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Recent Music Articles
- Dec 2, 2008
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Concert Review: Gov't Mule & Back Door Slam - House of Blues, Anaheim, CA - 11/20/08— Two blues bands pass through Anaheim.
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Music DVD Review: Nickelback - Live At Sturgis— Bikes, booze and blue collar rock, live in your living room
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Music Review: Britney Spears - Circus— Britney's Back! No, for real this time!
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Music Review: Billy Boy Arnold - Billy Boy Sings Sonny Boy— A fine tribute to one of the harmonica's true innovators...
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Music Review: Avishai Cohen - Flood— There's no denying this is a compelling and powerful piece of music.
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Music Review: The Stereophonics - Decade In The Sun— Celebrating a Decade In The Sun.
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Music Review: The Who - Happy Jack— The Who: Chapter 2.
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Music DVD Review: Smashing Pumpkins – If All Goes Wrong— A very good look at an artist trying to forge a new path while trying to satisfy both himself and the audience.
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- Dec 1, 2008
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New Album Releases 12/02/08: Britney Spears, Neil Young, Akon, Cadillac Records— She's tanned, she's rested, she's sober, she's sane, and she's back.
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Music Review: Glyder - Weather The Storm (EP)— A new EP from up and coming Irish band Glyder.
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Interview: A Conversation With Taylor Hicks— The American Idol winner shares insights on his creative process and upcoming endeavors.
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Music Review: Various Artists - Boots, Buckles & Spurs— A musical salute to a special December extravaganza in Las Vegas, one that draws thousands of visitors — the rodeo.
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Traveling to the Holy Ground of the Delta Blues— Canadian Investors partner with The Blues Hall of Fame to transform the Delta town of Clarksdale Mississippi into a world class tourist destination.
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Music Review: Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band - A Swingin' Christmas— Tony Bennett's first Christmas album in 40 years provides the perfect soundtrack for all your holiday festivities.
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Music Review: Guns n' Roses, Cryonic Temple, Crystal Eyes, Symphony X, Uli Jon Roth, Weapons of Musical Defence, and Bible of the Devil — Axl's solo, rather GnR release, lots of power metal, a concept album against Jihad and a few other things.
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Music Review: Wu: The Story of the Wu Tang Clan Soundtrack— Another enjoyable collection of Wu Tang's hits in the form of a documentary soundtrack.
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Music Review: David Essex - All The Fun Of The Fair— Roll on up see the main attraction, David Essex O.B.E.
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Music Review: Giya Kancheli - Little Imber— Georgian composer Kancheli two war-inspired vocal works of post-modernist classical music in his latest collection, Little Imber.
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Music Review: Ben Weaver - The Ax in the Oak— “When they stole your van you had no woman in your life.”
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Music Review: The Who - The Who Sing My Generation— The Who: Chapter 1.
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Concert Review: Ray Davies with Locksley, 11/28/08 at Tampa Theatre, Tampa, FL— Davies may very well be the Kinks’ biggest fan. And who could blame him?
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- Nov 30, 2008
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Music Review: Don the Reader - Humanesque— A record that may be physically dangerous to listen to.
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Music Review: Paul van Dyk - Hands On In Between— The companion to Paul's previous album, In Between, receives a solid, if homogeneous, remix treatment.
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Music DVD Review: Living Colour - New Morning: The Paris Concert— Living Colour makes up for lost time with their second concert DVD release in as many years.
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Music Review: James Hunter - The Hard Way— Forget the "blue-eyed soul" label — with The Hard Way, James Hunter proves he's just a flat-out Soul Man, period.
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Music Review: The Zydepunks Finisterre— You're in for the ride of your life when you listen to this disc.
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Vinyl Releases For Fall 2008 Part 1: Blue Oyster Cult, Charles Mingus, Lou Reed, Peter Tosh, Boston, and Judas Priest — Vinyl is alive and well and sounding better than ever.
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Music Review: Blue Ash - No More, No Less — A true power pop band even before the term existed, Blue Ash's classic album No More, No Less is now available on CD.
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Music Review: Thunder - Bang!— Why waste words? This album is pure quality.
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Music Review: Steven Wilson - Insurgentes— The anticipation for Steven Wilson's solo album exceeds that of Christmas itself. Well, for me at least...
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Music Review: - The Definitive Rod Stewart (Deluxe Version)— Another greatest hits release from Rod the Bod.
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Music Review: Tommy James and The Shondells - 40 Years: The Complete Singles Collection (1966-2006)— Tommy James and The Shondells return with a career retrospective.
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Music Review: Audrye Sessions - Audrye Sessions EP— Spontaneity seems to come easily to Oakland, California-based quartet Audrye Sessions.
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Music Review: Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On— Sure as the light of day is obscene on the face of a hung-over garage rocker, EoDM will own your face.
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