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Steve Horowitz
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Steven Horowitz has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa, where he continues to teach a three-credit online course on “Rock and Roll in America”. He has written for many different popular and academic publications including American Music, Paste and the Icon. Horowitz is a firm believer in Paul Goodman’s neofunctional perspective on culture and that Sam Cooke was right, a change is gonna come.


Features

Monday, May 9 2011

Everywhere She Goes: An Interview with Lissie

The Rock Island native got huge in Europe before starting a glorious iTunes-assisted crossover to America, and speaks to PopMatters about what it all means ...


Friday, February 11 2011

"Comfortable Just Being Me": An Interview with Teddy Thompson

With the release of his acclaimed new album Bella, Teddy Thompson talks to PopMatters about the joys of Tom Jones and why he never wants to be compared to Michael Bublé ...


Thursday, October 15 2009

You Only Live Once: An Interview With Nancy Sinatra

"When I die, I already know what my obituary will be, 'Frank’s daughter died with her boots on!' Ha.”


Wednesday, June 3 2009

Songwriting and Social Activism: An Interview With Nellie McKay

"If you keep your opinions and knowledge to yourself, it doesn’t change anything." McKay talks to PopMatters about her current projects, social activism, and philosophy of life in general.


Thursday, April 9 2009

A Haunted Aura: An Interview with Marianne Faithfull

"I consider myself an artist and suffering has nothing to do with it. Look, I know there are some terrible things happening in the world. That doesn‘t make the world a better place."


Reviews

Wednesday, May 15 2013

Michelle Stewart: Sands of Time

She’s dreaming about flying away before the sun rises, being a passenger in time, and traveling to a new place, and such, because no matter where she is or goes, she is already centered -- or left of centered in that blood-pumping organ Stewart calls her “red, red heart".


Tuesday, May 14 2013

Kacey Musgraves: Same Trailer Different Park

Musgraves knows we live at the corner of Is that Right Avenue and Strange Days Boulevard. It’s funny until it ain’t.


Wednesday, May 8 2013

Tift Merritt and Simone Dinnerstein: Night

Merritt and Dinnerstein may or may not be cool, but the music is purposely cold.


Tuesday, April 30 2013

Various Artists: Reason to Believe: The Songs of Tim Hardin

These songs are just the tip of the iceberg -- almost every song Hardin wrote during his approximately 10 years of recording was a gem.


Monday, April 22 2013

Frank Turner: Tape Deck Heart

Turner is a romantic. He wants to fight battles of good versus evil where there is a strong sense of morality. That’s not a bad thing. It makes for some really strong, anthemic music.


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Blogs

Thursday, May 5 2011

A Happy Family from the Land of Oz


Wednesday, April 6 2011

We Are All One

P.T.Anderson's ode to being alone.


Wiseguy, Huh? (Mixed Media) [21.Mar.11]
Loretta Lynn Shines on "Fist City" (Mixed Media) [18.Feb.11]
Paul Thorn Can Lift You Up (Mixed Media) [31.Jan.11]
The Guilty Pleasure of Matt Morris (Mixed Media) [5.Jan.11]
Nellie McKay on the Radio (Mixed Media) [18.Oct.10]
The Queen Is Gone, But Not Forgotten (Mixed Media) [1.Oct.10]
Summertime in All of Its Glory (Mixed Media) [3.Sep.10]
The Most Beautiful Sound in the World (Mixed Media) [2.Sep.10]
The Dark Side of the Boat (Mixed Media) [26.Aug.10]
Peyton Place Redux (Mixed Media) [11.Aug.10]
Joe and Vicki Price Got the Blues (Mixed Media) [22.Jul.10]
Janis Joplin: The Woodstock Experience (Consuming Consumables) [10.Dec.09]
Wanderlust Festival Day 3 (Notes from the Road) [10.Aug.09]
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