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Jane Weaver/Love In Constant Spectacle
Jane Weaver works a psyfolk/electronica territory that borders some of Beth Orton's work, but over the course of several albums she's become more pop…
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In Ten Tracks: Bob Marley
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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Alice Coltrane/Carnegie Hall Concert
On February 3, 1971, a concert was held at Carnegie Hall, a benefit for Swami Satchidananda's Integral Yoga Institute. The bill included The Rascals…
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Remembering Malcolm McLaren
On the anniversary of his passing
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Weather Report's 'Mysterious Traveller' Turns Fifty
While doing some research on an unrelated subject I stumbled across the fact that Weather Report's Mysterious Traveller (the group deliberately chose…
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March 2024

In Ten Tracks: David Bowie
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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Iggy Pop's Arista Trilogy
Two outta three ain't bad...
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Stan Getz/Captain Marvel
By the time Stan Getz recorded the album Captain Marvel with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Tony Williams, and Airto Moreira, he had been in the music…
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Frank Zappa Released Three Records In 1970
Frank’s three releases in the year 1970 consisted of Burnt Weenie Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh, recordings by the original Mothers of Invention…
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February 2024

Damo Suzuki
A rare, intuitive talent who wandered momentarily into the world of rock music
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Ultravox!
Their debut and subsequent pair of records with John Foxx paved the way for synthpop and the New Romantics
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In Ten Tracks: Linda Ronstadt
Listen to In Ten Tracks: Linda Ronstadt playlist.Some of my favorite Linda Ronstadt tracks that go beyond the greatest hits.
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