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Shows I’ll Never Forget: My Morning Jacket, May 20, 2011

For many Southern-born Americans, Memorial Day weekend is a coming out party for the upcoming season — an un-official first day of summer, if you will. You May Also Like: Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, April 28, 2018: Shows I’ll Never Forget LCD Soundsystem, Aug. 5, 2016: Shows I’ll Never Forget

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Tori Amos – Midwinter Graces; Bob Dylan – Christmas In the Heart (2009)

For many years now, I’ve gone out and purchased one new CD of Christmas music. The idea has always been to get something in a genre that I don’t already own. You May Also Like: Tori Freestone Trio – ‘El Mar de Nubes’ (2019)

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Marshmallow Overcoat – ‘The Complete Sound’ (2011)

May Marshmallow Overcoat and their three-chords-and-clouds-of-dust sound forever reign supreme!

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Rob Halford – Winter Songs (2009)

A Christmas record from Rob Halford? Yes, that Rob Halford. The leather-clad screaming frontman of Judas Priest. You May Also Like: Rob Meany with Terramara, “Dreamer in Dreamland” (2023): One Track Mind

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Pleased to Meet You!: Our Favorite Indie Acts from 2011

What better time of the year is there for a list like this? After all, discovering each one of these up-and-coming standouts was like finding a Christmas-morning surprise under the tree. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Guilty pleasures: Michael Bublé – Come Fly With Me (2004)

Diana Krall … Harry Connick Jr. … Josh Groban … Norah Jones … Michael Bublé. What to make of young, attractive musicians who seem rooted in the past? You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Big Boy Pete and Hilton Valentine – Merry Skifflemas! (2011)

Now here’s a collaboration too good to be true: Two legendary guitarists from two legendary British bands of the early 1960s have teamed up and recorded a Christmas album! Big Boy Pete (aka Pete Miller) of Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers and Hilton Valentine from the Animals are the derangedRead More

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One Track Mind: Cary Morin, "Sing It Louder" (2011)

There is a shambling, plain-spoken beauty to this track as Cary Morin, a Crow Indian from North Dakota, sings about dancing his way toward salvation. You May Also Like: No related posts.

Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising (2011)

Gary Numan – Dead Son Rising (2011)

More Nine Inch Nails than “Cars,” Gary Numan’s ‘Dead Son Rising. is a smeared, squelchy outburst of guitar noise, weird psychodrama, face-slap beats and visceral emotion.

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Hail! Hail!: 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class includes Gun N' Roses, Chili Peppers

Guns N’ Roses, the metal amalgam best known for hits like “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” tops the 2012 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees You May Also Like: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Open Letter: Stop Being the Old Boys’ ClubRead More