September 2011
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Get Your Mancy On
Passion is occasionally missing in the complex music of saxophonist Steve Coleman, but precision has forever got its back. The swirl of polyphony at the center of the middle-aged saxophonist’s strategies is notable for its focus. The instruments often exclaim simultaneously, but rarely does their friction become messy. Counterpoint defines any Coleman ensemble, and on The Mancy of Sound...
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You Feel Me? Holla!
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Sep 21st
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Two guys, lotsa drone
Sep 14th
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Sep 10th
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Sep 10th
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Sep 10th
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Sep 9th
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Avalon Blues: Dudes Doing John Hurt
Was just thinking of this tribute disc the other day. I wrote this review when it dropped in 2001. Sure, the rough-tough Delta blues guys got noticed quick. Those who crossed paths with Son House and Bukka White were instantly entranced by the guitar slashes and vocal growls that marked the artists’ styles. But what about those gentle souls, the singers who charmed us by keeping it simple?...
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Sep 7th
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Sep 6th
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Crock n Egg
Sep 1st
Listenfor all those lazy, hazy, crazy days you must...
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