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Music Review: Paul McCartney – ‘Tug of War’ and ‘Pipes of Peace’ (Archive Collection Reissues)
The latest reissues in the award-winning Archive Collection series cover Paul McCartney's uneven early-'80s period: one's a classic, the other is a decidedly mixed bag.
Read More »Faulkner Society’s Words and Music Literary Feast in New Orleans
The joy of this "feast" is that one has the opportunity to see the beauties of New Orleans because the events are held in various venues, all incomparable because they are centered in and around the unique French Quarter.
Read More »Concert Review: Bassekou Kouyate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC, 10/30/14)
Kouyate is so heavily identified with the West African lute called the ngoni that the instrument's Wikipedia page features a photo of him.
Read More »Music Review: Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World – ‘Matt Townsend and The Wonder of the World’
Townsend delivers a soft, soothing, and inspiring folk rock album.
Read More »Music Review: The Band – ‘Live at The Academy of Music 1971’ [4-CD/1-DVD]
A celebration of rock and roll performed by the band who personified the music as few others ever have.
Read More »Music Review: Etran Finatawa – ‘The Sahara Sessions’
You may not understand the lyrics but you can still appreciate the passion and the sound of this inspirational music.
Read More »Music Review: Various Performers – “The Rough Guide To Flamenco”
No matter how you play flamenco, there's still something wild and untamed about it which will get your heart beating and your pulse racing.
Read More »Music Review: Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet – Beautiful Friendship
The Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet's Beautiful Friendship is finely tuned straight-ahead jazz.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus – The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall
Not the complete concert, and a cheat to boot with overdubbed bass.
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