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Joanne Shaw Taylor: Reckless Heart
by Doug Collette
In marked contrast to Joanne Shaw Taylor's somewhat constrained approach on Wild (Silvertone/Sony, 2018), this 'girl with the big voice from the Black Country' of Britain wastes no time on the aptly-titled Restless Heart. The hell-bent-for-leather abandon with which she leads In The Mood" lives up to its suggestive title, and packs all the more punch ...
Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward: Music! Music! Music!
by Doug Collette
Music! Music! Music! will cement the revelatory impression guitarist Charlie Hunter and vocalist Lucy Woodward leave upon attendees of their concerts. Having repaired to the studio in November 2018, the duo maximized the spontaneity of those proceedings through the enlistment of drummer Derrek Phillips. adding a spark that further ignited the keen chemistry the pair had ...
Begin the Begin: R.E.M.'s Early Years
by Doug Collette
Begin the Begin: R.E.M.'s Early Years Robert Dean Lurie 288 pages ISBN: #978-1891241680 Verse Chorus Press 2019 Coming from the unusual angle of a repatriated Southerner by the name of Robert Dean Lurie, Begin The Begin is a fast and fascinating read devoted to the formative period, including the ...
Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery: Masters At Work
by Doug Collette
Any and every respectable collection of jazz music, whether digital or physical, should contain at least some of the works of pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Wes Montgomery. Icons of their respective instruments, both musicians also created varied ensemble templates of adventurous modern jazz, and while it is true many are already available in the marketplace, ...
Dan Silverman's Early Heroes Jazz Ensemble At FlynnSpace
by Doug Collette
Dan Silverman's Early Heroes Jazz Ensemble FlynnSpace Burlington Vermont April 14, 2019 The cool overcast weather this Sunday afternoon in Vermont was a stark contrast to the sunny warmth of the day prior, but the atmosphere within FlynnSpace was something else altogether. The presentation of Dan Silverman's Early Heroes Jazz Ensemble ...
Doug Perkins and Jamie Masefield At The Double E Performance Center
by Doug Collette
Doug Perkins and Jamie Masefield The Double E Performance Center Essex Junction, VT April 10, 2019 It's a fairly safe bet that every music lover knows at least one artist who toils in obscurity, relative or otherwise, at various levels, local and otherwise. The altitude of the profile(s) in question may ...
Alex Chilton: Roots In The Sky
by Doug Collette
Even (or perhaps especially) if Alex Chilton had lived to a ripe old age rather than passing prematurely at the age of fifty, his post-Big Star stylistic expeditions would've garnered more than a little attention. His history as an original member as one of the earliest progenitors of power-pop certainly would've piqued curiosity about such projects ...
Lone Justice: Newfound Ways To Be Wicked
by Doug Collette
Despite the righteous advocacy of a like-minded artist by the name of Linda Ronstadt at the outset of its ultimately still-born career, Lone Justice stands as one of the most egregious victims of hype this side of Moby Grape. Charmingly guileless in the nascent stages of their evolution, the group ultimately succumbed to errant execution in ...
Graham Parker: Sparks Keep Flying!
by Doug Collette
It can be brave or foolish (perhaps even a combination of both) for any artist to revisit one of their seminal works as Graham Parker has done here. But the illuminating view he's offered of this music, taken from two markedly different perspectives, reaffirms just how provocative is the material and, in turn, how inspiring it ...
Van Morrison: The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition)
by Doug Collette
As enigmatic as Van Morrison is, the archiving of his vault reveals some logic with the reissue of The Healing Game in expanded form. Following on the heels of It's Too Late to Stop Now... Volumes II, III, IV (Legacy Recordings, 2016) and The Authorized Bang Collection (Legacy Recordings, 2017), this three-CD package of one of ...


