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Devil Songs and Other Such Nonsense . Review by Christopher Long.
Devil Songs and Other Such Nonsense . Review by Christopher Long.
My Love of Country (Chalky Sounds). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The boss is all tied up, but the staff keeps on improving the workplace in the Dolly Parton classic 9 to 5.
In the news today: The Pretenders, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Mick Fleetwood, Lizzo, Miley Cyrus, Frank Kozik, 100 Gecs, Tenacious D, The Sisters of Mercy
If you like your nekked ladies super sticky and super funky, this week’s installment will be super sweet, as Christopher Long scores a playable used vinyl copy of Honey, the chart-busting 1975 LP from the Ohio Players, for just three bucks.
Christopher Long scores an absolutely ravaged vinyl copy of the 1977 self-titled debut from Karla Bonoff at a Florida flea market — for FREE!
Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands (Putumayo). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Dolly Parton, Alabama, Jimmie Allen, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Chase Rice, Toby Keith, Lainey Wilson, Uncle Kracker and more join renowned Jamaican artists Positive Vibrations on Country Goes Reggae.
Found Yourself a Lady (Self-Release). Review by Christopher Long.
Ghost Stories (Red House Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Let’s head down to Music Row in Nashville!
Looking For A Feeling (Stellar Cat Records). Review by James Mann.
Endure (Pravda). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
You Don’t Know Me (Southpaw Musical Productions). Review by Christopher Long.
Seen Enough Leavers (Cranky Heartburn Music). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Laura Hodos continues to homestead the Winter Park cabaret scene with this retrospective of songs made popular in movies, but still ended up on stage.
Forever and Then Some (Third Man Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Ray Benson looks back at the his journey with Asleep At the Wheel, and the result is a hoot. James Mann says “Ah ha!”
Country Funk II: 1967-1974 (Light In The Attic Records). Review by James Mann.
Tinsel and Lights (Merge Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.
Roi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Feeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.
During AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.