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Tag Archives: Adult Alternative

Meg Braun and Ari Scott at Cafe 111

Singer-songwriters Meg Braun and Ari Scott shared a set at Cafe 111 in Brooklyn last night as part of promoter Dan Herman’s Radio Crystal Blue showcase. The two have very differerent voices, but blended surprisingly well when they accompanied each other. Highlights of the set were Braun’s “Ohio Wind,” a …

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Bisbee Live in NYC Tonight!

At least until he is as ubiquitous as say, the Beatles, I don’t think I can say too much about Sam Bisbee. He is just an excellent and highly appealing alt-pop-rock singer-songwriter with an expressive but never maudlin voice, sharp lyrics about actual life, AND he is a super nice …

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Tears For Fears and the Happy Ending

As Tom Johnson mentions in his very fine review of the “new” Tears For Fears, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, Arista Records was scheduled to put it out in April, but dropped the ball amid reorganization, the merger with Sony Music, and the ouster of Antonio “LA” Reid from the …

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Citizen Cope – The Clarence Greenwood Recordings

In what could be called a post-hip-hop musical development, sampling, looped beats, and the blending of organic and inorganic musical sources are still the sonic and creative foundation, but a folky, singer-songwriter vibe has evolved over the last ten years or so with such practicioners as Beck, Arrested Development, G. …

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Hootie Gives

When I was a DJ on Cleveland commercial modern-rock station The End in the mid-’90s, I could never for the life of me figure why we played Hootie and the Blowfish. What on earth is “modern-rock” or “alternative-rock” about the chronically pleasant, strummy, poppy folk-rock of Blow and the Hootiefish …

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Luka Bloom: Before Sleep Comes

Luka Bloom's music has always had a dreamy quality. When you get right down to it, he's a crooner, after all. But his new 28-minute CD is all dreamy, all the time.

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Long Riders: Jam Band Circuit As Business Model

Although one of the biggest players is leaving the scene, the jam band model of steady touring, long and varied shows, and encouraging fan community is now a viable alternative to the label-dependent radio and CDs model that has become a victim of the changing market of media consolidation, file …

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