Sunday, October 10, 2021

Nina Simone: “Little Girl Blue” (1959/2021) CD Review

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In June, Nina Simone’s The Montreux Years was released. That two-disc set captured live performances from 1968 to 1990, including rendition...
Saturday, October 9, 2021

Doc Carter: “High Tide For Low Times” (2021) CD Review

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It was the album’s title, High Tide For Low Times , which got me interested in the first full-length album from Doc Carter (he’s released se...
Friday, October 8, 2021

Nathan Bell: “Red, White And American Blues (It Couldn’t Happen Here)” (2021) CD Review

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In 2016, the Republican Party for all intents and purposes, if not in name, became the Fascist Party, though the rank and file members claim...
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Saturday, October 2, 2021

Buck Owens And The Buckaroos: “Ain’t It Amazing, Gracie” (1973/2021) CD Review

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Buck Owens was fairly busy in 1973, putting out four albums that year.   Ain’t It Amazing, Gracie was released just a few months after In T...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Buck Owens And The Buckaroos: “In The Palm Of Your Hand” (1973/2021)

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Omnivore Recordings has been re-issuing a lot of great music from Buck Owens. For the last month or two the focus has been on his late 1960s...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Grateful Dead: “Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2: Carousel 2-14-68” (2009/2021) CD Review

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Real Gone Music is continuing to re-issue the Grateful Dead’s Road Trips series, putting them out in the reverse order of their original re...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Brief Notes On New Jazz Releases

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As more people get vaccinated and concert venues open their doors once again, some sort of normalcy seems within reach. Meanwhile, artists a...