Archive for June 23rd, 2012

by / on June 23, 2012 at 8:23 am / in Blues, Rock Music, Roots Music, Uncategorized

Jerry Douglas – Traveler (2012)

Dobro ace Jerry Douglas might have been expected to do some picking and grinning on the forthcoming Traveler. Happily, in keeping with the name, the album moves far afield of such easy assumptions.

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by / on June 23, 2012 at 7:48 am / in Jazz, Uncategorized

Joel Frahm Quartet – Live at Smalls (2011)

Tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm’s latest release Live at Smalls places the listener at the center of jazz innovation in New York City.

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by / on June 23, 2012 at 7:14 am / in All-Star Lists, Blues, Jazz, Pop Music, Reissue, Rhythm and Blues, Rock Music, Soul Music, Uncategorized

Nick DeRiso’s Half-Year List of Top Albums for 2012: Live and Reissues

For the musical Indiana Joneses amongst us, 2012 has already yielded a number of artifacts for the ages — and we’re but half way done.

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by / on June 23, 2012 at 6:50 am / in Funk, Metal, One Track Mind, Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Mother's Finest, “Like a Negro” (1992)

I hadn’t thought about this song in years, but as I was writing another piece, I stumbled across a 2010 cover of it by Jackyl and Darryl McDaniels of Run-D.M.C.

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