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Article: Live Review

Penang Island Jazz Festival: Penang, Malaysia, Dec 1-4, 2011

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by Ian Patterson

8th Penang Island Jazz FestivalPenang, MalaysiaDecember 1-4, 2011 For small, independent jazz festivals heavily reliant on private sector sponsorship, it can be a jungle out there. In the case of the Penang Island Jazz Festival, sandwiched between the Straits of Malacca and tropical forest, this is literally true. Monkeys, civet and leopard ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Rory Gallagher: Against The Grain and Calling Card Reissues

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by Doug Collette

Guitarist Rory Gallagher produced (literally in most cases) a string of remarkably consistent studio albums during the course of a career that stretched from the early 1970s through to the 1990s. Eagle Records has reissued them all on compact disc and, though it's not wholly clear if the titles have been remastered again, and the pre-existing ...

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Article: Film Review

Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74

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by Doug Collette

Rory GallagherIrish Tour '74Eagle Video2011 However much acclaim he received during his lifetime, and to whatever extent his legacy has grown posthumously since his untimely death in 1995, guitarist Rory Gallagher will be best remembered for the feverish abandon of his live performances. Assembled with the same ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Rory Gallagher: Notes From San Francisco

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by Doug Collette

Rory GallagherNotes From San FranciscoEagle Rock2011 The level of excellence to which the archiving of singer/guitarist Rory Gallagher's canon has risen lately, on audio and video, hits another peak with Notes From San Francisco. Consisting of an entire, previously unreleased studio album, plus outtakes, in addition to ...

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Article: Live Review

Borneo Jazz 2011

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by Ian Patterson

Borneo JazzMiri, Sarawak, BorneoMay 12-15, 2011 Borneo Jazz--known as the Miri International Jazz Festival for the previous five editions--has undergone a certain amount of rebranding in an effort to promote its growing stature as one of the leading jazz festivals in the region. This year the festival has increased from two to ...

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Article: Film Review

Rory Gallagher: Ghost Blues & The Beat Club Sessions: The Story Of Rory Gallagher

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by Doug Collette

Rory Gallagher Ghost Blues & The Beat Club Sessions: The Story of Rory Gallagher Eagle Video 2010 Guitarist Rory Gallagher never wanted to be a star. He only wanted to make music on his own terms and have the opportunity to play that music for an audience ...

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Crest of A Wave: The Best of Rory Gallagher

By Rory Gallagher

Label: Eagle Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD 1: Follow Me; Shin Kicker; Do You Read Me; Bought & Sold; Loanshark Blues; In Your Town; Calling Card; A Million Miles Away Walk On Hot Coals; I Fall Apart; Tattoo'd Lady; Crest of a Wave. CD 2: Bad Penny; Overnight Bag; Philby; Shadow Play; Moonchild; They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore; Edged In Blue; Wheels Within Wheels; Out On The Western Plain; Out Of My Mind; Barley & Grape Rag; Lonesome Highway.

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Article: Album Review

Rory Gallagher: Crest of A Wave: The Best of Rory Gallagher

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by Doug Collette

Even a died-in-the-wool Rory Gallagher aficionado may wonder if there is really a need for another anthology of the man's work. But the late Irish blues-rocker never did get the attention he deserved and remains an unsung hero of the blues-rock genre even to this day. Certain previous anthologies, even the sumptuously-packaged, 5.1 SuperAudio formatted Big ...

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Article: Live Review

Davy Knowles at The Crocodile

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by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.

Davy KnowlesThe CrocodileSeattle, WASeptember 8, 2009 I got my ass kicked tonight at the infamous Seattle “Crocodile" by an English kid and guitar slinger by the name of Davy Knowles. And man, I saw the light. The breadth and depth of knowledge this young man has of music is just plain scary. There ...

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Article: Film Review

Rory Gallagher: Live In Cork

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by Doug Collette

Rory Gallagher Live In Cork Eagle Vision 2009 A true labor of love, Live In Cork (previously released on VHS as Messin' With The Kid) functions as a salute to the late guitarist and singer Rory Gallagher, a travelogue to the Irish city and a celebration of the ...


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