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Music Review: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – ‘Please Return the Evening: The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Salute the Music of the Rat Pack’
With the likes of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies working on it, swinging jazz, old and new, is in good hands.
Read More »What Song Inspired You Most? Tell Us and You May Win Tickets to DJ Shadow + Cut Chemist Live in L.A.
Is there one song, by any artist, that changed your life?
Read More »Music Review: Yelena Eckemoff Quintet – ‘A Touch of Radiance’
Yelena Eckemoff and her quintet produce a finely-tuned, unified album.
Read More »Music Review: Game Theory – ‘Blaze of Glory’ [2014 Reissue]
New wave and power pop fans should get Game Theory's newly reissued 1982 'Blaze of Glory,' especially if they haven't experienced this nugget before.
Read More »Music Review: Jesse Winchester – ‘A Reasonable Amount of Trouble’
Singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester's final album is a gentle view into mortality and the poetry of life.
Read More »Music Review: The Laura Dubin Trio – ‘Introducing The Laura Dubin Trio’
Meet the Laura Dubin Trio and you’ll meet some excellent jazz.
Read More »Music Review: Ute Lemper – ‘Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda’
Lemper and her band honor Neruda's timeless words as fully as I could have imagined, setting them to music made of the same beauty and passion the poet so often celebrated.
Read More »Music Review: Ed Stone – ‘King of Hearts’
Ed Stone’s latest effort 'King of Hearts' blends guitar jazz with elements of funk, pop, and R&B. A fusion of styles, Stone’s recording is a smooth ride fraught with feel good vibrations.
Read More »Music Review: Dog Society – ‘In the Shade’
Dog Society's latest album features a collection of catchy tunes that manage to bring together very different sounds, from grunge to Oasis to The Beatles.
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