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If there's another band in the world making more authentic old-fashioned rhythm and blues music, I don't know about it. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have the market cornered. They're still making songs ...
2. Winter 2011 CD and DVD-Audio Reviews for the Audiophile
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,DVD A)
The extremely evocative, beautiful voice of Annette Cantor that elevates this album of seven songs for meditation and healing is the same voice that, years ago, helped make master musician Deuter’s Garden ...
3. Fall 2011 CD and DVD Reviews for the Audiophile
(Matching tags: Music Reviews)
Is it possible that yours truly, who has hardly listened to rock ‘n roll since tripping weekly to the Beatles in the summer of 1967 and truly believing in the existence of tangerine trees and marmalade ...
Becoming an Elvis Costello fan was one of the least likely events to have occurred in my life. Thanks to Mobile Fidelity, I now have approximately $150 worth of Costello goodness
From three renowned pioneers of the electric jazz fusion medium comes Forever, a surprising mix of back-to-the-roots, straight ahead acoustic jazz and electric fusion.
I love good hip-hop. Good hip-hop only accounts for about five percent of all hip-hop, but when it's good there's not much I'd rather hear. And when it's good, it's often by the Beastie Boys.
7. A Collection of New Vinyl Releases for the Audiophile - June, 2011
(Matching tags: Audiophile,LPs,Vinyl,Music Reviews)
I decided a while back to ride the Dap-Kings train until it took a wrong turn or flew off the tracks entirely. Put simply, they make the best rhythm and blues records around in 2011.
8. CD and DVD Music Reviews for the Audiophile - April, 2011
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,DVD A)
If there’s any way to change weather patterns with blasts of focused air, the 13 members of the 16-year old Bay Brass stand of good chance of transforming the San Francisco Bay Area as we know it. These ...
... "Go-Go Boots," they take a different tact. This is a cleaner affair, but that's all relative, of course. A barroom bathroom is typically cleaner than a music festival portable toilet, but you still wouldn't ...
On December 8, 2010, I made a mistake. I suppose there really is a first time for everything. Anyone who pays attention to these things will know that I gave "Best New Vinyl Recording 2010" to the great ...
11. CD Reviews for the Audiophile - January, 2011
(Matching tags: Music Reviews)
Bi-coastal jazz saxophonist Jason Robinson, 35, an Assistant Professor of Music at Amherst College and former musician with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, seems to be blowing non-stop these days. No ...
12. High Definition Music Album Downloads for the Audiophile - December, 2010
(Matching tags: SACD,Music Reviews,24 Bit 96 kHz,24 Bit 88.2 kHz)
December's high resolution albums include jazz and classical, at 24/88 and 24/96 sampling. I burned them all to DVD+R media and listened to them with an OPPO BDP-83/NuForce universal player, Lamm LL1 ...
13. High Definition Music Album Downloads for the Audiophile - November, 2010
(Matching tags: DVD A,SACD,Music Reviews,24 Bit 96 kHz)
Sales of high definition (high resolution or "high rez") music on discs has floundered, and producers are in a difficult bind because it is expensive to master them, and with profits on low sales being ...
14. High Definition Music Album Downloads for the Audiophile - October, 2010
(Matching tags: DVD A,Music Reviews,24 Bit 96 kHz)
Sales of high definition (high resolution, or "high rez") music on discs has floundered, and producers are in a difficult bind because it is expensive to master them, and with profits on low sales ...
15. CD Music Reviews for the Audiophile - June, 2010
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,CD Recordings,Audiophile)
This recording defines what the audiophile experience is all about. Producer Bob Attiyeh, who recorded both on analog tape and in high-resolution 176.4/24 digital format, employed a single mike, extremely ...
I get excited when Jack White throws his fans a bone. I've said it before. He's our only real rock and roll superstar. There are other rockers out there, but most of us haven't heard of them.
17. CD Music Reviews for the Audiophile - April, 2010
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,Classical Music)
Perhaps it’s only natural, given violinist Vadim Gluzman’s spiritual roots, that his latest recording of 20th century repertoire showcases music by Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, and Ernest Bloch. ...
18. Holiday Music Reviews - December, 2008
(Matching tags: Music Reviews)
Gloom is banished with this delightful collection of Leroy Anderson’s holiday music. While some dismiss the American composer’s achievements as second-rate, there’s no question that classics such as “Sleigh ...
19. Music Reviews - November, 2008
(Matching tags: Music Reviews)
It’s easy to dismiss Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos assonic wallpaper. Their presence on classical FM, internet radio, iTunes, andconcert programs around the world is virtually as ubiquitous as Vivaldi’snot-always-evergreen ...
20. Music Reviews - July, 2008
(Matching tags: Music Reviews)
... and Pearls," as well as sublime renditions of music by Gary Peacock, Ennio Morricone, contemporary trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, and pianist / trio founder Marcin Wasilewski.  ...
21. Music Reviews - June, 2008
(Matching tags: Music Reviews)
ANNE SOPHIE VON OTTER: TEREZÍN THERESIENSTADT, J.S. BACH: LUTE WORKS VOL. 1, TERRY RILEY: THE CUSP OF MAGIC, ELLA FITZGERALD: LOVE LETTERS FROM ELLA, SHELLEY MORNINGSONG: OUT OF THE ASHES
22. Music Reviews - March, 2008
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,Classical Music)
J.S. BACH - CANTATAS VOL. 16: NEW YORK • FOR THE SUNDAYAFTER CHRISTMAS • JOHN ELIOT GARDINER | SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 137
23. A Talk with Baritone Nathan Gunn
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,Opera,Classical Music)
Baritone Nathan Gunn's career is on the ascent. Thirteen years after winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition at the tender age of 23, the handsomely voiced artist followed up recent ...
24. Music Reviews - February, 2008 - Special CD/DVD Reviews
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,Classical Music)
This month, I deviate from the usual review format. Instead of offering short, individual reviews of a host of CDs and DVDs, I offer three feature-length reviews that focus on four Divas past and present: ...
25. Music for Christmas - Part I
(Matching tags: Music Reviews,Popular Music,Classical Music)
Passion Des Cuivres: Victorian Christmas for Brass; J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 16: New York, For the Sunday After Christmas, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, William ...
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