Posts From Jeff Tamarkin
Don’t You Forget About Me: 13 More Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms
Those huge hits by The Clash, Joy Division, Pet Shop Boys and others still grab us nearly four decades after we first heard them.
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Jimmy Webb on Songwriting (and That Cake)
The consummate pop songwriter, whose credits include “MacArthur Park,” “Wichita Lineman” and so many more, in conversation.
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Status Quo: ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’ and You
In their homeland, the U.K., they’ve had more than 60 hit singles and 30+ albums. In the U.S., they’re a one-hit wonder. Here’s the story of that one hit.
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The Summer of Love, by Those Who Were There
Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips and others assembled in New York to remember the headiest summer of all. “I was stoned all the time,” recalled Nash
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Judith Durham, Seekers Singer (‘Georgy Girl’), Dead at 79
The Australian folk-rock quartet’s big hits also included “I’ll Never Find Another You” and “A World of Our Own.”
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They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
It was bizarre but an instant smash hit. Then there was a backlash. Read the strange tale of Napoleon XIV and hear the song that drove people mad.
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Jimy Sohns, Shadows of Knight Singer (“Gloria”), Dead at 75
The singer was only 16 when he co-founded the Chicago-based garage-rock band that would record one of the great covers of the ’60s.
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Linda Ronstadt: ‘My Best Singing Came in the ’90s’
It’s been a decade since one of our greatest singers retired, having lost her gift to Parkinson’s. Here she discusses highlights of her career.
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Linda Ronstadt Documentary Review: ‘I Have to Sing’
From the beginning of her career, Ronstadt was never not going to be a sensation. Only the natural course of life could make her stop singing.
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Little Feat’s Paul Barrere On the Band’s Legacy
“The most important part is the music itself. When we get together and we play these songs, it always brings the best out in you.”–Paul Barrere
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