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News: Video / DVD

Nostalgic Look at the Rock & Roll Teen Scene of the 1960s in "Teen A Go Go"

The 1960s undoubtedly ushered in the birth of 'Rock-N-Roll' in America, largely in part to the influence of The Beatles.The British invasion took over the United States like a wildfire after The Beatles premiered on The Ed Sullivan Show. The next morning, garage bands across the country woke up with “Beatle fever" and began growing long ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

The Doors: L.A. Woman - 40th Anniversary Edition

Read "The Doors: L.A. Woman - 40th Anniversary Edition" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The DoorsL.A. Woman: 40th Anniversary EditionElecktra2012 In the end, The Doors were a jazz organ trio playing the blues, what keyboardist Ray Manzarek called “The Modern Jazz Quartet of Rock." Flirting with psychedelia on its first four albums, providing an acid soundtrack to 1967's Summer of Love, and ...

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Article: Album Review

The Doors: LA Woman: 40th Anniversary Edition

Read "LA Woman: 40th Anniversary Edition" reviewed by Doug Collette


The two-disc reissue of The Doors' L.A. Woman (Elektra, 1971), released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the original album, documents how this band achieved what The Beatles could not with Let It Be (Apple, 1970). Jim Morrison and company effectively and authentically went back to their musical roots and, in so doing, restored their camaraderie ...

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News: Video / DVD

The Doors - Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman DVD (2012)

The Doors - Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman DVD (2012)

Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story Of L.A. Woman is a new, 100 minute DVD documentary from Eagle Rock that chronicles the creation of what turned out to be the Doors final album with iconic lead singer Jim Morrison—the band recorded two more as a trio, before disbanding— 1970's L.A. Woman. As tempting as it might be ...

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News: Recording

The Doors: "She Smells so Nice"

The Doors: "She Smells so Nice"

“THE YEAR OF THE DOORS" UNDERWAY WITH 40TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF ICONIC L.A. WOMAN ALBUM The Doors have officially debuted the first new, completely unreleased song in 40 years, “She Smells So Nice." The bluesy track captures the band—organist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, drummer John Densmore and late singer Jim Morrison—joyfully barreling through the full-throttle ...

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News: Festival

33rd Edition of Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

Once again, it is clear that quality and diversity will reign supreme at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, as we prepare to celebrate a 33rd edition. Fans can already start filling in their summer calendars with some of the greatest names on Planet Jazz, discover ...

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News: Recording

Soundway & Tummy Touch to Present Reissues by Joni Haastrup & His Band MonoMono

Soundway & Tummy Touch to Present Reissues by Joni Haastrup & His Band MonoMono

Re-Issued For Release On CD, Download And Replica Gatefold LP Are Three Of Nigeria's Most Coveted Releases; Monomono's 1971 Debut Album Give The Beggar A Chance, The Follow Up Dawn Of Awareness And Joni Haastrup's Debut Solo Record Wake Up Your Mind; release date September 27 Soundway and Tummy Touch are proud to present three blistering ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeff Hackworth: Night Owl

Read "Night Owl" reviewed by Greg Simmons


Tenorist Jeff Hackworth taps late 1960s soul jazz on Night Owl. The instrumental mix, with Hammond B3, vibraphone and drums, draws a straight line to the traditions of masters like Lou Donaldson and Big John Patton. The use of organ, in particular, is a distinctive and tacit embrace of the instrument's ability to make anything sound ...

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News: TV / Film

The Grateful Dead Movie with Never-Before-Seen Jerry Garcia Interviews Returns to Theaters

The critically acclaimed cinematic concert rockumentary, The Grateful Dead Movie Event will take audiences back to the '70s for a one-night in-theater event on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Under the direction of the band's lead guitarist Jerry Garcia and co-directed by Leon Gast, these legendary 1974 concerts capture the Grateful Dead at ...

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Article: Album Review

Amit Chaudhuri: Found Music

Read "Found Music" reviewed by Chris May


Calcutta-born singer Amit Chaudhuri's follow-up to This Is Not Fusion (Babel, 2010) is another captivating and deeply idiosyncratic fusion/not fusion of Hindustani classical music, jazz, rock and blues. It's a style Chaudhuri, with several albums of “pure" Hindustani music already behind him, began developing in 2004 with the Amit Chaudhuri Band, which features his singing alongside ...


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