Last year's Oscar winning documentary Searching for Sugarman shined a spotlight on an artist who, despite obvious talent and critical acclaim, somehow slipped through the cracks and never enjoyed the mainstream success he was destined for until later in life when a journalist tracked him down and revealed his bootlegged music was as beloved as Bob Dylan and The Beatles in South Africa.
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After a less-than-satisfying engagement with his last record label, Marshall Crenshaw's taking his music straight to the people.
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After a less-than-satisfying engagement with his last record label, Marshall Crenshaw's taking his music straight to the people.
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For 30 years, he's been entertaining audiences with upbeat retro and folk-rock sounds and while his music has been described as classic power pop, it also moves across genres, very evident in his most recent album, 2009's "Jaggedland."
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In terms of songwriting ability, Marshall Crenshaw is a god among men.
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Michael J. Fox's rendition of "Johnny B. Goode" in 1985's Back to the Future hooked me; at that moment, I learned about the power and fury of seminal rock 'n roll and I have never fully recovered.
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"AMPLIFIER," with THE dB's ( REPERCUSSION, 1982): A rockabilly Holsapple number that ended up becoming the lead single for the dB's sophomore effort — and, because of its nifty video, was later included on the follow up Like This, as well.
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He showed up in our record stores with an art-deco album cover and the visage of a New Wave Buddy Holly.
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If you were a kid who grew up during the '90s, chances are you were probably watching either MTV or Nickelodeon to get your fix of entertainment for the day.
Read MoreMuch like our 100 Greatest Covers post last year, this was a collaborative effort for the Popdose staff.
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She's reached one of life's biggest milestones… at least, what I considered to be a milestone back in 1982 when I turned thirteen.
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Thanksgiving is a time for reflecting on all the things we're thankful for, be it large or small.
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A Harem favorite, and one I've been known to obsess over from time to time, as I am tonight.
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If you had half as much fun reading the first part of our Digging for Gold series as we did putting it together, well that means we enjoyed it twice as much.
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In celebration of the former Beach Boy's 69th birthday, Popdose offers up a super-sized version of "The Very Guest Of and takes a look and a listen back at 15 occasions when Brian Wilson has stepped into the background and offered his decidedly distinctive vocals to the songs of other artists. 1.
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Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd, collectively known as Foster & Lloyd , stormed the country charts beginning in 1987 with four Top 10 hits, including 'Crazy Over You,' 'What Do You Want From Me This Time' and 'Sure Thing.'
Read MoreAt the ripe young age of 18 I was off to college (or over to college as I never left town) to begin my grand adventure of growing up.
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In the last four months alone, Big Star has lost two of its original members.
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