Paul Robicheau

Rock Preview: The Zulus’ Reunion — A Band That Can’t Be Ignored

August 23, 2021
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“Once we have the chemistry in the room, it’ll come back,” says the Zulus’ guitarist Rich Gilbert.

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Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2021 — A Musical Affirmation

August 3, 2021
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Both Newport festivals rose to the challenge of restoring live music in a year that made it difficult and welcome.

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Concert Review: Newport Folk Festival 2021 — A Very Nontraditional Year

July 30, 2021
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Folk On both exceeded and tempered expectations.

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Jazz Album Review: “Mingus at Carnegie Hall” — A Deluxe Edition of a Wondrous Evening

July 25, 2021
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This re-release features 72 minutes of unreleased music. Nearly every track on the two-hour set pushes the 20-minute range, with results more exhilarating than exhausting.

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Rock Album Review: Black Midi — A Dizzying Mashup

June 4, 2021
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If you’re up for a lofty challenge, the experimental British rock outfit Black Midi is more than poised to fill the void.

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Rock Album Review: The Tragically Hip — In Peak Form

May 30, 2021
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Pain and catharsis wind through Saskadelphia.

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Rock Album Review: Reclaimed from the Past — Mark Sandman’s Hypnosonics

April 24, 2021
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Free from the stress of leading a major-label band on the road, Mark Sandman could always return home to Hypnosonics, an alternate vehicle for his elastic vision.

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Jazz Album Review: Charles Lloyd & the Marvels — Still Telling Genre-Blurring Stories

March 17, 2021
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It’s rare to find a band that so naturally assimilates its individual voices to strike a collective palette.

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Folk/Pop Album Review: “The Burnt Pines” — Seamless Cross-Cultural Chemistry

February 3, 2021
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This surprisingly seamless record belies its logistical shuffles and players’ cultural differences with a relaxed sonic identity.

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Hip-Hop Concert Review: Run the Jewels’ Powerful “Holy Calamavote”

October 20, 2020
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The best thing about Holy Calamavote may be that it presents Run the Jewels in a live presentation of RTJ4 that rivals the atmospheric might of the record itself.

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