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Yeah, I'm snarking on Joe Biden -- with an opening line like "Can't keep my hands to myself no matter how hard I'm trying to," how could I not? --…

Not only are you gonna see the greatest blues harp (aka harmonica) player in the world with his band, not only are you getting a great opener in Reed Turchi,…

Think they'll be playing this one at Joe Biden's campaign rallies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpAop7gp0w The Atlanta band never had another hit after this song reached No. 2 in 1986, but they're still…

"What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has the power to reason away what seems to be." The song is about a long-past love affair, but those words…

If you're seeking musical diversity, this is the month for you. We've got pretty much everything but death metal and show tunes.  Presented, as almost always, in alphabetical order by…

The Rolling Stones have postponed their North American tour because Mike Jagger is undergoing medical treatment for an unspecified reason. So for now we'll have to make do with YouTube…

The sweet soul music of the '60s was so intoxicating that lots of white groups tried their hands at it, giving rise to what became known as blue-eyed soul. Even…

Let's cheer things up with a little '90s power pop, courtesy of one of its top practitioners. "I've Been Waiting" was the second single from Sweet's 1991 album "Girlfriend," declared…

British pop lost another voice this week when Ranking Roger of the English Beat died of cancer at just 56 years old. The Beat was at the forefront of England's…

UK music critics and fans are mourning the March 22 death of Scott Walker, pop idol-turned-avant garde composer. He's most widely known as lead singer of the Walker Brothers, a…

When Detroit natives David Weiss and Don Fagenson formed Was (Not Was), they both adopted the surname Was and combined to create music based on a simple philosophy. In the…

Most soul music of the '60s came out of Detroit, or Memphis, or Chicago. But sometimes it came from the most unlikely places, like Allentown, Pa. That's where singer Jay…

Musicians who record power pop must realize by now that it's almost impossible to make a living at it, so Kevin Dotson, better known as Linus of Hollywood, keeps lots…