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A Chris Gaffney Tribute Brings Near-Perfect Mix of Blue-Eyed Soulsters and Roots-Rockersnew

What started out as a rallying cry to help a sick friend in need turned into a post-mortem tribute album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  05-21-2009  |  Reviews

The Gourds Deliver Their Music From a Ground-Level Perspectivenew

The whores, hitchhikers, metalheads and country gals who populate Haymaker!, the band's ninth studio release, come off unvarnished and real, set to a midtempo twang spiced with accordions, fiddles and piano that never gets ahead of itself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  01-21-2009  |  Reviews

Contradictory Attitudesnew

The Brit Box captures many of America's paradoxes for better and worse.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  02-06-2008  |  Reviews

A Nice Slice of Contextnew

Snippets of Strummer are captured on his "London Calling" radio show for the BBC World Service, with introductions to everything from Elvis Presley's "Crawfish" to Tim Hardin's "Black Sheep Boy."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  11-08-2007  |  Reviews

Make Up for Lost Timenew

Galactic collaborates with some of the hippest hip-hop artists around.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  09-20-2007  |  Reviews

Bryan Ferry Walks the Tightrope Successfullynew

These versions feel so effortless you'd guess he'd written them himself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  08-23-2007  |  Reviews

Soul-man Groovenew

Cleary twinkles on four-song EP.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  06-07-2007  |  Reviews

Norah Jones Plumbs New Depthsnew

The result is a surprisingly thematic mix from someone so perfect but breezy on her breakthrough debut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  02-22-2007  |  Reviews

Familiarity is Their Greatest Weaponnew

Merle Haggard and George Jones trudge into the studio again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  11-30-2006  |  Reviews

Pre-Disco Bee Geesnew

Perhaps the most intriguing -- some might argue maddening -- aspect of listening to this six-disc box set that revisits the Bee Gees' first three albums is just how versatile the group sounded in its pre-disco years.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  11-24-2006  |  Reviews

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