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Music Review: Tea Leaf Green – “In The Wake”
"In The Wake" catches Tea Leaf Green in transition and it’s good to see a band explore new directions at times without leaving their past party/jam roots completely behind.
Read More »Music Review: Fleetwood Mac – “Extended Play” EP
Fleetwood Mac offers up their first new batch of songs in 10 years. Will fans of the '70s/Buckingham-Nicks era be pleased with it?
Read More »Music Review: Captain Beyond – “Live In Texas – October 6, 1973”
A long lost 1973 concert is finally released on CD - a wonderful journey back in time into the mind and music of Captain Beyond.
Read More »Music Review: The Colorplates – “Agony and Ecstasy”
This new compilation may not make The Colorplates champs, but if it evokes for others the same nostalgia for lost youth that it evoked for this reviewer, it will make for a lot of happy campers.
Read More »The Dave Matthews Band 2013 Summer Tour Is in Full Swing
A new live bootleg, a new tour, and supporting a worthy charity is what's news in the world of Dave Matthews.
Read More »Music Review: R.E.M. – Green: The 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Green wasn’t my favorite R.E.M. album when it was first released way back in 1988, and to be perfectly honest, it still isn’t. Not by a longshot. But it was definitely a turning point, both in terms of where they were headed creatively, and certainly – pardon the expression, here …
Read More »Music DVD Review: The Moody Blues – Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970; Live at Montreux 1991
If you're old enough to have attended the Isle of Wight Festival, or any other Moody Blues concert of the time, and you're willing to forgive a really rough and ready sound, by all means spend Tuesday afternoon, or any other, back in an era when live meant live.
Read More »Music Review: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Playlist: The Very Best of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Move over Michael Bolton, Southside Johnny was here first.
Read More »Music Review: Grateful Dead – ‘Blues for Allah’ and ‘Shakedown Street’ Remastered on 180-Gram LPs
These hefty chunks of black vinyl in their gorgeous packaging should please Deadheads and audiophiles alike.
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