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June 2025

3614 Jackson Highway
Released June 20, 1969, it is easily Cher's most ambitious record
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In Ten Tracks: Talking Heads
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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Sketches: Jelly Roll Morton
"You punks can't play this"
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ABBA/Voulez-Vous
On their sixth record, ABBA graduates to a more adult sound
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May 2025

Charles Mingus/Let My Children Hear Music
The album Mingus called his best
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Matthew Shipp/Equilibrium & Antipop Consortium Vs. Matthew Shipp
Two from the Blue Series
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Tell It To Your Heart
An excerpt from a book proposal on Lou Reed's 'New York' album
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Machito/Mambo Mucho Mambo & Muddy Waters/Real Folk Blues & More Real Folk Blues
Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra
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In Ten Tracks: Joni Mitchell
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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April 2025

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