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On The Record: The Doors’ ‘Live at the Matrix,’ plus Graham Parker, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, & Popa Chubby Jeff Burger Columns September 15, 2023 0By March of 1967, the Doors had been in existence for the better part of two years and their eponymous debut album...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Blues to the Bone Mike Greenblatt Columns September 11, 2023 0Why has it taken sixties Earth Mother Icon Tracy Nelson, 78, almost 11 years to make a new record? Her...
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On The Record: An Anthology of 1967 Rock, plus Talking Heads, Christian Parker, and More Jeff Burger Columns August 25, 2023 0Earlier this year, England’s Grapefruit label issued Too Much Sun Will Burn, the second of two three-CD sets celebrating the...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Lucky Seven (Records for You) Mike Greenblatt Columns August 21, 2023 0For his seventh album, Oregon pianist-composer Gordon Lee asks How Can It Be? (PJCE Records). Recorded during the darkest days of the pandemic, the...
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