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Music Interview: Martin Phillipps of The Chills

February 18, 2019
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It would appear that Martin Phillipps and company are experiencing a late-career renaissance that bodes well for their future.

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Rock Concert Review: After Forty Years, Joe Jackson is Still “The Man”

February 16, 2019
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The show cemented Joe Jackson’s reputation as an inscrutable and enigmatic songwriter, a talented musician and social outsider who speaks for Everyman.

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Rock CD Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band Provides “Signs” of the Time

February 14, 2019
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This studio outing emphasizes superb ensemble playing; the result in a beguiling album in which just about every note shines.

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Music Interview: Talking With Colin Blunstone — Post-Zombies

February 1, 2019
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“It’s a very exciting prospect that your peers think your worthy to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

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Rock Preview: Lettuce — Stirring up a “Witches Stew” at the House of Blues

January 7, 2019
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“I want our music to be genre-less. Actually I want it to be genre-more.”

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Rock, Pop, and Folk Feature: Favorite Albums of 2018 — The Delightful Dozen

January 5, 2019
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Here are 12 albums that come out in 2018 that I liked.

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Rock Feature: Celebrating “The Wall” — Pink Floyd’s Version

January 4, 2019
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“Five hundred years from now, people will come to that album the way that people come to Wagner and Beethoven. This is a classical piece from our era.”

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Music Year End Feature: The Dead Lives! — In So Many Ways

December 27, 2018
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The Grateful Dead’s music is moving forward with the help of musicians who are OK with the occasional look back over their shoulders.

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Folk CD Review: Mountain Man’s “Magic Ship” — There’s Magic in Them Thar Hills!

December 9, 2018
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When Vermont’s Mountain Man brings us its Appalachian vocal stylings the trio is venturing into the hollers of both the Green and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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CD Review: “Boosie Blues Cafe” — Rap Reaches Back to the Past

December 1, 2018
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How will others in the Southern hip-hop scene react to this embrace of tradition by a Southern rapper with his feet firmly in the Gangsta Rap arena?

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