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Music Review: David Anderson – ‘Lake Placid Blue’
'Lake Placid Blue' is a gorgeously laid-back album with soft energy and grand lyricism.
Read More »Music Reviews: Tesla Quartet – Haydn, Ravel, Stravinksy; Amit Peled – Bach Cello Suites
The Tesla Quartet makes a strong debut with Ravel and more, while Amit Peled plays Bach's Cello Suites 1-3 on Pablo Casals' instrument.
Read More »Music Review: John Lennon – ‘Imagine – The Ultimate Collection’ (4 CD / 2 Blu-ray)
Verging (perhaps) on overkill, this multi-disc box set contains all the 'Imagine' alternate takes, mixes, and rehearsals any John Lennon fan could desire.
Read More »Music Review: The Beatles – ‘The Beatles’ (aka ‘The White Album) – Super-Deluxe Edition (6 CD / 1 Blu-ray)
The Beatles legendary self-titled double album, aka The White Album, receives an exemplary six-CD, one-Blu-ray reissue.
Read More »Music/Spoken Word Review: ‘The Al Purdy Songbook’
'The Al Purdy Songbook' proves once and for all that poetry in the right hands is relevant to everyone and anyone.
Read More »Music Review: Timber – ‘The Family’
With 'The Family,' Timber delivers imaginative, visibly supple coloration and ozone-like misty resonance.
Read More »Music Reviews: Vox Clamantis – ‘Sacrum Convivium’; The Crossing – ‘Zealot Canticles’ by Lansing McLoskey
The monks retreated behind stone walls to chant their devotions. Composer Lansing McLoskey stands in the agora with his choral music on writings by Wole Soyinka.
Read More »Music Review: Joe Bonamassa – ‘Redemption’
The album focuses more on the songs than on shredding, with Bonamassa's six-string wizardry worked into the arrangements rather than blatantly front and center. Still, his masterful solos remind us that we're in the hands of one of our era's greatest blues-rock guitarists.
Read More »Music Review: Ultan Conlon Releases ‘Last Days of The Night Owl’ LP
'Last Days Of The Night Owl' is an elegantly striking album, full of nuanced floating colors and velvety energy, along with the appealing voice of Ultan Conlon.
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