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"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" — variously attributed to Martin Mull, Frank Zappa, Elvis Costello, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Laurie Anderson, and Steve Martin, among several others. There are 600 entries here. You can use the Search This Blog box or check out the Labels on the lower right to find something of interest.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies 1971

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On this, their first for RCA after leaving Reprise, Ray Davies moves the focus of his keen eye for detail from the English middle class a ...
Friday, June 21, 2013

The Detroit Cobras Life, Love, And Leaving 2001

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  Garage rock never sounded better. Two guitars, bass and drums, and a great singer with just a little snarl in her voice. Rachel Nagy so...
Monday, June 17, 2013

The Connells Still Life 1998

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The Connells produced this perfect slice of rock and roll. I don't know how or why or where they came from. I must have read a review ...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Del Amitri Some Other Sucker's Parade 1997

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Image the hard-rocking power-pop of Cheap Trick with brains, better songs, and smart, personal lyrics. Or Matthew Sweet's big crunchy ...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Forty-Part Motet, Janet Cardiff, Cleveland Museum of Art

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I visited the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) last week to hear Janet Cardiff's remarkable Forty-Part Motet, installed in the Reid Galle...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Calexico Spiritoso 2013

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Calexico's latest studio record, Algiers , came out just last September, so this live record is a bit of a surprise. And a very pleasa...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Fillmore The Last Days 1972

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It's an artifact. Similar to the Woodstock soundtrack, it is variable quality of performances across a wide spectrum of musical styles...
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