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In Ten Tracks: Pretenders
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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Harold Budd, Marion Brown & 'The Pavilion of Dreams'
Composer and musician Harold Budd’s name is linked, both in the media and in the minds of many listeners, with the term 'ambient.' But Budd himself…
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Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
In 1974, Frank Sinatra was 59, and unhappy in the way that only a white, wealthy, world famous man can be.
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Night of the Living Loss Leaders
These samplers are well worth liberating from your local vinyl dungeon
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January 2025

NDIM Top Ten Posts of 2024
Here it is again. A look at NDIM's top ten posts of 2024.
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The 'Garth album': Northern Lights, Southern Cross
The Band's keyboard, woodwind, and technology wizard (and last surviving member) passed away last week.
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Give a Damn
For Spanky and Our Gang as well as most of America, 1968 was a turning point
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My Life in the Cutout Bins: John Lennon & Yoko Ono/Sometime In New York City
John Lennon's two LP release Sometime In New York City seems like it was born in the cutout bins, landing there as soon as it became apparent that the…
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The Golden Age of Gil Evans
New Bottle–Old Wine and Great Jazz Standards are collected together on Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions
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December 2024

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