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Article: Live Review

The Who: Denver, Colorado, February 12, 2013

Read "The Who: Denver, Colorado, February 12, 2013" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


The WhoPepsi CenterDenver, ColoradoFebruary 12, 2013The Who Pepsi Center, Denver, CO February 12, 2013One of the greatest moments on record from the Classic Rock era is the stunning contrast between the first two songs on the Who's Quadrophenia (MCA, 1973). The first cut, “I Am the Sea" is dominated ...

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Article: Book Review

Pete Townshend: Who I Am

Read "Pete Townshend: Who I Am" reviewed by Doug Collette


Who I AmPete Townshend544 pagesISBN: 978-0062127242Harper2012Guitarist Pete Townshend's autobiography is an engrossing, memorable read, due to the rigorous discipline Townshend applies to his writing, comparable to that which he devoted to his greatest music.Nevertheless, anyone looking for the comprehensive story of this ...

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Quadrophenia

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD1:
 I Am The Sea
; The Real Me
; Quadrophenia
; Cut My Hair
; The Punk And The Godfather
; I’m One
; The Dirty Jobs
; Helpless Dancer
; Is It In My Head
; I’ve Had Enough
; 515
; Sea And Sand
; Drowned. CD2: Bell Boy; Doctor Jimmy
; The Rock
; Love Reign O’er Me
; The Real Me (Demo)
; Cut My Hair (Demo)
; Punk (Demo)
; Dirty Jobs (Demo; Is It In My Head (Demo)
; Anymore (Demo)
; I’ve Had Enough (Demo)
; Drowned (Demo)
; Is It Me (Demo)
; Doctor Jimmy (Demo); Love Reign O’er Me (Demo).

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Article: Album Review

Wave Mechanics Union: Further To Fly

Read "Further To Fly" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Rock music has been mined to the nth degree by jazz prospectors. Trumpeter Miles Davis was doing Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper a quarter century back; pianist Brad Mehldau has made Radiohead his own; jazz legend Herbie Hancock spoke of new standards by Peter Gabriel and Nirvana; and organ guru Dr. Lonnie Smith has delivered a ...

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Article: Album Review

Bio Ritmo: La Verdad

Read "La Verdad" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


In September 2011, Bio Ritmo, the ten-piece salsa band from Richmond (Virginia), celebrated twenty years together, no small accomplishment for a band originally formed (says its official company bio) “as a percussion ensemble brought together by two misplaced Puerto Ricans who met at art school, combined with a local punk rock drummer."Communally led by ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

Missives from Distant Fronts

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Bio RitmoLa Verdad Electric Cowbell Records2011 In September 2011, Bio Ritmo, the ten-piece salsa band from Richmond (Virginia), celebrated twenty years together, no small accomplishment for a band originally formed (says its official company bio) “as a percussion ensemble brought together by two misplaced Puerto Ricans who met ...

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Article: Live Review

Greg Lake: Westbury, NY, April 22, 2012

Read "Greg Lake: Westbury, NY, April 22, 2012" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


Greg Lake: The Songs of A Lifetime NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, New York April 22, 2012 Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Ringo Starr, Percy Sledge, Robert Fripp and The Who...what they all have in common is Greg Lake. Lake is the voice behind the original King Crimson (which he ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Gov't Mule: Mad Mules and Englishmen - Beacon 12-31-2011

Read "Gov't Mule: Mad Mules and Englishmen - Beacon 12-31-2011" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Gov't MuleMad Mules and Englishmen: Beacon 12-31-2011Live Downloads2012 Trumpeter Miles Davis and singer Joe Cocker have in common covering songs by popular peers, transforming those songs, making them their own and in doing so, putting themselves on the musical map forever. Davis did this with his performance ...

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Article: Album Review

The Who: Quadrophenia

Read "Quadrophenia" reviewed by Doug Collette


Tommy (MCA, 1969) brought The Who to a mainstream audience and Who's Next (MCA, 1971) solidified its position in the pantheon of 1960's-1970's artists. But it is Quadrophenia (MCA, 1973) that has grown exponentially in importance--not only in the history of the band, but in the history of rock. Quadrophenia is the second rock ...

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Article: Album Review

Phish: Hampton/Winston-Salem '97

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Less than halfway through Phish's Hampton/Winston-Salem '97, it's very clear what distinguishes these shows, documented in this seven-CD box, as singular entries in the band's pantheon of concert performances. The funk pervading this music makes a consistent backdrop for lengthy improvisations, the likes of which merely sprawled earlier in the group's career. Entries like ...


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