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Article: Album Review

John Leighton: Dramatic Life

Read "Dramatic Life" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Jazz composers can be inspired by the oddest things, but it's rare to find inspiration coming from those seminal icons of the nineteenth century, Florence Nightingale and John Keats. Northern Ireland-based pianist/songwriter John Leighton puts that right on his beautiful debut, Dramatic Life, and it isn't just his inspirations that are original. Leighton's ...

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Article: Album Review

Robert Plant: Band of Joy

Read "Band of Joy" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Classic rock music from the mid-1960s to the mid-'70s produced three great voices: Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, and Robert Plant. Of these, the most incendiary was Plant. Never in the voice of a white man was there ever so much raw sexual power than that voice that sang “Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You," “Whole Lotta Love," ...

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Article: Album Review

Darrell Katz and the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra: A Wallflower In The Amazon

Read "A Wallflower In The Amazon" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra has been part of the Boston music scene since 1985, and A Wallflower In The Amazon is the eighth album in the group's history. Darrell Katz, the Orchestra's Director, has been involved since the beginning: his arrangements on this album draw on this experience to showcase the individual talents of the ...

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News: Recording

New Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Live in Chicago Out September 28

Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records is excited to announce that latest signing Kenny Wayne Shepherd is releasing Live in Chicago, available on 9/28/10. Recorded in Chicago's House of Blues during the critically acclaimed 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads tour, Live in Chicago showcases Kenny and his band, Noah Hunt, Chris Layton, Scott Nelson and Riley ...

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Article: Album Review

Willie Buck: The Life I Love

Read "The Life I Love" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

It's always a joy to hear the Chicago blues when it isn't cut with anything, and this is as pure as it comes. Willie Buck has been leading bands in the city for over forty years and this material was committed for posterity some twenty eight years ago. Passing time hasn't diminished it however and it ...

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Article: Talkin' Blues

Susan Tedeschi: Dreams and Legends

Read "Susan Tedeschi: Dreams and Legends" reviewed by Alan Bryson

by Alan Bryson

A string of Grammy-nominated albums, along with a critically acclaimed and commercially successful DVD of her appearance on the American television program Austin City Limits, have helped to establish Susan Tedeschi as one of today's premiere blues artists. On top of that, she's performed in front of millions of music lovers by headlining numerous festivals and ...

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Article: Live Review

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

Read "31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...

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Article: Album Review

Mississippi Heat: Let's Live it Up!

Read "Let's Live it Up!" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron

Formed in 1991, Mississippi Heat has become one of the more popular modern blues bands out of Chicago. Led by harmonica great Pierre Lacocque, this high-energy ensemble has released nine recordings with a rotating cast of top-notch talent. On Let's Live it Up!, the group delivers a rocking set with the help of earthy vocalist Inetta ...

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Article: Album Review

Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune

Read "Valleys of Neptune" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

When the tracks that comprise Jimi Hendrix's Valleys of Neptune were recorded during 1968 and 1969, the guitarist/vocalist/songwriter was moving inexorably, albeit somewhat fitfully, into an earthier realm of music than his Experience image would allow. The gorgeous cover graphics of this archive title match the evocative music, as does the density of detail in the ...

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Article: Album Review

Little Buddy: 3 Hour Tour

Read "3 Hour Tour" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

It might seem like a long journey from a Pennsylvania steel town to Texas, but not if you travel along the electric strings of blues guitarist Mark Kormanik. 3 Hour Tour is Kormanik's sixth CD as the leader of Little Buddy, which also features longtime bandmates Doug Brown on bass and vocals and John ...


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