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A Critic's Grab-BagJazz TodayPietro TonoloYour Songs: The Music of Elton John(ObliqSound) US release date: 17 July 2007 UK release date: Available as import [10 August 2007] by Will LaymanThe most rewarding work as a critic is not in evaluating the flow of big menu items from established artists, but in sampling the little dishes that come along -- like this quartet of obscure, interesting stuff from 2007's first half.
Jazz Today
Double StandardsWill Layman17.Jul.08 What does it say about our time and place that our two boldest -- maybe best -- jazz singers, Patricia Barber and Cassandra Wilson, are returning to singing standards again? 
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something BlueWill Layman27.Jun.08 Even today there are distinctive characteristics to American and European jazz styles. Which strain of music is most forward-looking? Which suggests the most promising vanguard for a music that seems to lose listeners even as its creativity expands? 
Tangled Up in Blue NoteWill Layman29.May.08 "Blue Note" means there's a certain sound to a record, a style that is tight and sharp and funky but also adventurous. If jazz is music to shout about, Blue Note records may be the most shout-worthy of all time.
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Rabble Without a Cause: Let’s Spice-up the 2008 Election, Iron Chef-Style
By Bill Reagan [22.Jul.08] Pop Goes Philosophy: George W. and J. Peterman, Philosophically Speaking
By George Reisch and Norah Martin [16.Jul.08] Negritude 2.0: Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong
By Mark Reynolds [3.Jul.08] Variations on a Theme: The Sounds of Now: Tristan Murail and Sounding Stasis
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