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The Grateful Dead – All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection (2012)

There was something about a New Year’s Eve show and the Grateful Dead, as the forthcoming All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection so artfully illustrates. You May Also Like: Grateful Dead’s ‘Long Strange Trip’ Film Reminds Me Why I’ll Always Be a Deadhead

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About the Rolling Stones going into the studio? Ronnie Wood says: Never mind

Ronnie Wood, in between gathering accolades for his 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as a member of the Faces, has backtracked on whether or not the Rolling Stones are headed back to the studio. You May Also Like: How ‘Love is Strong’ Grew Into a Stone-Cold RollingRead More

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Tedeschi Trucks Band celebrates terrific first year together with new double-live set

The cool-rocking 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band will release an uplifting, energy-packed double live set called Everybody’s Talkin’ on May, 22, 2012 — a capping an amazing initial year of collaborations between Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that culminated with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator. You May AlsoRead More

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Out In The Street" (1980)

Part of the magic of The River was the masterful combination of emotional, spiritually meaningful songs placed right alongside the garage rockers and party anthems. But hey, this isn’t to say that there’s no emotion involved in the latter. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the InnocentRead More

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Fred's Country Fried Rock: Wayne Hancock, “87 Southbound” (1997)

Hank III often gets the credit for reviving the traditional country sound. Though he obviously doesn’t have as noticeable a country name, the true godfather of the neo-traditionalist movement might be Wayne “The Train” Hancock. You May Also Like: Why I Avoided Herbie Hancock’s Triumphant ‘River: The Joni Letters’ ForRead More

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Shwa Losben – Good Times, Good Times (2010)

You don’t have to go too far back before the concept of “community” morphs into something completely different from current ideas. Much of this can be attributed to the Internet You May Also Like: Sorrows – ‘Bad Times Good Times’ (2010): On Second Thought

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Forgotten series: Secret Affair – Glory Boys (1979)

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, a hot and heavy Mod revival occurred in England. Instigated by the vision of the Jam, the scene may have been fertile, but the majority of participants proved to be pale imitations of their hip forefathers of the previous decade like the Who,Read More

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It's a Gebhard Ullmann Two-Fer!: BassX3 – Transatlantic and The Clarinet Trio – 4 (2012)

The multi-talented reedist Gebhard Ullmann splits his time between his native Berlin and New York but more impressively, he also splits his time leading or co-leading no less than eight workings bands You May Also Like: Scott DuBois – Autumn Wind (2017)

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Dar Williams – In the Time of Gods (2012)

Dar Williams might be one of the few singer-songwriters around who could take the age-old fables surrounding Zeus and Aphrodite, and smartly connect them to our current state of affairs. You May Also Like: How Warren Zevon Found Drunken Brilliance With Hindu Love Gods Denny Zeitlin, with Buster Williams +Read More

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Mort Weiss: Let's compare your average jazz cat to those with classical gas

This question goes way back, but is still relevant in 2012: Who’s the better musician — a jazz or classical player? I remember talking to someone, about someone, and the cat asking: Is he jazz or legit? You May Also Like: Max Moran, jazz bassist: Something Else! Interview