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Doing Dylannew
As you may expect, this album of Dylan music as performed by other artists is a decidedly mixed bag.
Tucson Weekly |
James Hudson |
01-10-2008 |
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Assassination Tangonew
Tango Around the World's complete liner notes (in English, Spanish, and French) score a three-pointer when they correctly state that Argentina has no monopoly on the roots of tango: Cuba and, especially, Uruguay deserve a good piece of the pie.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
01-09-2008 |
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Way Down in the Holenew
HBO's The Wire digs deep into Baltimore's underground for a soundtrack album.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
01-08-2008 |
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More Albums We Likednew
Music writers keep on sharing their 2007 faves.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene, Curtis McCrary and Stephen Seigel |
01-03-2008 |
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Tags: Various Artists, Various Titles
What is Roots Music?new
A cross section of the artists who've performed during the first four years of the Carrboro ArtsCenter's American Roots Series, this disc showcases the wide range of American Roots.
Albums We Likednew
Our music writers do that music-writer thing and share their 2007 faves.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong, Annie Holub and Linda Ray |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Various Artists, Various Titles
Get Your 'Nog Onnew
It's a tradition: Our Jewish music editor reviews Christmas CDs we get in the mail!
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
12-19-2007 |
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What the Funk?new
Barbés Records' latest disc, The Roots of Chicha, unearths the master recordings from a group of Amazonian musicians of the late '60s who made a meager living combining indigenous music with Western surf rock, wah-wah pedals, and mind-altering funk overtones.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
12-18-2007 |
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Yup, It's a Yep Roc Christmasnew
The debut Christmas compilation from Yep Roc Records successfully captures the range and fiery spirit of its label: Collecting new Christmas cuts from a dozen Yep Roc bands, Oh Santa! is alternately cranky or sentimental, thoughtful or whimsical and reverent or mischievous.
Bulging at the Seamsnew
The two-CD soundtrack to Todd Haynes' stylistic new Bob Dylan pic I'm Not There features 33 covers by no fewer than 25 artists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Debbie Michaud |
11-28-2007 |
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Tags: I'm Not There, Various Artists
The Brits Are Alrightnew
With a new four-CD retrospective The Brit Box, Rhino Records captures the agony and ecstasy of the golden age of Modern English rock.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
11-26-2007 |
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'Carolina Funk': A Labor of Lovenew
Chapel Hill's Jason Perlmutter spent half a decade compiling this 22-cut, 23-page package, which travels the same high road as similar triumphs of excavation and passion.
Rare Groovenew
Downtown 81 is the soundtrack to Jean-Michel Basquiat's film of the same name, and within it you can hear BCBG and the foundation of hip-hop, see tight-and-shiny styles give way to dark and loose, and feel the high of cocaine and the creep of crack.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. LaGon |
11-08-2007 |
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Tags: Various Artists, Downtown 81
'I'm Not There' Soundtrack is for the Bob-ologistsnew
The covers on the soundtrack for the defiantly eccentric Dylan biopic are positively reverent, all the more curious because they're coming from such an irreverent collection of indie rockers.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: I'm Not There, Various Artists
E.F.O.N. Spreads the Underground Lovenew
Every independent music scene needs a selfless character to help shine the light on other artists -- even when it detracts from his own spotlight. As far as Palm Beach hip-hop goes, that catalyst is a producer/MC by the name of E.F.O.N., but this time, he gathered underground singles from around the country.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
10-30-2007 |
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