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On The Record: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums,’ plus Mel Carter, Dr. John, New Riders of the Purple Sage, & Mountain City Four

September 30, 2022 0

Because of her health problems, Joni Mitchell hasn’t issued any newly recorded material since 2007’s Shine, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been...

On The Record: Freedy Johnston, I Draw Slow, Jimmy Carpenter, & the Commonheart

Jeff Burger

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September 23, 2022 0

Freedy Johnston, Back on the Road to You. Given her love of late 1960s and 1970s pop and rock, it’s easy...

The Rebel Still Yells

Vinny Cecolini

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September 23, 2022 0

Billy Idol bursts from The Cage with what just might the formula to a late-career resurgence. Let’s face it, most rock...

On The Record: The Kinks’ ‘Muswell Hillbillies/Everybody’s in Show-biz – Everybody’s a Star’ plus John McCutcheon, Collective Soul, Mick Kolassa, & Brian Lisik

Jeff Burger

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September 16, 2022 0

You may feel you can skip your daily weightlifting session on the day you lug home Muswell Hillbillies/Everybody’s in Show-biz –...

On The Record: ‘Against the Odds 1974-1982’ Delivers a Massive Dose of Blondie

Jeff Burger

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September 9, 2022 0

There must be people who literally died while waiting for the release of Blondie’s Against the Odds 1974–1982 box set. It took the...

On The Record: The Chieftains, Dead Horses, Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, 3 Pairs of Boots, Robin Lane, Martha Spencer, & Buck Owens

Jeff Burger

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September 2, 2022 0

The Chieftains, The Foxhunt: San Francisco 1973 & 1976. This concert collection from the Chieftains is the ninth release from the late...

On The Record: Mariel Buckley, plus Forrest McCurren, Ever More Nest, & Katy Guillen & the Drive

Jeff Burger

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August 26, 2022 0

Mariel Buckley, Everywhere I Used to Be. There’s blood on the tracks of this evocative second album from singer, songwriter, and acoustic...

On The Record: Bill Scorzari, Kenny Roby, Will Stewart, Greg Loiacono, & Tiffany Williams

Jeff Burger

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August 19, 2022 0

Bill Scorzari, The Crosswinds of Kansas. This fourth all-originals collection from New York–based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Bill Scorzari, which the ubiquitous...

On The Record: A Superlative Grateful Dead Concert Album, plus Brother Brothers, Bobbie Gentry, Tom Paxton & Friends, & Triptides

Jeff Burger

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August 12, 2022 0

If you’re a Grateful Dead fan, you may already own recordings of at least part of its 1972 European tour’s...

On The Record: The Swinging Blue Jeans, plus Bo Diddley, Andrew Duhon, Monica Taylor, Fantastic Cat, & Megan Bee

Jeff Burger

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August 5, 2022 0

In the early 1960s, the Swinging Blue Jeans were in pretty much the same place as the Beatles – not just musically,...

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Reality Check: THE CRUEL DUMBNESS OF RON DESANTIS

On The Record: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums,’ plus Mel Carter, Dr. John, New Riders of the Purple Sage, & Mountain City Four

Rant ’N’ Roll: David Libert’s Misadventures

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On The Record: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums,’ plus Mel Carter, Dr. John, New Riders of the Purple Sage, & Mountain City Four

On The Record: Freedy Johnston, I Draw Slow, Jimmy Carpenter, & the Commonheart

The Rebel Still Yells

On The Record: The Kinks’ ‘Muswell Hillbillies/Everybody’s in Show-biz – Everybody’s a Star’ plus John McCutcheon, Collective Soul, Mick Kolassa, & Brian Lisik

On The Record: ‘Against the Odds 1974-1982’ Delivers a Massive Dose of Blondie

On The Record: The Chieftains, Dead Horses, Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, 3 Pairs of Boots, Robin Lane, Martha Spencer, & Buck Owens

On The Record: Mariel Buckley, plus Forrest McCurren, Ever More Nest, & Katy Guillen & the Drive

On The Record: Bill Scorzari, Kenny Roby, Will Stewart, Greg Loiacono, & Tiffany Williams

On The Record: A Superlative Grateful Dead Concert Album, plus Brother Brothers, Bobbie Gentry, Tom Paxton & Friends, & Triptides

On The Record: The Swinging Blue Jeans, plus Bo Diddley, Andrew Duhon, Monica Taylor, Fantastic Cat, & Megan Bee

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New York City’s Babyllon wins Carteret Battle of the Bands

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On The Record: Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Asylum Albums,’ plus Mel Carter, Dr. John, New Riders of the Purple Sage, & Mountain City Four

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