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Recommended by Nuno Babo

Music from the outer fringes to the edge of the mainstream – free posts on Tuesdays, paid post every Friday

Music and fashion impresario Scott Lipps, drummer for Courtney Love and owner of The Rebellion Management, sits down for intimate conversations with some of the biggest names in music and pop culture.

Dig Me Out

By J Dziak

Every album tells a story. Most never get heard. We dig them out with podcasts exploring heavy 70s, 80s metal, 90s alternative, and 00s rock—forgotten masterpieces, lost classics, and legends that still have something to say.

If your're searching for quirky, slight offbeat music, this is the Substack to read / subscribe!

- Nuno Babo

Books, records, films

Stories from the Edges of Rock & the Corners of the World.

From Astaire to Sun Ra: A Jazz Journey

By Tyler King

A fun and interesting pathway into that Big River called jazz. See Spotify Playlist: From Fred Astaire to Sun Ra

Life In Michigan

Our weekly newsletter is a postcard from Michigan. It features funny and heartfelt essays, upcoming music shows and events, book reviews, and more. We call it the Sunday Sip!

The Way Out Is Through

By Kelly Stith

A blog written by an English professor with musings on music, film, politics, and whatever else pops into my brain.

Front Row & Backstage

By Brad Kyle FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE

"The best music history writing online!" It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!

A fun ride, for people who like music. Danger of addiction to coolness and awesomeness. Enter at yout own risk! You have been warned.

- Nuno Babo

Burning Ambulance

Essays and interviews, mostly about music. Also a record label.

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

Ann Telnaes- Artist, visual storyteller, creator of "Open Windows"

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Kalowski's Substack

By Kal Hodgson

My personal Substack about music, mainly, with the odd foray into other aspects of culture.

Music of the Day

By Jackie Ralston

Music connects to everything, and us to one another. In each article, I focus on a piece of music that speaks to me in some way with a short essay and video.

The Daily Nugs

By Grateful Dead of the Day

All the Grateful Dead shows and news from this day in history, brought to you by Grateful Dead of the Day.

More About Music, Please!

By Tom Moloney

Sharing with you music's most underrated artists and albums.

This Is Not A Review: The Albums

By James Busby Substack

My personal Substack

Geekatune

By Jorge Garcia

Geekatune is my personal space to talk about music, plain and simple. I’m not here to chase trends, count Spotify streams, or argue over what’s topping the charts. This blog is about the music itself.

Native Angeleno: Lorrie’s Substack

By Lorrie D.

This is my personal Substack. I write about a variety of things from my travels, from life around LA, music, and other topics I hope you will find interesting, entertaining, or informative.

Penguin Jazz A-Z

By Jonas Jacobs

Observations on jazz music and the connections we make from it.

Alex Burgess

Music enthusiast and vinyl collector

Lloyd Cole - Writing, etc

Excuse me, could I use your pen?

Colin Edwin

My personal Substack.

Josh Haden's Mémoire

Josh Haden's Mémoire about life, death, jazz, slowcore, and survival.

Musical Chairs

By Steve Bradley

A weekly perspective on music every Friday. Information, inspiration, indignation.

La Historia De La Musica Rock: The Substack

By rastronomicals

thrashprogbilly bebopcosmichetronica blueslofidelica grindpunkbossanovacore. A companion to my Tumblr, cf for a more granular experience, and a hoped-for replacement for my Blogspot, cf for the same thing, only less viewers.

Music of Africa

Song recommendations, information, reviews, themed YouTube playlists, and more. We focus mainly (but not exclusively) on southern Africa (especially Botswana, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa) and eastern Africa (Uganda and Kenya).

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By Punyhuman

A digital fanzine inspired by my record collection. If it's not in the vinyl vault, it's not on the screen.

Songletter

We only share the songs that won’t let us go.