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Topper Price, 1952-2007new
Final memories of a Birmingham music icon.
Birmingham Weekly |
Phillip Jordan |
05-29-2007 |
Music
Wilco Gets Personal; Dinosaur Jr. Comes Back Strongnew
Sky Blue Sky is Tweedy's first since going to rehab for painkillers, and Dinosaur Jr. stands up well.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
05-25-2007 |
Music
Good Luck, Kidnew
A music dork's open letter to Kate Voegele, Cleveland's pop-star-in-waiting.
Cleveland Scene |
Justin F. Farrar |
05-25-2007 |
Music
In-A-Gabba-Da-Vida, Babynew
A toddler and her pops road-test a new CD series of rock lullabies.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
05-25-2007 |
Music
This is Mother 13new
Superchunk's Jon Wurster has got a brand new gag.
Tags: Corey Harris's Mother 13
Can a Reclusive Billionaire Bring Big Name Concerts Back to Minneapolis?new
Can Philip Anschutz tries to resuscitate the Timberwolves' struggling arena.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
05-23-2007 |
Music
New Orleans Gets the Honorary Bluesnew
New Orleans and Louisiana artists more than held their own against contenders from more commonly invoked blues hotspots at the annual Blues Foundation awards and Blue Hall of Fame inductions.
Tags: Tab Benoit
Sendoff for Alvin Batistenew
Jass clarinetist and educator Alvin Batiste is mourned by fans, family and friends and memorialized with a jazz funeral in New Orleans.
Tags: Alvin Batiste
Long Live Mock 'n' Rollnew

The difference between a cover band and a tribute band is the difference between a slut and a prostitute -- one just plays with all sorts of people's stuff because it's fun and they like it, and the other plays with particular people's stuff only because it's a profession with a paradigm.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
05-22-2007 |
Music
SoundExchange Wants to Kill Internet Radionew
On "lost" artists, found money and the murder of free enterprise.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-21-2007 |
Music
Trying to Shake the White Stripes 'Icky'new
What the thump?
L.A. Weekly |
Kate Sullivan |
05-18-2007 |
Music
An Open Letter to Morrisseynew
Bigmouth strikes again.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
05-18-2007 |
Music
Pink Floyd: Shining Light on the 'Dark Side'new
Magnum opus stands test of time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
05-17-2007 |
Music
Tags: pink floyd, dark side of the moon
Atlanta's Next Generationnew
The city's rock and rap scenes are more akin than they seem.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rodney Carmichael |
05-17-2007 |
Music
Gimme My Princenew
Looking for a real rock star experience in a purple fog.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Sabbath |
05-16-2007 |
Music
Tags: Prince