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Article: Extended Analysis

Greatest Other People's Hits

by Doug Collette
September 9, 2018

In keeping with his adopted moniker, John Wesley Harding, nee Wes Stace, has too often been a bit too clever in penning original material from his position in the circle of late Seventies-early Eighties songwriters including Elvis Costello and Graham Parker. As a result, his regular choice of cover material has simultaneously functioned as a respite ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Nouveau Fusion: Superette And Visitors

by Doug Collette
September 8, 2018

Bereft of forced funk and over-complicated compositions, jazz-rock fusion can be as liberating as the best rock and roll. That is, if the technical expertise brought to bear is restrained and sublimated to the unity of the ensemble and the musicians involved play with the unity of a true band. Then the emotional expression usually contained ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Heavy Music - The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967

by Doug Collette
September 8, 2018

Bob Seger has been stubbornly reticent about the distiribution of his catalog in the wake of the CD and the rise of streaming services, so the issue of his early output on Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967 is a sign of astute archiving. Ten tracks on a single disc isn't usually a treasure trove, ...

Article: Film Review

The US Festival 1982: The US Generation

by Doug Collette
September 2, 2018

Various Artists The US Festival 1982 MVD Entertainment Group 2018 By title alone, The US Festival of 1982 might seem light years removed from the abiding fascination with festivals now pervading our culture. But if director Glenn Aveni's ninety-minutes plus documentary proves anything, it's that this event founded and sponsored ...

Article: Book Review

Jorma Kaukonen: Been So Long - My Life & Music

by Doug Collette
August 25, 2018

Been So Long: My Life & Music Jorma Kaukonen 368 Pages ISBN: # 978-1250125484 St. Martin's Press 2018 Anyone who reads Jorma Kaukonen's memoir Been So Long is bound to be surprised. But what the venerable musician recounts in My Life and Music may startle fans and followers most ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Anthem Of The Sun 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

by Doug Collette
August 4, 2018

In an essay dense with historical detail and rich in provocative allusions, Steve Silberman accurately and vividly recounts the sequence of events involved in the original production of the Grateful Dead's second studio album Anthem of the Sun. The writer recounts a herculean task, the comparable likes of which has resulted in this 50th Anniversary Deluxe ...

Article: Live Review

Charlie Parr At Higher Ground

by Doug Collette
August 4, 2018

Charlie Parr Higher Ground, Showcase Lounge South Burlington, VT July 27, 2018 Charlie Parr was downright dazzling in Higher Ground's Showcase Lounge Friday July 27. And if that seems hyperbole given his somewhat subdued concert in the same room last autumn, it probably shouldn't: with some eight more months of touring ...

Article: Jazz Journal

Summer 2018

by Doug Collette
July 29, 2018

Jazz Journal is a regular column consisting of pithy takes on recent jazz releases of note as well as spotlights on those titles in the genre that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Fred Hersch Trio Heartsong Sunnyside Records 2018 The longer Fred Hersch plays, the ...

Article: Album Review

Boz Scaggs: Out Of The Blues

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by Doug Collette
July 29, 2018

It's been quite a while since Boz Scaggs' massive commercial breakthrough with Silk Degrees (Columbia, 1976), but even longer since he debuted as a solo artist, upon his departure from The Steve Miller Band, with his eponymous (domestic) debut album. Permeated with a soulful sense of the blues---even apart from the late Duane Allman's now-famous incendiary ...

Article: Blues Deluxe

Summer 2018

by Doug Collette
July 28, 2018

Blues Deluxe is a regular column comprised of pithy takes on recent blues and roots-music releases of note. It spotlights titles in those genres that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Brother Dege Farmer's Almanac Psyouthern Records2018 Brother Dege is in no hurry on Farmer's Almanac. ...