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A Joe Meek Anthology Unearths Some Gems The late rock and pop producer Joe Meek, who is widely regarded as England’s...

On The Record: ‘I See You Live on Love Street: Music from Laurel Canyon,’ plus Robert Hunter, Roy Brown, Soft Machine, & Jay Gordon

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June 21, 2024 0

California’s Laurel Canyon music scene still garners attention half a century after its heyday. In 2019, for example, Jakob Dylan...

On The Record: Robert Earl Keen, Skeeter Davis with NRBQ, Damon Fowler, & the Black Watch

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Robert Earl Keen, Western Chill. One bit of good news for fans of Americana/folk singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen is that his retirement...

On The Record: Joe Grushecky & a Rolling Stones tribute, plus Lynne Hanson, Laurie Lewis, & Nat King Cole

Jeff Burger

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May 31, 2024 0

Joe Grushecky: Something Old, Something New Joe Grushecky, a household name in his Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania hometown, has never achieved the...

On The Record: Collective Soul, Jeff Slate, Ruth Moody, & J.M. Kearns

Jeff Burger

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May 24, 2024 0

Collective Soul, Here to Eternity. Atlanta-based Collective Soul has been around for three decades but on the evidence of its sprawling 20-track...

On The Record: Graham Parker’s ‘Live at Rockpalast,’ Queen’s ‘Rock Montreal,’ Little Richard, & More New Releases

Jeff Burger

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May 17, 2024 0

Graham Parker Concert DVDs Reissued with a Bonus English rocker Graham Parker’s Last Chance to Learn the Twist, which came out last...

On The Record: The Cryin’ Shames, plus Desmond Dekker, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Dr. John, & Cris Jacobs

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The Cryin’ Shames, a mid-sixties beat/pop group from Liverpool, England, were barely even a one-hit wonder on their home turf....

On The Record: Chip Taylor’s ‘Behind the Sky,’ plus Chet Baker, Sun Ra, Art Tatum, & More

Jeff Burger

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May 3, 2024 0

“Write what you know,” goes the standard advice, and longtime singer/songwriter Chip Taylor has taken that suggestion to heart on his new...

On The Record: The Doors Live in Sweden in 1968, plus Gene Clark; Richard, Cam & Bert; & the Flying Burrito Brothers

Jeff Burger

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April 26, 2024 0

Doors fans can’t go wrong by picking up Live At Konserthuset, Stockholm; September 20, 1968, a mesmerizing new two-CD or three-LP set....

On The Record: Willie Nile, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Ann Savoy, Stephen Bluhm, the Stetson Family, & Misner & Smith

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April 19, 2024 0

Willie Nile, Live at Daryl’s House Club. Rock singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Willie Nile has been releasing albums since 1980, but he...

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On The Record: A ‘Girl Group’ Anthology, Grateful Dead’s Expanded ‘From the Mars Hotel,’ Frank Zappa & the Mothers’ ‘Whisky a Go Go 1968,’ & More

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