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Dateline: The People's Republic of Northern Eastern Massachusetts
Weblog: perfidy.org
Articles: 127
Dateline: The People's Republic of Northern Eastern Massachusetts
Weblog: perfidy.org
Articles: 127
John Owen is a music writer, multi-instrumentalist and music industry veteran based in coastal Massachusetts.
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Music Review: Solomon Burke - Nashville
The blues-country-soul-gospel-whatever legend returns with a stupendous set of country songs that would be the crowning achievement of practically any career.
116
An Interview With Soul-Blues-Gospel Singer Solomon Burke
The legendary singer gets frank about his recent resurgence, the joy of singing, and the tiresome uselessness of genre labels.
115
Music Review: The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
The much-hyped and very tousled British group finally hits American shores with an album that's pretty, catchy, clever, and, ultimately, kinda boring.
114
Music Review: Steve Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra - Volume 1
The slide-trumpet player and leader of Sex Mob finally makes an album that doesn't kind of suck.
113
Music Review: Pere Ubu's Why I Hate Women and a Review of Music Reviews
In which I onanistically ask of myself, what was I thinking?!
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Music Review: Pere Ubu - Why I Hate Women
The new wave pioneers' 15th album is a bad, bad trip, a violent and bewildering mess drenched in guitar and theremin. It's also outstanding.
111
CD Review: Thor - Devastation of Musculation
As long as you take it for what it is - the aural equivalent of movies like Escape from New York - you can do worse than to heed the mighty word of THOR.
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CD Review: Bobby Previte's Coalition of the Willing
A lurid surf-spy garage rock Miles Davis Live/Evil Mission Impossible electric pyschedelic pussycat puzzle from one of New York's finest (not) jazz drummers.
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CD Review: The Essential George Jones
Sony Legacy's "Essential" series offers a strong but flawed introduction to the greatest living country singer, the man they call The Possum.
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CD Review: The Wood Brothers - Ways Not to Lose
Bassist Chris Wood (Medeski Martin & Wood) makes it a family affair on this country-flavored offering featuring brother Oliver Wood.
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