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by / on May 15, 2013 at 9:32 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Streams, Uncategorized

Exclusive stream: James McCartney, “Strong as You” from Me (2013)

James McCartney, a musician with a blessing/curse of a last name, tries to come to terms with the strength needed to overcome such strokes of luck/misery on “Strong as You”

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by / on May 14, 2013 at 10:19 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Movies: Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams (2013)

Looking back, it seemed preordained. Stevie Nicks met Dave Stewart years ago, and had a good feeling about him. “Maybe,” Stevie Nicks says toward the end of the film In Your Dreams, “this played out for a reason.”

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by / on May 14, 2013 at 8:53 am / in One Track Mind, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Steve Hackett with Ray Wilson, “Carpet Crawlers” from Selection (2013)

Guitarist Steve Hackett, with an assist from criminally underrated fellow Genesis alum Ray Wilson, has finally found the emotional centerpoint within one of their old band’s signature tunes, “Carpet Crawlers.”

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by / on May 13, 2013 at 9:14 am / in New Music Monday, Uncategorized

New Music Monday: R.E.M., Del-Lords, Suicidal Tendencies, Christian McBride, Blue Murder

A pair of big-selling 1980s albums from either end of the rock spectrum get the deluxe reissue treatment, one the then-emerging indie-rockers R.E.M. and the other the confirmed pop-rock stars Huey Lewis and the News.

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by / on May 13, 2013 at 7:21 am / in Reissue, Rhythm and Blues, Soul Music, Uncategorized

Larry Williams – That Larry Williams (1978; 2013 reissue)

The last recordings of an early rock legend had none of the crunchy grit of “Dizzy Miss Lizzy.” Instead, Larry Williams reimagined his sound (and with “Bony Moronie,” one of his most famous songs) as ass-shaking 1970s funk bombs.

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by / on May 12, 2013 at 11:44 am / in Pop Music, Reissue, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Huey Lewis and the News – Sports: 30th Anniversary Edition (2013)

This imminently listenable brand of no-frills rock might have sold in any decade. But only in the 1980s, a period marked by a steep swing rightward after the polyester era’s excesses, could Huey Lewis and the News have been such big stars.

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by / on May 12, 2013 at 9:11 am / in Jazz, Uncategorized

Christian McBride and Inside Straight – People Music (2013)

Taking a page from Cannonball Adderley, who had a remarkable ability to take the complex and make it feel approachable, Christian McBride’s new album is as relatable as it is intense, as ebullient as it is substantive.

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by / on May 11, 2013 at 11:35 am / in Pop Music, Reissue, Rock Music, Uncategorized

R.E.M. – Green: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2013)

If 1987′s Document heralded the moment when R.E.M. started to get away from us, the follow up Green confirmed things: This wasn’t going to be our little secret anymore.

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by / on May 10, 2013 at 8:09 am / in Rock Music, Roots Music, Uncategorized

The Del-Lords – Elvis Club (2013)

Always out of their time, the Del-Lords made a scruffy early-1980s debut in the age of synthesized MTV flashes in the pan. They return now with a suitably old-fashioned but similarly ageless amalgam of heartfelt lyrics and crunchy licks.

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by / on May 9, 2013 at 10:44 am / in Concerts, Pop Music, Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Brian Ray on Paul McCartney, Etta James, and the Bayonets

Even as he closes out the South American leg of a new tour with Paul McCartney tonight, guitarist Brian Ray is preparing for a series of solo shows with his sizzling new band the Bayonets.

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