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Article: Extended Analysis

Silent Movies

Read "Silent Movies" reviewed by Warren Allen

by Warren Allen

Amidst all the guitar heroes, face-melters and shred lords, Marc Ribot has risen to prominence as one of the more distinctive players. Well-versed in punk, New Orleans, soul-jazz, metal, down-home roots music, the avant-garde and just about everything else in the musical kitchen sink, Ribot taps into a brash mix of energy and humor that allows ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Neil Young and the 2010 Bridge School Benefit

Read "Neil Young and the 2010 Bridge School Benefit" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

The Bridge School Benefit has become one of America's most anticipated annual musical events. Promoted by Pegi and Neil Young, to assist children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs, this year's two day benefit promised to be one of the most remarkable of its 24 year history. With the first reunion of Buffalo Springfield ...

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Article: Album Review

Elton John / Leon Russell: The Union

Read "The Union" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Elton John and Leon Russell are not so unlikely musical colleagues. Russell is slightly the elder, at 68 to John's 63, and within the age difference of two brothers. Both emerged in the early '70s, that fertile period nurtured by Woodstock the year before, and the rise of album-oriented-rock FM radio after. Both are pianists and ...

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Article: Live Review

Beale Street Music Festival 2010

Read "Beale Street Music Festival 2010" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis in May 2010 Tom Lee Park, FedEx Blues Tent, Memphis, Tennessee May 2, 2010 April, indeed, may be the cruelest of months, but I doubt that a blue-blood like Thomas Sterns Eliot ever spent the sweaty seasons in Hell that are Spring and Summer in the cultural ...

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Article: Interview

Louie Shelton: In Session

Read "Louie Shelton: In Session" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

Hundreds of millions of people have heard him play without having heard of him. A veteran session guitarist, Louie Shelton played on a slew of million-selling records during his three decades in Los Angeles. His credits include female vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Whitney Houston; ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Cocker and the Grease Band: Live at Woodstock

Read "Live at Woodstock" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Great Britain taught America to be proud of her musical heritage by importing it, transforming it, and sending it back to her. The American South between 1920 and 1960 was a hothouse for all of America's great musical offerings: blues, R&B, country, jazz, and rock and roll. All of these genres germinated in the United States, ...

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Article: Interview

Bruce Hornsby: The Master of Levitation

Read "Bruce Hornsby: The Master of Levitation" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

For more than 20 years, singer/songwriter, pianist/composer, and band-leader Bruce Hornsby, has proven to be a survivor in an ever changing music environment. From winning multiple awards including a Grammy for Best New Artist in 1987 for the multi-platinum album The Way It Is (RCA, 1986) with his band The Range, to dual releases in 2007 ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Jason Hainsworth Big Band / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta di Verona / Howard University Jazz Ensemble

Read "Jason Hainsworth Big Band / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta di Verona / Howard University Jazz Ensemble" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Jason Hainsworth Jazz Orchestra Kaleidoscope DW Jazz 2009 On his first turn at bat, composer / arranger / tenor saxophonist Jason Hainsworth has not only slammed one out of the park with Kaleidoscope but has produced a viable entrant in the big-band Record of the Year sweepstakes. The ...

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Almost Piano

By Leon Russell

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2008

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Signature Songs / Guitar Blues

By Leon Russell

Label: Leo Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Signature Songs: A Song For You; Magic Mirror; This Masquerade; One More Love Song; Tightrope; Stranger In A Strange Land; Hummingbird; Back To The Island; Out In The Woods; Lady Blue; Delta Lady. Guitar Blues: Ways Of A Woman; House Of Blues; Rip Van Winkle; This Love I Have Inside For You; Lost Inside The Blues; Dark Carousel; Its Impossible; Strange Power Of Love; Make Everything Alright; Same Old Song; End Of The Road.


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