Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid (Popmatters.com review)
Sean MurphyDan is the Man Is anybody not yet on board? The conductor is certainly making it difficult to ignore him. In early 2008 he, along with his co-conspirator in the…
The Humble Calf: A Conversation with Burning Spear (from popmatters.com)
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/64274-the-humble-calf-a-conversation-with-burning-spear/ It is impossible to talk about Burning Spear now without talking about Burning Spear then. Four decades and still dropping knowledge: no other artist, with the possible exception of…
The Black Keys Live at the Crystal Ballroom [DVD]
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/66823-the-black-keys-live-at-the-crystal-ballroom/ The Really Big Come Up Last year was a very good year for the dynamic duo dwelling from Akron, Ohio. It was an even better year for the band’s…
Freddie Hubbard: An Appreciation
The next sentence is predictable as it is inevitable: Freddie Hubbard, had he happened to die at some point in the late (or even mid-) ‘60s, would have been forever…
Song of the Day: Supreme Love Dance, Billy Higgins and Charles Lloyd
"Smiling" Billy Higgins. On any self-respecting jazz fan's extra short-list of all-time greatest drummers. He didn't just act as the de facto session drummer for Blue Note in the '60s,…
Mitch Mitchell: The Perfect Engine for the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sound Affects The PopMatters Music Blog Pop Past 17 November 2008 Mitch Mitchell: The Perfect Engine Not for nothing was the band called The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Certainly, Hendrix did—and…
Born in the U.S.A. (or, Every Day is Veterans Day)
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song. Bruce was already big, but he wasn’t over the top. Born in the U.S.A. put…
They Will Rock You (They Are The Champions)
Part One: Introduction (and Apology) October ’08. In the spirit of two quintessentially American inventions (obsessions, really), baseball and rock and roll, it seemed like a swell idea to merge…
An Appreciation of Rick Wright (Popmatters.com)
Sound Affects The PopMatters Music Blog Pop Past 19 September 2008 The Great Gig In The Sky: An Appreciation of Rick Wright Back when Pink Floyd was the first band…
Five Reggae Albums You Cannot Live Without: Part Five (Popmatters.com Blog)
If Mikey Dread (Michael Campbell) had never decided to pick up the microphone and sing, his status would be secure in reggae history. His groundbreaking weekly show on Jamaican radio,…