY COULD GIVE PURISTS THE BLUES

  • Music

    February 24, 1993

    SIREN'S SONG VERSATILE ROSIE FLORES LOOKS FOR LIKE AFTER THE FARM

    EX-BAD COMPANY VOCALIST HAS A FINE ROCK DISC AND TOUR' BUT THEY COULD GIVE PURISTS THE BLUES

  • Music

    November 18, 1992

    RIFF AND READ

    EX-BAD COMPANY VOCALIST HAS A FINE ROCK DISC AND TOUR' BUT THEY COULD GIVE PURISTS THE BLUES

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