by Dan King I must confess Ravi Shankar and I had a rocky relationship. It had nothing to do with his undeniable talent and virtuosity on his chosen instrument, the sitar. Instead it had everything to do with the visions of sugar […]
Welcome to the Best of 2012! Since 2003 I’ve put together a two cd best of the year and it has loosely evolved into CD1 being rock & soul and CD2 being folk, singer/songwriter, country and bluegrass. This was a […]
Welcome to the Best of 2011! Each year I listen to as much music as I can stand and filter out the best so you don’t have to. My concept is not only to pick out the best, but also […]
1988 live pairing of singer and songwriter Recorded in 1988, this CD/DVD set brings together the singer-and-songwriter pair who broke through in 1967 with “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” The duo would score several more hit singles, including […]
1985 spin-off album from the classic nighttime TV soap The nighttime soap opera Dallas dates to an era before music coordinators ruled television soundtracks and used the network exposure to turn obscure indie bands into well-known music stars. Instead, a […]
Super-stoked anthologies of Dick Dale’s surf and car-related tunes There are many anthologies, greatest hits collections and album reissues of Dick Dale’s material, but none have done the service of separately collecting his surf and hot-rod oriented tracks into parallel […]
BUDDY MILLER AND JIM LAUDERDALE Buddy & Jim (New West) Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale are two of the better known and most loved artists of Americana. Their solo recordings, songwriting, studio session work and live performances (with Elvis Costello, Robert […]
Wondering what to get for that music obsessive on your holiday list — or, for that matter, what to get for yourself? (Hey, when it comes to music, we all have the right to be selfish sometimes!) Don’t sweat it […]
Do I sound provocative? What if I contend moreover that strictly speaking the blues were denatured the very minute their first notes were put on paper sometime around the turn of the first decade of the 19th century? If I […]
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