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by Jim Trageser
On a 2004 remix compilation, What Is Hip? (Warner Brothers), Tsuper Tsunami turned Seals & Crofts' early '70s folk-rock classic Summer Breeze" into a percolating bit of dance-ready electronica. But it does not seem that either Jimmy Seals nor Dash Crofts were involved in the electronica on the new take of their recording. On So Much More, contemporary folk rockers Dawg Yawp go full-on acid mode all on their own, and the results are every bit ...
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by Jim Trageser
jny: Cincinnati's folk-rock duo Dawg Yawp is rolling out their new music in a series of two-song singles that they are calling Doubles." (And why did nobody think of that bit of marketing genius in the heyday of the 45?) Their first such set shows a nice progression from their 2016 self-titled full-length release, as well as their 2015 EP Two Hearted." Wholly consistent with their earlier work, the two tracks on Doubles, Vol. 1" also exhibit new ...
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by Jim Trageser
Drawing equally upon threads common to Mumford & Sons, late period Beatles, acid-blues pioneer Little Axe, world music-era Paul Simon, and the good Lord only knows what else, the Cincinnati duo of Dawg Yawp has produced one of those little gems of an album that not only defies easy categorization--but even so much as adequate description. It is, perhaps, music that could only find a niche in a post-retail world--because the staff at Tower or Peaches Records would ...
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