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Music Commentary: Why You Should Buy 45s

Music Commentary: Why You Should Buy 45s

Let the unimaginative people diddle around with their baseball cards and stamp collections. This is the kind of irrational, eccentric passion that you will be remembered for.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: 45s, Allen Michie

Music Review: New Hip-Hop Singles of October 2019

Music Review: New Hip-Hop Singles of October 2019

It has been a busy month for R&B and Rap — with tantalizing singles from Danny Brown, Gang Starr, and Frank Ocean.

By: Deanna Costa Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Danny Brown, Deanna Costa, Follow God, Gang Starr, Highest in the Room, Kanye West, Travis Scott

Jazz Album Reviews: The Music of Lerner and Loewe — Back in the Jazz Limelight?

Jazz Album Reviews: The Music of Lerner and Loewe — Back in the Jazz Limelight?

The two new Arbors discs are intended to bring Lerner and Loewe back into the jazz mainstream. We will see what happens. But what wonderful music these two groups have produced!

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Adrian Cunningham, Adrian Cunningham and His Friends Play Lerner and Loewe, Dick Hyman, Ken Peplowski, Lerner and Loewe, Michael Ullman

Concert Review: Sergio Mendes & Bebel Gilberto — 60th Anniversary of Bossa Nova

Concert Review: Sergio Mendes & Bebel Gilberto — 60th Anniversary of Bossa Nova

For Sergio Mendes, the captivating anniversary show was a chance to look back on the early years of bossa nova and its birthplace.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Bebel Gilberto, bossa nova, Sérgio Mendes

Blues Album Review: Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ “Cypress Grove” — Old Fuses With New

Blues Album Review: Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ “Cypress Grove” — Old Fuses With New

In Cypress Grove, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ deep Bentonia guitar remains pure and present, while his vocals, which have never sounded better, are solid and vibrant throughout.

By: Ryan Lee Crosby Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Rock Tagged: blues, Easy Eye Sound, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Concert Review: Koyaanisqatsi Live! — Apocalypse Then … and Now

Concert Review: Koyaanisqatsi Live! — Apocalypse Then … and Now

modern world out of control is more perceptive and chilling than ever.

By: Erik Nikander Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Erik Nikander, Global Arts Live, Godfrey Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi Live!, Philip Glass

Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic Storytelling

Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic Storytelling

Country Music digs into the rich, deep dirt of a music with a complicated past, a hybrid genre soaked in soulful suffering, twangy glory, and times both high and tough.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Country Music, Daniel Gewertz, Ken Burns, PBS

Music Interview: Mike Adams At His Honest Weight — Curb Your Skepticism

Music Interview: Mike Adams At His Honest Weight — Curb Your Skepticism

“Honest weight” has more to with like karats of gold, maybe. The “weight” being the value of something. It kind of alludes to that a little bit.

By: Blake Maddux Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Preview, Rock Tagged: Blake Maddux, Mike Adams, Mike Adams At His Honest Weight

Music Review: Best New Album of July 2019

Music Review: Best New Album of July 2019

Chance’s The Big Day beautifully blends authentic passion with superior talent and special guests with star power.

By: Deanna Costa Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Preview, Review, Rock Tagged: Chance, Deanna Costa, rap, The Big Day

Folk Music Review: Dueto Dos Rosas, Five Songs

Folk Music Review: Dueto Dos Rosas, Five Songs

Dueto Dos Rosas’s tunes can be classified as rancheras or corridos, but their style has a very particular historical resonance.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Dueto Dos Rosas, Emily Rosas, Jeremy Ray Jewell, Sheyla Rosas

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