Name: Bob MacKenzie
Dateline: Kingston, Ontario
Weblog: soundbytes.wordpress.com
Articles: 58
First Published: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Last Published: Friday, July 6, 2007
Currently listing articles 58-1:
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Music DVD Review: Bobby Vee, Paul Anka, Tommy Roe, & More - Rock 'n Roll's Greatest Teen Idols — Especially interesting are the vintage film clips at the end and the full-length NFB documentary on Paul Anka filmed in 1960.
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Music Review: The Platters & The Coasters - Rock 'n Roll Legends: The Platters & The Coasters — Cranked up loud, these fifteen songs are filled with energy that may make it impossible for you to not get up and dance.
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Music Review: Martha Reeves - Greatest Hits Live— Featuring ten live performances by two of America's most influential soul and R&B artists, this release combines pure nostalgia with the power of great performances.
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Music Review: Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow — The first all-girl group ever to score a number one record, the Shirelles defined the "girl-group" genre, becoming the template for all who followed.
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Music Review: Johnny Tillotson - Rock 'n Roll Legends: Johnny Tillotson— Featuring thirteen live concert recordings, this release is worth owning for the music alone, and the silly, quirky bonus segments do make for fun viewing.
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Music Review: Bobby Vee - Rock 'n Roll Legends: Bobby Vee— Bobby Vee's live performance is energetic and well-performed and the songs retain the sound of the original hit recordings.
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Music Review: Charles Mingus - Music Written for Monterey 1965, Not Heard... Played in its Entirety At UCLA— Charles Mingus has discovered the heart of America and set it to music that transcends time and space.
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DVD Review: Twitch City The Complete Series— Twitch City has become a cult favourite in several nations, most notably in Australia, where it became a smash hit.
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Music Review: Mingus Big Band - Live at the Blue Note in Tokyo— The Mingus Big Band gives this music a powerful, evocative voice that speaks not just to America but to the world.
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Music Review: Sophia Darcell - Soul Eclectic— There's a comfort level here that will bring in the hometown fans but may not be enough to hook the national audience.
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Music Review: Dead Can Dance - Wake— As retrospective compilations go, Wake is exceptional in its depth and quality.
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Music Review: Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness— “Tenor Madness” alone makes this a release worth owning. The others are the icing on the cake and the sweet cherries on top.
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e-junkie: The Leading Edge of Independent Internet Marketing— e-junkie is an universal marketing and commerce environment for the independent online marketer of just about any product or service.
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Does Google Epitomize the New (Corporate) World Order?— Have no doubt, Multi-National doesn't mean International and it doesn't in any sense presuppose fair play. Colonialism by any other name is still colonialism.
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Music Review: The Klezmonauts - Oy to the World! A Klezmer Christmas— Christmas music for the person who delights in the bizarre and unconventional...
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Music Review: Jake Shimabukuro - Gently Weeps— If you think of the ukulele as a toy or simple instrument , the playing of Jake Shimabukuro will shatter that illusion.
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DVD Review: Miami Vice— Darker and with less humour than the original television series, this tale still captures Michael Mann's unique vision of Miami.
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Music Review: Jerry Garcia - The Very Best of Jerry Garcia— On his own, Jerry Garcia is far more eclectic and perhaps even more eccentric than was his most famous band, even at its most extreme.
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Music Review: The Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet— The sound is flawless, a flowing resonance of the times with a sense of timeless grace that holds up even fifty years later.
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Music Review: The ChoirGirlz - Girl Time!— At only 41 minutes long, this set leaves the listener wanting more, lots more, of this tasty treat.
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Music Review: Doc and Merle Watson - Black Mountain Rag— Flatpick guitarist and singer Doc Watson is one of the important artists of the last century in American folk music.
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Music Review: Sally Nyolo and the Original Bands of Yaoundé - Studio Cameroon— Sally Nyolo and the artists who worked with her have created a delightful anthology to represent the music of Cameroon to the world.
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Music Review: Coleman Hawkins - At Ease with Coleman Hawkins— Hawkins, whose playing influenced several generations of musicians, created timeless music that has as much appeal today as when it was first recorded.
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DVD Review: Texas Tornados - Live from Austin Texas— The epitome of the Tex-Mex sound, Texas Tornados brings together four Texas superstars: Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, Freddie Fender, and Flaco Jimenez.
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DVD Review: Sir Douglas Quintet - Live From Austin, Texas— Sir Douglas Quintet may just rival a certain British band for the title of The Greatest Rock & Roll Band Ever.
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Music Review: Charles Earland - Black Talk!— Even now, nearly forty years after this album was first released, this music sounds fresh, alive, and up-to-date.
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Music Review: Doug Sahm and Band— Really a pick-up band formed for this session, this is a super-group that prefigures another Sahm band, the Texas Tornados.
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Music Review: Fever Tree - Fever Tree/Another Time, Another Place— While Fever Tree may not be well-known or this an important release, the music is interesting and gives very good value.
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Music Review: The Sir Douglas Band - Texas Tornado— Texas Tornado is a mixed bag of jazz, swing, Cajun, country and rock sounds that somehow hangs together in spite of itself.
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Music Review: Respect the Dead - Otis Taylor— In these songs the words are the driving force, delivering characters and events that grab and hold our attention.
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Music Review: Wise and Otherwise - Harry Manx— Manx blends a dozen styles at the intersection of East and West so subtly that their concurrence seems perfectly natural.
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Music Review: Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists)— Listening to the performances, you can feel the love, the deep and enduring respect these artists have for Leonard Cohen.
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Music Review: Live! - Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings— Rogers, a highly talented all-around musician, has clearly earned the acclaim and respect he receives from fans and peers.
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Music Review: Margie Baker and Friends Live at Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society— Interpreting each song in her own manner, Baker brings interest, consistency, and even a sort of grace to this set.
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Music Review: Ethan Miller and Kate Boverman - If All The Land Would Rise— Am I against Socialist art? Absolutely not. I'm just not convinced it often achieves its intended goals.
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Music Review: Transparency - Lenny Solomon— Solomon's music resembles most the compositions of Aaron Copeland or Ferde Grofé, blending modern styles with a folk music ambience.
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Music Review: Pretty Blues - Antoinette Montague— If this is the future of Jazz, Blues or even Rock & Roll, the music is in very good hands.
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Music Review: The Toronto Sessions - Archie Edwards— As teacher, mentor, and caretaker of tradition, Archie Edwards was very influential and important to the preservation of blues music.
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Music Review: Not Life Threatening - Solomon— This band is clearly the creature of Lenny Solomon, a folk and country musician with the soul of a poet.
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Music Review: Libertad - Sun5— Formed in Boston in 2002, Sun5 has a wealth of potential it's never realized outside the regional New England market.
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Music Review: Roots 'n' Roll - Bill Culp— Culp presents a variety of Rockabilly styles with the respect and energy they deserve and promises a rockin' good time.
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Music Review: Campfire - Chuck Cheesman— Good enough now to be a star in his local folk scene and a contender regionally. can Cheesman break out?
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Music Review: Midnight Fool - Johnny Eden— The jazzy groove of "A Taste of Honey" begins and I've already been drawn into the world of Johnny Eden.
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Music Review: Seedling - Jane— Jane's Seedling makes a respectable showing, presenting the singer in a positive light and giving the listener a comfortable experience.
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Music Review: Out There - The Unseen Guest— In the music of Declan Murray and Amrith Narayan's Out There, East truly meets West, creating something new and strikingly original.
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Music Review: Rock & Roll Recordings, Volume 1 - Mike Plume— Simply put, this is great rock and roll — simple hard-driving music, down to earth lyrics, and a solid beat.
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Music Review: Inside My Secret Pocket - Eddy Lawrence— There is a spareness to his tales that belies the depths to which Eddy Lawrence reaches into the human spirit.
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Music Review: Jerry Kosak - Sounds Like This
— A talented composer, Kosak is also a skilled player with a sound that brings to mind a young Chet Atkins.
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Music Review: Summer Dancing - Lenore— Like a small bird fallen from its nest, with every song, Lenore seems to fly off in another artistic direction.
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Music Review: Taking the Air - Shawn Prescott Haussler
— Quiet Celtic music with a soupçon of New Age romance and American jazz energy... and Shawn Prescott Hausler's lovely voice.
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Music Review: The Town's Old Fair - Josh Lederman y Los Diablos— If a Mulligan stew of Western folk music styles were made, Josh Lederman y Los Diablos would be in the thick of it.
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Music Review: BluesSmyth— BluesSmyth — it's like hearing your favourite bar band finally get good enough that you don't need three beers to appreciate them.
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Music Review: Pat Johnson - Pat Johnson's Songs from the Town Boredom Built— On his debut CD, Canadian Pat Johnson has given his work a certain polish that helps the songs along.
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Music Review: Something Borrowed Something - Blue— After releasing wonderful, quirky independent records for well over fifteen years, Blue should by now be an American icon.
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Music Review: J. C. Andersen - When the Tide Rolls In— Appealing to a broad audience, youthful newcomer J. C. Andersen may just become the next rising star in American country music.
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Music Review: Blow! Blow! Blow! - Gene Hardy— Saxman Gene Hardy blows away the mists of time and brings the Fifties back in this refreshing blast from the past.
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Music Review: Blues Is In The House - Johnny Jones— Session bluesman Johnny Jones breaks out and shows his stuff, and the sound is hot enough to rock the house!
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Music Review: The Pooka and the Fiddler & Happy as Larry by Colcannon— Colcannon delights with two contemporary Irish tales spoken by Mick Bolger over a bed of spirited traditional and original tunes.
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