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Stay Free: A Tribute to Joe Strummer

[27.Dec.02] :. The music of Joe Strummer and the Clash were an integral part of the soundtrack of my high school and college years. Strummer's death represents the disappearance of an important and substantial part of my musical past as well as the loss of one of rock music's truly poetic voices.

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Tony Joe White: The Heroines

[24.Jan.05] :. Tony Joe White's music is generally described as swamp rock, and it is true that he was one of the first performers to have a hit record with that sound.

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Jan Garbarek: In Praise of Dreams

[17.Dec.04] :. Jan Garbarek's latest CD, In Praise of Dreams, is his first in six years, and continues his tendency, since the late 1980s, to move in a highly personal direction, creating music that is often...

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Charlie Hunter Trio: Friends Seen and Unseen

[7.Dec.04] :. Charlie Hunter has been plying his groove-laden 8-string guitar work for some time now, and has become a popular fixture among both modern jazz guitar fans and jam band fans. His uncanny ability to...

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Burrito Deluxe: The Whole Enchilada

[15.Oct.04] :. Burrito Deluxe was born two years ago when Tommy Spurlock put together a group to record a tribute project to Gram Parsons, founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers and one of the originators of...

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Jackie Allen: Love Is Blue

[5.Oct.04] :. Jackie Allen casts an amazing spell with her voice. From the opening lines of the opening track, "Lazy Afternoon", you are seduced by the soaring yet intimate nature of her singing -- wide open, yet...

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