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Son Volt – Day Of The Doug First of all, let me be clear from the get go, I’m a Jay guy vs. a Jeff guy. I’m also a big fan of Doug Sahm, ever since I picked up a copy of his Doug Sahm And HIs Band album back in ‘73. (NOTE: The reason
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I am by no means a classic country afficienado by any stretch of the imagination. Sure I appreciate and enjoy the classics but I am no expert. But there is one thing that I know for sure. There is a deep rooted history of country duets that are as much a part of the great American song book
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Jalen N’Gonda – Come Around And Love Me Are you a fan of retro soul? A fan of the sounds of Dap-Tone Records, of Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, Amy Winehouse and Coming Home era Leon Bridges? Do you miss the smooth sultry crooning we used to get from Smokey, Marvin, David Ruffin and Al Green?
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The Whiffs – Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Kansas City’s rockers The Whiffs managed to release one of (if not THE) best rock and roll records of the year. With a perfect blend of garage, punk and power pop, if this one doesn’t get you jumping up and down swirling around in circles when you’re alone in
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Duane Betts – Wild And Precious Life Son of Dickey Betts and named after Duane Allman, this guy had a seriously high bar to meet when he decided to get into the music business. Wild and Precious Life proves that he was more than up to the task. With a sound and style that doesn’t deviate
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Lydia Loveless – Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again Lydia is back! Some might argue but I think that Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again is her best effort since 2016’s Somewhere Else. A quintessential breakup album, Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again proves the age old adage that what doesn’t break
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Muriel Grossman – Devotion A very late (this disc was only released December 1st) addition to my list, it also is the sole jazz release which made the cut this year, a year in which I spent a good amount of time consuming jazz. Anyway, from my first listen to Devotion I knew there was
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The Radio Field – The Don’ts And Do’s So I know the question that comes to mind right off of the bat is, “Who the fuck are The Radio Field”? That’s a fair question which I don’t mind answering at all. Basically The Radio Field is the post pandemic side project of Düsseldorf’s Lars Schmidt
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Its that time of year again where everybody puts together a list of their favorite everything for the ending year. I’m a sucker for lists and succomb to this stuff just like the rest of you so here’s the start of my favorite albums for 2023. These are my 11- 25 selections and are in
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To many people of a certain age, Dinosaur Jr.’s 1993 album Where You Been is a seminal if not quintessential 90’s rock album. Granted I’m about 10 or so years older than the rest of this demographic, I freaking have loved the hell out of this album since its release 30 years ago. I’d come
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