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Ron Hart

About Ron Hart

Ron Hart is currently enjoying his 11th year as a professional music journalist. In addition to PopMatters, he has also written for such publications as CMJ, Billboard.com, SPIN.com, The Village Voice, Gear, Paper, SHOUT NY, Paperthinwalls.com, Blender, Yellow Rat Bastard, Good Times, Paste, and Barnesandnoble.com among others. He is also the editor and publisher of the Interboro Rock Tribune, a free NYC music zine now in its 6th year in print. Please give us traffic on our website at www.irtmag.com.

Features

DVDs

The Best Music DVDs of 2007

[25.Jan.08] :. The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet.

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Reviews

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Music

Jim Carroll: Praying Mantis

[9.May.08] :. The grimy, dirty middle-century New York City of legend made real.

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Music

Jacob Miller and Friends: Jacob Miller Lives On

[8.May.08] :. Jacob Miller Lives On a wonderful testament to this late vocal great.

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Music

Colin Stetson: New History Warfare: Volume 1

[6.May.08] :. Attention John Zorn: you may have met your match this time, pal.

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Music

The OaKs: Songs for Waiting

[2.May.08] :. Chalk up Songs For Waiting as an early contender for debut of the year.

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Music

Brad Mehldau Trio: Live

[30.Apr.08] :. The young king of modern piano does Godfather Bill Evans proud once again with another winning live album at the “Carnegie Hall of jazz".

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PopMatters Pick

Music

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

[14.Apr.08] :. On his 14th studio album, Australia’s crown prince of goth manifests into its unheralded king of rock.

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Music   The Breeders: Mountain Battles

Music   Del tha Funkee Homosapien: Eleventh Hour

PopMatters Pick

Music

Gutter Twins: Saturnalia

[5.Mar.08] :. Two alt-rock titans return to their roots to create an album that rivals the best in each of their respective canons.

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Music   DJ Le Spam: Fania Live: 02 from Miami

Books   The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History by Jim Walsh

PopMatters Pick

Music

Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend

[31.Jan.08] :. Four more rich boys from NYC who think they can rock? But don’t have a stroke, they really do!

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Music   Daedelus: Fair Weather Friends

Music   Stevie Ray Vaughan: Solos, Sessions & Encores

Music   Bottomless Pit: Hammer of the Gods

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Music

Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs

[27.Nov.07] :. EMI releases a quintessential guitar rock classic for the hardcore AOR fan.

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Music   Various Artists: I'm Not There

Music   Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions

Music   The Cave Singers: Invitation Songs

Music   Ween: La Cucaracha

Music   Various Artists: The War

Music   Culture: Two Sevens Clash: 30th Anniversary Edition

 
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