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Various: Magic Moments 4: Jazz Is Cool
by Bruce Lindsay
Germany's ACT Music is an innovative and adventurous label with an international roster that includes some genuinely cutting-edge musicians including Vijay Iyer and Dan Berglund's Tonbruket. Magic Moments 4: Jazz Is Cool is the fourth in ACT's sampler series and a great place to begin exploring the music it has to offer. The ...
Gov't Mule & Jackie Greene: Live at the Lake
by Doug Collette
Gov't Mule/Jackie GreeneMaritime FestivalWaterfront Park, Burlington VTAugust 13, 2010 The bulk of Gov't Mule's August 13 performance at the Burlington Vermont Maritime Festival was, in its predominantly heavy, hard rock thrust, a perfect foil for the light breezy summer atmosphere at Waterfront Park on the shores of Lake Champlain.
Harmonica Master Charlie Musselwhite Celebrates New Release with a Performance in Philadelphia
Harmonicist/vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Charlie Musselwhite celebrates his return to Alligator Records with his new CD, The Well, and a live performance at the World Music Cafe on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The album is an authentic slice of Charlie's deep blues roots with musical flavors from Mississippi to Chicago to California, including help on one song from legendary ...
Mercury Falls: Quadrangle
by Bruce Lindsay
Mercury Falls is an intriguing and somewhat ambivalent band name--and whether it refers to a celestial body, a mythological messenger, plummeting water, dropping temperatures or, indeed, to nothing at all, it's a name that readily reflects the fascinating and at times beautiful music that the band creates on its debut release, Quadrangle. Although ...
One Track Mind: Tom Waits - "Please Wake Me up" (1987)
By Mark SaleskiAfter listening to certain Tom Waits songs, I get to thinking about what the man might have stored in his garage. Sure, it's become sort of a cliché, doing a mental inventory of Waits' collection of bullhorns and whatnot, but it sure is fun.Even more fun is doing an inventory ...
Charlie Musselwhite Returns to "The Well" on August 24
Charlie Musselwhite will release his new CD, The Well (Alligator Records) on August 24. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing and deep country blues guitar work flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original ...
One Track Mind: Tom Waits "Please Wake Me up" (1987)
After listening to certain Tom Waits songs, I get to thinking about what the man might have stored in his garage. Sure, it's become sort of a cliché, doing a mental inventory of Waits' collection of bullhorns and whatnot, but it sure is fun.Even more fun is doing an inventory of my own garage ...
Christine Tobin and Liam Noble: Tapestry Unravelled
by Bruce Lindsay
For many jazz singers, the Great American Songbook is the body of work that must be delved into and reinterpreted. In more recent years, the work of writers such as Tom Waits and Nick Cave is emerging as the source for some fine jazz-based interpretations. The singer/songwriters of the '70s, perhaps surprisingly, have yet to become ...
Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
Featuring the music of Tom Waits
Duration: 4:45
Various Artists: Sound Of The World Presents - Anywhere On This Road
by Bruce Lindsay
Various Artists Sound Of The World Presents: Anywhere On This Road Warner Classics & Jazz 2010 The series of compilation albums known as Sound Of The World was the brainchild of the DJ and writer Charlie Gillett. Credited with championing both Dire Straits and Ian Dury in their ...
