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Written by Jason Crawford
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 12:10 |
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 with "Parts One and Parts Two."
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Written by Jason Victor Serinus
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 00:00 |
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 of the Gods (New Earth Records) one of my favorite New Age albums.
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Written by Jason Crawford
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 00:00 |
One of the bands at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival that I was most interested in seeing was the South Memphis String Band. They're comprised of one of my favorite working guitarists (Luther Dickinson), one of my favorite working blues artists...
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Written by Jason Crawford
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011 00:00 |
There are some bands that I feel obligated to like. Or at least to try liking. I was a big Black Crowes fan as a kid. Saw them tape the live version of 'She Talks To Angels" as a 14 year old in Atlanta. Thought they were the greatest rock and roll band of my time and that they were gonna save the whole institution...
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Written by Jason Crawford
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 00:00 |
Anyone paying attention knows that I'm... uh... "concerned" about the current state of popular music. The primary indicator is that I'm constantly having to reference one of a small handful of bands that are making new...
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Written by Jason Victor Serinus
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011 00:00 |
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 skies...
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Written by Jason Crawford
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 00:00 |
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
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Written by Jason Victor Serinus
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011 00:00 |
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.
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Written by Jason Crawford
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Wednesday, 06 July 2011 00:00 |
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.
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Written by Jason Crawford
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Thursday, 02 June 2011 14:46 |
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.
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