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Here’s the critical info on the artists talked about in this show.   MINK DEVILLE: Soundbites: [download id=”47″]   [download id=”48″]   [download id=”49″]   [download id=”52″] (Personal Note: this song is like a classic Graham Parker & The Rumour treasure)   AMG – Review Of Cabretta/Return To Magenta – HERE and HERE AMG – […]

  Hope you enjoyed the above video and the discussion of these three bands.   Below, I have some information and sound bites for you to check out connected to the discussion above. One Note:  I mentioned that Briefs were from California. How freakin’ presumptuous of me thinking an awesome punk-cum-powerpoppin’ band would be from Cali […]

Okay – get ready.  A lot of news this past week so I’ll keep it short and let you you dig in and go the links on your own.  Smile – it’s all good! =============================================== NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY – November 25th. The United States’ best, remaining independent record stores are starting to announced their […]

1. PGH is all about helping artists highlight their most recent projects, so let us all know what your new project is – and tell us about how it come into the world. What has the initial feedback on it been like? This year  in 2011   Jam Records has focused on some special charity […]

JANGLY MUSIC PRIMER – THE 1970S By Eric Sorensen BACKGROUND: For this installment of the Jangly Music Primer, I’ll discuss artists/songs from the 70s. If the list of featured artists and songs appears to be abbreviated, that’s because popular music was going in a number of directions during the 70s … and the clean, crisp […]

Here’s the latest batch of reviews, fellow Pop Pioneers!  It’s a lot of work going through all this great pop and finding the best, but your faithful servant is going do his best!  This is a very long list this time around, so get ready to bite down hard.   THE MODULATORS:  Tomorrow’s Coming (Kool […]

BOOK REVIEW:   “Is This the Real Life: The Untold Story of Queen” by Mark Blake   I met Freddie Mercury and Brian May on their first American tour.  We had lunch.  I asked Freddie why he named the band Queen.  Doing a full body curl, he touched his pinky to his lower lip and […]

(Note:  We are almost caught up with “Jangle On!” columns.  In a few days, I will post October’s column…Bruce)   Now that the first day of autumn has officially occurred, those of us who reside in the mid-Atlantic can look forward to some cooler weather and the prolonged fall foliage that this area is known […]