Archive for July 12th, 2012

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Rory Block – I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis (2012)

Six years ago, Rory Block undertook an ambitious project she dubbed the Mentor Series that was instigated with the release of The Lady And Mr. Johnson You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Rainy Day Saints – All These Strange Ghosts (2011)

Nabbing my vote as one of the finest contemporary bands to be had, Rainy Day Saints came barreling out of the gates with yet another electrifying disc. Logging in as the Cleveland, Ohio band’s fourth full-length album, All These Strange Ghosts basically picks up where their previous efforts left offRead More

Greg Kihn on 'The Breakup Song,' 'Jeopardy' and Others: Gimme Five

Greg Kihn on ‘The Breakup Song,’ ‘Jeopardy’ and Others: Gimme Five

Find out why the invention of the portable Casio keyboard sparked the Greg Kihn Band’s first-ever dance hit.

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Half Notes: Squarepusher – Just a Souvenir (2008)

Squarepusher (OK, it’s really just a guy with a boatload of electronic blurpy noisemaker thingies. Oh, his name is Tom Jenkinson) takes electronic music and infuses it with as much humanity as possible. In this case, the human element is jazz. Now, I sure haven’t heard every electronica recording outRead More

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Hank Williams Jr. – Old School, New Rules (2012)

Sadly, the latest from Hank Jr. is pretty much everything that I hoped it wouldn’t be. There’s a lot of grousing about the government, a lot of trying to convince us he’s just a good ole boy like us You May Also Like: Oceans And [Tim Berne, Hank Roberts +Read More