DESPITE IT ALL, MONTREAL’S STARS ARE CELEBRATING ‘CHRISTMAS ANYWAY’
It's that time of year when the sugar plum-sweet strains of Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" are inescapable, to the delight of some and the horror of others. If you're looking for an ...
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DEZRON DOUGLAS: ‘ATALAYA,’ A COFFEE COLLAB, AND PLAYING IN THE TREY ANASTASIO BAND
There have been a lot of exciting things percolating for Dezron Douglas, New York jazz bassist, band leader, band member and coffee aficionado. His quartet's new album, "Atalaya," was released Nov. 18...
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CARL PALMER ‘REUNITES’ ELP FOR US TOUR WITH SOME TECHNOLOGICAL HELP
Emerson, Lake & Palmer always did things a bit differently as a classically inspired rock trio. ELP is doing the unexpected again, mounting a US tour despite the fact that only one member, drummer...
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RACHEL BOBBITT EXAMINES THE EXTREMES OF LIFE
Rachel Bobbitt, the emerging Canadian singer-songwriter, could be seen as a study in contradictions. She gained a following as a teenager by performing other people's music on Vine, the since-shuttere...
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BLKBOK REWRITES THE BOOK ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN
BLKBOK's musical talents and creative energy have taken him across the world with household-name superstars like Rihanna and Justin Timberlake. He's even played with someone in outer space. And now he...
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AUSTRALIA’S THE JUNGLE GIANTS ARE BACK IN THE US, AND THEY’RE ‘FREAKING OUT’
Australia's The Jungle Giants have finally made it to the United States on their tour in support of "Love Signs," their fourth full-length album. "It’s been way too long so we are freaking out," en...
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BETH ORTON: ‘WHAT WOULD I DO IF NO ONE WAS GOING TO HEAR THIS?’
The critics at the New York Times, Pitchfork and beyond have placed Beth Orton's new album "Weather Alive," her eighth, in the same company as her beloved (and top-selling) late-'90s/early-2000s mater...
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ZERO REVISITS KNOTTY HISTORY WITH LIVE ALBUM & EAST COAST DATES
If you put on the cleverly titled new live album from Zero, "Naught Again," you'll be transported back to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, almost 30 years ago to the week. You'll hear a...
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DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM
For Dan Klug's project The Fundamental Sound, it's all about simplicity. On his newly released album, "Lofi Grateful Dead," he played just drums, bass and a Wurlitzer electric piano and kept the produ...
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FOR GHOST LIGHT, THE SPIRIT IS IN THE SONGS
Ghost Light is part of a circuit of bands known for prioritizing the live show, where albums offer a simplified template for songs that take on expanded life on the stage. But Ghost Light, who check m...
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