There is potential for many of the tracks on this album to become chart toppers on alternative rock and/or adult contemporary stations.
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Concert Review: ‘De Noailles Bal Masqué’ – Music of Poulenc and Mark Applebaum (NYC, 12/2/15)
When we think of Surrealism, we think of poetry and visual art, not music. But a surreal evening came to pass nonetheless the other night at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
Read More »Are You Listening? 2015 in Music: Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Seal, Madonna, Hot Chip, Janet Jackson and More
Highlights in popular music from 2015. Includes records by Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hot Chip, Seal, Janet Jackson and many more!
Read More »Concert Review: ‘With You Armenia’ – Armenian and Russian Music with Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky, Alissa Margulis and Elena Lisitsian (NYC, Nov. 30, 2015)
Four musicians including world-famous cellist Mischa Maisky gathered for a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide. Music by Russian and Armenian composers made up a program that asserted the power of art to challenge cruelty and violence.
Read More »Music Review: Neil Finn and Paul Kelly – ‘Goin’ Your Way’ [Live Double Album]
Finn's dark, drama-drenched writing mixes nicely with Kelly's more straightforward folk and folk-rock songs; the optimism of Kelly's work is a pleasing counterweight to the seriousness of the sublime pop Finn has crafted over the decades. Both singer-songwriters are in excellent voice on this live recording from 2013.
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The seemingly relentless optimism in Billy Crain’s latest offering is needed in today’s world.
Read More »Music Review: Midwest Soul Xchange – ‘New American Century’
Ryan Summers and Nate Cherrier have put together a collection of Americana tracks lovers of the genre might want to give a listen to.
Read More »Music Review: Chucho Valdés – ‘Tribute to Irakere: Live at Marciac’
Irakere was a band with a big sound, a sound captured once more in this tribute.
Read More »Music Review: Weather Report – ‘The Legendary Live Tapes 1978 – 1981’ CD Box Set
Forget about this being the best Weather Report lineup, 'The Legendary Live Tapes 1978 - 1981' presents one of the greatest jazz groups of all time.
Read More »Blu-ray & Music Review: ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ and ‘Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings’ [Deluxe Edition Soundtrack]
Brett Morgen succeeds where others before him have failed in giving the world a Kurt Cobain life story that is as profoundly intimate, non-judgmental and powerful as you could ever ask for.
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