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Bessie Smith
Princeton guitarist/vocalist Rory Block, 68, is a blues-woman for the ages, keeping the rural blues alive for new generations. She’s already recorded wonderful tributes to th...
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From Cuba With Love
Dayramir Gonzalez traverses The Grand Concourse (Machat Records) of New York City on his second CD. The multi-talented pianist/composer/arranger/orchestrator/bandleader...
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Finally!
Not sure why it took one of the most in-demand hired guns in New York City to debut as a leader at 52 (he’s only been at it since 22) but trumpeter/flugelhorn man/composer John Bailey is In Rea...
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Gin, Chocolate & Bottle Rockets
Somewhere between the Andrews Sisters of the 1940s and the Indigo Girls of the 1990s sits a Wisconsin trio whose self-released sophomore effort contains n...
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Another Great Dead Guy
e.s.t. live in London (Act) by The Esbjorn Svensson Trio is a great two-disc retrospective of Sweden’s biggest piano trio, active for 17 years. In 2006 alone, they pla...
11 Rant’n’Roll – Musikfest 2018
Here we go again, my favorite time of the year is right around the corner. The 35th Annual Musikfest will take place August 3-12, after Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue lights up the Beth...
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Exotica
You’ve probably never heard of any of the artists on the three-CD boxed set called Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights (The Numero Group) bu...
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Return Of The Delta Lady
Leon Russell wrote “Delta Lady” for his girlfriend Rita Coolidge, the beautiful Cherokee with the silky warm sensuous voice that captivated a generation. Coolidge, 7...
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Hoboken Plumber
For the past 30 years, Gene Turonis has been known around Hoboken as The Singing Plumber. He’d carry around his wrench by day and, as Gene D. Plumber, his guitar at night. ...
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Metal From The Dark Side
In the 1990s, Norwegian black metal pioneers Emperor stretched its genre perimeters in an effort to transcend its limited appeal. Vegard Sverre Tveitan, known as Ihsahn, almos...
