Articles tagged "live"![]() Music ReviewPhoebe Snow: Liveby Steve Horowitz[16.Feb.09] :. Think of it as the equivalent of one of those New Orleans funeral procession marching bands that mournfully wail on the way to the graveyard and then bust loose on the way home. ![]() Music ReviewLive: Live at the Paradiso Amsterdamby Kyle Deas[20.Jan.09] :. Alternative rockers Live drop in from the '90s to bring us a long-awaited live album. The only question: Who exactly has been waiting for it? ![]() Music ReviewB.B. King: B.B. King and His Orchestra Liveby Colin McGuire[6.Jan.09] :. King's incredible orchestra help create a wonderful recording on this 1983 set. ![]() PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 FeatureIn Praise of Older Women: The Best Records of 2008 by Women 45 Years Old and Overby Steve Horowitz[9.Dec.08] :. The old music-industry adage is that if a woman doesn't have a hit by the time she's 22 years old, she should probably look for another career. That's obviously a load of blarney. PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 ![]() Music ReviewBrad Mehldau Trio: Liveby Ron Hart[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". ![]() Music ReviewHenrik Schwarz: Liveby Tim O'Neil[11.Jan.08] :. One of the more enjoyable house CDs I've heard in quite a while. The Jesus Lizard: Live [DVD]by Michael Keefe[26.Jun.07] :. If you can swim with The Jesus Lizard, then dive right in with this DVD. Nicki Jaine: Liveby Deanne Sole[7.Sep.06] :. Cabaret vocalist mixes up sultry, surreal modernity with traditional numbers for great effect. 2Pac: Liveby Tim O'Neil[21.Sep.04] :. Live hip-hop is a traditionally dicey prospect. There are certainly a few acts famous for their live performances—the Roots, Public Enemy, Run-DMC—but most rap shows are... Les Yeux Noirs: Liveby Barbara Flaska[4.Feb.04] :. Les Yeux Noirs (French for “Those Black Eyes”) drew their name from the title of a gypsy tune made famous by Django Reinhardt. That hints at that kind of music they make, which is Gypsy... Delbert McClinton: Liveby Hank Kalet[5.Nov.03] :. Delbert McClinton may open his latest disc, Live, with the song “Old Weakness”, but there is nothing weak about this cranked up live outing. Recorded by a Norwegian radio station... The Commodores: Live!by Will Harris[18.Jun.02] :. Call it the R&B equivalent of the old Paul McCartney joke, but somewhere around the time Lionel Richie found himself swimming in hit singles, courtesy of his Can’t Slow Down album,... John Leguizamo: Liveby Wendy Robinson[19.Nov.01] :. Skeletons in the family closet? Sexual deviances in your personality? Or maybe deeply hidden entanglements of both? All come to light in the commentary on John Leguizamo’s Live, which... Live: Vby Stephanie Dickison[17.Sep.01] :. The year is 1994. The moment the world heard “I Alone”, there was almost an audible moment of silence. Wow. Where did that come from? Who is that? There are bands that... Luna: Liveby Dave Heaton[12.Feb.01] :. Live albums can put you “in the moment” of a stunning performance, or they can be astoundingly redundant, unnecessary recreations of superior studio recordings. Luna’s first live... Built To Spill: Liveby Bill Holmes[17.Apr.00] :. Recorded during the band’s 1999 tour, Live features galvanizing performances of six originals and three covers. Nine tracks may not seem like a lot, but “Broken Chairs” (from... Take 6: Liveby Colin RossDespite having released numerous Grammy award-winning albums, I find myself having to admit that prior to receiving this set I had only encountered Take 6 on two occasions. Having never taken the... Smoking Popes: Liveby Bill HolmesCrooning like The Moz is one thing, but contrasting a raging punk-pop beat against it made the Popes truly unique. With brothers Matt and Eli (bass and guitar, respectively) and drummer Mike... Live: The Distance to Here | PopMatters Music Reviewby Steve LichtensteinMaybe it’s the extreme doses of cold medication swimming through me, rendering my brain and functionality quite slow and sloppy, or maybe it’s just sentimentality, but I’m not... Stephane Grappelli, Liveby PopMatters StaffPerhaps the greatest jazz violinist ever, Stephane Grappelli got his start in 1920s Paris, playing in movie theaters and in dance bands. With Django Reinhardt, he formed the Quintet of the Hot Club... |
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