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Janet Feder: Songs With Words

Read "Songs With Words" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
September 19, 2013

Innovative guitarist Janet Feder draws her own sonic territory on this first collection of original songs. The Colorado-based guitarist is known for her extended techniques on the prepared guitar, and her work was first introduced to the wider public on the like-minded collection of innovative guitarists I Never Meta Guitar--Solo Guitars for the XXI Century) (Clean ...

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Lifeline

September 18, 2013

Album: Songs From The Small Hours
By Dig A Little Deeper
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Duration: 4:12

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Determination

September 17, 2013

Album: Love
By Reginald Cyntje
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 6:57

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Gina Kronstadt: Come Over

Read "Come Over" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush
September 16, 2013

Everybody wants to be a star and everybody wants their turn in the spotlight. The recent documentary 20 Feet From Stardom focused on the struggles of background singers to emerge from the shadows. Gina Kronstadt can surely identify with that struggle.Whatever motivated Kronstadt's debut, Come Over, she demonstrates she's ready for her close-up. A ...

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Seraphic Fire: Ave Maria: Gregorian Chant

Read "Ave Maria: Gregorian Chant" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
September 13, 2013

The mid-1990s witness a renewed interest in Gregorian Chant with the release, twenty years after its recording, of Chant (Angel, 1973/1994) by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. The public greeted this music, much between 500 and 1500 years old, as the greatest thing since the Edison cylinder. Early Music practitioners each released their ...

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Shrunken Head Shop: Live in Germany

Read "Live in Germany" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 12, 2013

This international group is captured performing improvised music in Germany, featuring guest trumpeter Dave Laczko on three tracks that reside somewhere between Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) era and experimental trumpeter Jon Hassell's work. Laczko and guitar whiz Willie Oteri have also recorded under the moniker WD-41. Indeed, both artists are known for pushing the ...

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Flatbush

September 12, 2013

Album: Bittersweet
By Ed Epstein
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 07:31

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Amnesiac Quartet: Tribute to Radiohead Vol. 2

Read "Tribute to Radiohead Vol. 2" reviewed by Mehdi El Mouden

by Mehdi El Mouden
September 10, 2013

Anyone who has listened to the sound of Radiohead would confess that the English rock band breaks out of the ordinary. Devoid of harmonic complexity, dissonance, or technical virtuosity that would qualify Radiohead's music as highly sophisticated, the sound is nevertheless quite unique and pregnant with deep melancholic emotions that lead vocalist Thom Yorke asserts well ...

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Nora Germain: Let It Rip!

Read "Let It Rip!" reviewed by Carl L. Hager

by Carl L. Hager
September 10, 2013

How good is your memory? Remember when the gold standard in jazz was that the music needs to swing? Good memory, eh? Remember jazz violin, that four-stringed instrument that was bowed and tucked under the musician's chin, not stood on end? Jazz violin is a tradition which has faded to such a ...

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Gina Kronstadt: Come Over

Read "Come Over" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 9, 2013

Gina Kronstadt has graced recordings by many musical giants, including Dr John, Charlie Haden, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin. Most of the time it's her talent as a violinist that's called upon. For her debut release as leader, Come Over, she puts the violin to one side and concentrates on singing: original songs of love, with ...