GO, JOHNNIE, GO, GO, GO: After apprenticing with blues masters like Muddy Waters and Albert King on the club scene, Johnnie Johnson teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like “Roll Over Beethoven”…
Read MoreBRENDAN BENSON talks to the Boston Globe about his new disc, The Alternative to Love, (which I dig) and his forthcoming project with Jack White: ''I hang out with people like Jack…
Read MoreIRON AND WINE: Sam Beam's most recent disc under the name Iron and Wine, the Woman King EP, got a good writeup on the Pitchfork in February. I just got around to…
Read MoreWE HAVE A NEW SERVER, thanks to our trusty administrator, Lance. So we hope that the site will not be as slow as it was the past couple of weeks. We do…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIME-WASTER: Whizzball, from the Discovery Channel for Kids.KATHLEEN EDWARDS makes the cover of Now magazine in Toronto, which must feel nice to an artist not given much support…
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Read MoreNEIL ARMSTRONG, MUDDY WATERS AND NIRVANA are among 50 recordings being added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. The discovery of a previously unknown recording by jazz masters Thelonious Monk…
Read MoredBs REUNION, BABY! The original members — Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey Will Rigby, and Gene Holder — have recorded seven new Holsapple/Stamey originals, as well as a cover of the Motown classic…
Read MoreON THE PITCHFORK: Rhino is reissuing Gang of Four's Entertainment! with the Yellow EP as a bonus. The Raveonettes set tour dates. RELATED: Pitchfork and the whole blog, e-zine, MP3 thang is…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE (NO FOOLING):CARDSTACKER: Bryan Berg holds the Guinness World Records for the World's Tallest House of Cards and World's Largest House of Cards. He previously served as design faculty…
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