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Recent Music Articles
- Jul 24, 2008
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Quickies: Mike & The Ravens, Pete Levin, Antonio Ciacca Quintet— From the rowdy to the refined, it's all here in this episode of Quickies.
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- Jul 23, 2008
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Music Review: Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child— Over the Rhine doles out their fifteenth installment of genius with The Trumpet Child.
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden— Essential Elvis: Chapter 24.
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Music Review: Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider— Cooper celebrates his 25th album with a gem.
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Up Close With The American Idols - Michael Johns— Michael Johns discusses the tour, his career, and why tossing a football with David Cook might be dangerous.
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Music Review: Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues— Two Men With The Blues will undoubtedly take yours away.
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the morning benders Give Away: Download the bedroom covers Free— Free music from the morning benders...
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Music Review: Miley Cyrus - Breakout— OMFG, it's not bad.
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- Jul 22, 2008
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Music Review: Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair— Hercules And Love Affair injects some disco love into contemporary music.
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Music Review: Quivver - Dirty Nails and Vapour Trails— Quivver's jovial consideration for getting things just right makes this one hell of a fun electro-pop album.
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New Album Releases 07/22/08: U2, David Bowie, Miley Cyrus, Nine Inch Nails, Paul Weller, Black Sabbath, CSNY, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Fred Frith & More — Everything old is new again.
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BC Music Goodie Bag: Buddy Guy's Skin Deep— A goodie bag of Buddy Guy's new album "Skin Deep."
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas— Essential Elvis: Chapter 23.
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Music Review: Double Trouble (Chris Layton & Tommy Shannon) & Friends Been A Long Time— Double Trouble - the core around which great music is built.
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Music Review: Totem> - Solar Forge— If a score was written to accompany the failure of a suspension bridge, this would be it.
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Music Review: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In the Light— A review of Will Oldham's latest.
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Bill Withers' Live at Carnegie Hall Treats Listeners to Deeply Personal Songwriting and Performing— Bill Withers' under appreciated live album functions not only as a great listen, but as a master class to songwriters and performers.
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Band Review: Deek Jenkins— Has a kind of electrifying intensity to their music that makes you want to get up and do something.
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Music Review: Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water— Chuck Prophet's newest offering provides good clean summer fun with a thumping pop beat.
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Welsh MAN Gets Royal Esoteric Treatment— The new MAN reissues are an eclectic lot of three stellar albums and one of them is their studio masterpiece.
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Music Review: David Bromberg - Live New York City 1982— David Bromberg returns with an excellent album of acoustic American music.
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Music Review: Amelia - A Long Lovely List of Repairs— Amelia's latest album, A Long Lovely List of Repairs, delivers more of their beautiful signature amalgamation.
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Music Review: Steve Allee Trio - Dragonfly— Steve Allee's latest proves again that this contemporary jazz pianist can more than cut it with the straight ahead stuff.
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Under the Radar (Summer 2008)— Looking for quality music? If so, check out Clayton Perry's listing of overlooked gems.
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Music Review: Sergio Mendes - Encanto— Something a little different from the Latin music legend.
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- Jul 21, 2008
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Music Review: Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel Kinder— This album signals a shift to a more introspective Ray.
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DVD Review: The Future is Unwritten - Joe Strummer— The Future is Unwritten, but Joe Strummer left us some interesting notes before he died.
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Rapper DMX Charged With Medical Identity Theft— Rapper DMX has been arrested to stealing someone else's identity to receive medical treatment. Learn why this is far from a victimless crime.
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- Jul 20, 2008
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Music Review: Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
— Before there was Kiss, before there was Marilyn Manson, there was Alice Cooper.
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Music Review: Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)— Essential Elvis: Chapter 22
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Concert Review: Van's Warped Tour, 7/17/2008, Cleveland, Ohio— You know a music festival is successful when it is older than some of the attendees.
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Retro Redux: Amping It Up With Johnny and The Hurricanes— They had a specialty — and it led to a lot of record sales.
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