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Best of 2022: Rock Instrumentals

Song of the year

A little Christmas music

Rock and Roll Women: Fanny (1970-1975)

Kicking the doors down: Suzi Quatro

Rock and Roll Women (1): Pioneers

"Little Wing": Let me count the ways

Announcement and invitation

Blanche Calloway (and her Joy Boys)

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Forerunners of Women in Rock

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Part 2)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (part 1)

Women in Rock

Divine Harmony: FictionJunction

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming…

My final post in honor of Band-Maid's upcoming U.S. tour (Starts Oct 9 at the Aftershock music festival)

Can a simple street performer with a violin break the internet?

Within Temptation, featuring Tarja Turunen: “Paradise (What About Us)”

The American Music "Industry"

Why do I think this is the best rock band since the Beatles?

Rock (6): Don’t tell me rock is dead (This is especially for people who love 1960’s and 70’s roots rock)

What do Albinoni, The Doors and Lara Fabian have in common?

American pop music culture: Are women winning the battles but losing the war?

The Mystery of Tina S (part 1)

When the cover is better than the original (8)

Band-Maid find another gear

Breaking boundaries: What is rock, anyway?

The teenager taking on the classical music establishment--and winning

Does it matter if you can do it live?

Is the best rock group of our time this "girl-band"?

Band-Maid (2): No two songs are alike

Band-Maid: Rebooting Rock and Roll (Part 1)

I am extending International Women's Week to the rest of the year

When the cover is better than the original (8): “The Sound of Silence”

The two most important reasons to watch this video: Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan

The epic duet that never happened

More than covers: Channeling Janis Joplin and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Warning! Don't miss this band! (coming to your area soon)

Drum sensation: Yoyoka Soma, the early years

Women's History Month (8): So you think you know who Charo is?

When less is more: Covers by Floor Jansen and Johnny Cash

Women's History Month and the fight for Ukraine

International Women’s Week (7): More sad news, in a month filled with sadness

International Women’s Week (6): In a world of Taylor Swifts, dare to be a Lzzy Hale!

International Women's Week (5): Now, THIS is courage!

International Women's Day: The greatest classic rock band you’ve probably never heard of

Look out, Metallica! When the cover is better than the original

Great Voices (10): Diana splits the world open

When the cover is better than the original (4): Hendrix does Dylan, EJ does Hendrix

Rock (6): Back to the Golden Age

The mysterious case of Diana Ankudinova

The Warning