AltWeeklies Wire
Ian Nagoski Brings Us Obscure World-Music 78snew
That elusive journey to another time and place purely via ephemeral music is what Nagoski aims for with The Black Mirror. It's a 24-track tour through obscure Syrian, Thai, Balinese, Indian, and various Eastern European folk music, with liner notes providing the best information Nagoski could uncover about the recordings, the music, and the artists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
You Must Not Know 'Bout Menew
I like women-empowerment music because I'm a big fan of underdog art in general (one of the main reasons I like punk so much), and because I like music that encourages you to put your arms around your comrades and sing out with reckless abandon. Also, chicks dig it.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Rebuilding the Soul of the Carolinasnew
Jason Perlmutter has curated collections of obscuring Carolina soul and funk music. In short, he's making it possible for people to take music that was all but lost back home.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
10-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Carolina Funk
Party Balloonnew
Three-CD package celebrates music and comedy with a still-palpable sense of newfound freedom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
10-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Wattstax
Songs to Run for Cover Tonew
Get down to the death and disaster songs of People Take Warning!
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
An All-Star Tribute to Ella with True Crednew
Fifteen of Fitzgerald's favorite standards are honored here by some of the best performers in the pop and jazz world.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
09-19-2007 |
Reviews
'Love is the Song We Sing': All San Fran Includednew
The four-disc box features just about every musician around for the Summer of Love, plus pieces by Rock Scully, Ben Fong-Torres, and others.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tomkins |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Vee-Jay's Treasure Trovenew
Music fans who know of the legendary Vee-Jay Records only as the first American label of the Beatles really need to check out this great new four-disc compilation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Stax Records: Original Snap Makes Comebacknew
Legendary label looks back to the future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
06-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Stax Records
Audio Snapshotnew
This compilation includes the most satisfying selection of genres yet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, AthFest 2007
Joni Mitchell's Overdue Tributenew
A wide variety of artists appear on this uneven album.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
So Bad it's Goodnew
Latest Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute album ranges from bad to OK.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
A Fitting, If Uneven, Paeannew
Anchored In Love is as much of a tribute to a passing -- or passed? -- time as it is to the woman and her music.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
05-24-2007 |
Reviews
Devastatingly Raw and Hard-drivingly Soulfulnew
Despite all of our swamps, bugs and crazy people, Florida's musical profile has always been surprisingly sedate.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-17-2007 |
Reviews
Beyond Cliche and Back Againnew
Even though the tribute-album concept has gone beyond cliche, every once in a while a decent collection emerges.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
04-19-2007 |
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