A long lost 1973 concert is finally released on CD - a wonderful journey back in time into the mind and music of Captain Beyond.
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Music Review: Global Noize – “Sly Reimagined”
Global Noize puts a contemporary spin on the music of Sly and the Family Stone, alive with the excitement of innovation.
Read More »Music Review: Marshall Chapman – “Blaze Of Glory”
Marshall Chapman caps a busy three year period with the release of her 13th album, mature music by a confident artist.
Read More »Music Review: Bonnie Whitmore – “There I Go Again”
Bonnie Whitmore's second disc is crammed full of soulful, insistent Americana, with sharp-edged songs sometimes reminiscent of Tom Petty.
Read More »Music Review: Perry Beekman – “So In Love”
Perry Beekman sings Cole Porter as the composer meant his songs to be sung. It's a debut album long overdue.
Read More »Music Review: Oscar Pettiford – “Lost Tapes: Germany 1958/1959”
Oscar Pettiford’s place in jazz music is secure because of his bass innovations and his making the cello a viable jazz instrument. For any fan of jazz and its history, "Lost Tapes..." is a must-have release.
Read More »Music Review: Bob James and David Sanborn – “Quartette Humaine”
After a quarter of a century, Sanborn and James join on a new album.
Read More »Music Review: Jutta Hipp – “The German Recordings 1952-1955”
Jutta Hipp walked away from the music scene at the height of her commercial success. Now her early German recordings have been issued on CD.
Read More »Music Review: The Colorplates – “Agony and Ecstasy”
This new compilation may not make The Colorplates champs, but if it evokes for others the same nostalgia for lost youth that it evoked for this reviewer, it will make for a lot of happy campers.
Read More »Music Review: She & Him – “Volume 3”
This latest release may sell in bunches for She & Him but, overall, it comes off as a missed opportunity. Sometimes less is less, and this album is much less than it could have been.
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