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Libby Titus
Singer/songwriter's influence was subtle but reverberated widely
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32 Records: The House That Compilations Built
You can sell classic jazz music to non-jazz listeners if you market it right.
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Esbjorn Svensson Trio
A review of the work of this groundbreaking jazz piano trio, tragically cut short by Svensson's untimely death in 2008.
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Cowboys International: Original Sin (Revisited) (Again)
A brief look at a touchstone of post punk rock that influenced the development of the New Romantics as well as electro pop and other goodies.
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Goblin: Kings of Euro-Horror
You might not think you know the music of progressive goth Italian band Goblin, but if you've seen horror films such as Profondo Rosso, Suspiria, and…
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Christine McVie: Fleetwood Mac songs, 1970-1974
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In Ten Tracks: Linda Ronstadt
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My Life in the Cutout Bins: 1969: The Velvet Underground Live/The Velvet Underground
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Pedro Bell: Art in the Service of the Groove
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45 Years With X
One of my all-time favorite bands is saying farewell with a new record, 'Smoke & Fiction', and a tour
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'Remain in Light' Goes Round-Trip with Angelique Kidjo
Benin singer takes Talking Heads' Afrobeat album home
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In Ten Tracks: The Band
In Ten Tracks is not a best of or greatest hits or even necessarily a list of favorites. They're songs by an artist that stuck with me for various…
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Jean-Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene'
Electronic music's French connection
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Los Bitchos/Talkie Talkie
An instrumental love letter to the post punk '80s
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My Hot Chicha Summer
My deep dive into the Peruvian Amazon's mix of Latin rhythm and surf guitar
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My Life in the Cutout Bins: 1969: The Velvet Underground Live/The Velvet Underground
This album, cobbled together from two sets of live performances, remains a favorite.
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In Ten Tracks: Elton John
In Ten Tracks is not a best of or greatest hits or even necessarily a list of favorites. They're songs by an artist that stuck with me for various…
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Highlights from the First Half of 2024
ICYMI, some favorite posts from the first six months of the year
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New Directions In Music
New Directions In Music
If music is your best friend, always there for you, in the best times and the worst times, if you turn on some music to start your day, and if you brake for rainbows, this is the place where I explore and celebrate music and the people who create it.
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