Pete Seeger: A Worried Man Passes Away
— January 28, 2014When I was a kid, my dad used to play the guitar. He had a reasonably decent six-string acoustic
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RIP Junior Murvin: A Reggae Legend Passes On
— December 5, 2013Forty years ago, a young Jimmy Cliff played the leading role in Perry Henzell’s The Harder
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Hip-Hop at 40: First Impressions
— August 15, 2013According to pop music Apocrypha, hip-hop was born in the Bronx forty years ago. NPR’s Dart Adams explains:
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Your Friday Clash Song: Nembutol Numbs It All …
— June 14, 2013… But I prefer alcohol! “The Right Profile” from London Calling (1979), a tribute to the great
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Your Friday Clash Song: I’d Rather Be A Free Man In My Grave …
— June 7, 2013Okay, technically it’s not the Clash; it’s Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros doing a great cover of
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Your Friday Clash Song: I Want In, I Want Out, Hey Jailer!
— June 2, 2013Apropos of my recent post on Trayvon Martin, “Kill Time,” a ska-inspired track from the unreleased
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Your Friday Clash Song: ¡Esta Undecision Me Molesta!
— May 17, 2013A low-rider-y version of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” from the unreleased Rat Patrol From Fort
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Your Friday Clash Song: Cold Water In The Face …
— May 10, 2013The Clash’s first foray into hip-hop, “The Magnificent Seven,” was recorded live on the Tomorrow
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Your Friday Clash Song: For He Who Will Die Is He Who Will Kill …
— May 3, 2013Apropos of a recent post on my regular blog on the “war on terror,” “The Call Up,” from Sandinista!
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