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VA – The Blues Magazine: New Acoustic Blues (2013)
01. Heritage Blues Orchestra – Chilly Jordan 02. Jo Harman – I Shall Not Be Moved 03. Joe Bonamassa – Driving Towards the Daylight (Exclusive Edit) 04. Claude Hay – Narrow Mind 05. Mark Harrison –...
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VA – Liberation Music: Spiritual Jazz and the Art of Protest on Flying...
A white 47 year-old fan of swing music may not have been the most likely proprietor and driving force behind a radical independent jazz label, but that is a fair description of Bob Thiele. As a teen-...
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VA – Drink a Toast to Innocence: A Tribute to Lite Rock (2013)
Perhaps the most anticipated release of 2013 to date has been Andrew Curry’s “Monsters of Lite Rock” project, to assemble a compilation of those sort-of-cheesy “lite rock” (also known as “yacht rock”)...
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VA – Acid Jazz: The 25th Anniversary Box Set (2012)
This 4-CD box set anthologizes the London-based Acid Jazz label – founded by Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson – and the same-named scene that birthed it. The term was jokingly coined in 1987 by DJ/...
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VA – The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil (2013)
Latin America – and Brazil in particular – have never really lost their love affair with psychedelia. During the 1960s and 1970s the rock culture presented palpable sense of freedom that Brazilians...
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VA – Astralwerks: Music in 20/20 (RSD 2013)
Astralwerks Records, best known for sparking the trend of Electronica in the 90′s and EDM in the present, is turning 20 this year! Their impressive roster through the years has included Hot Chip, The...
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VA – Good God! Apocryphal Hymns (2013)
The term “apocrypha” comes from the Greek for “hidden things.” Applied the Christian Bible, it covers a wide swath of books deemed “non-canonical” by one denomination or another. The books and stories...
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VA – Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar (2013)
Since 2005, the best way to keep up with what’s new with the Takoma School has been to scoop up the Tompkins Square label’s indispensable Imaginational Anthem compilations, which seem to get better and...
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VA – Mud: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2013)
Mud: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features original music by David Wingo and songs by Dirty Three, Jeff McIlwain, Ben Nichols and Lucero, with whom Wingo collaborated on two original tracks....
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VA – Mojo Presents We’re with the Beatles (2013)
1. The James Hunter Six – It Wont’t Be Long 2. Ian McNabb (Featuring Thomas McConnell) – All I’ve Got to Do 3. Chris Difford (Featuring Arcelia) – All My Loving 4. Eva Petersen & Will Sergeant –...
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VA – Born to Be Together: The Songs of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (2013)
Born to Be Together: could a more apropos title have been devised for a collection of the songs of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil? Married since ’61, the team both defines and defies the phrase “unsung...
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VA – Motown Originals: The Classic Songs That Inspired the Broadway Show!...
The last frontier for Motown is the Great White Way and so, in 2013, the Sound of Young America hit Broadway via a jukebox musical loosely focused on the rise of Berry Gordy Jr. in the ’60s. To...
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VA – The London American Label: Year By Year 1964 (2013)
After a short break, while Ace’s musical Tardis underwent its annual MOT and service, they’re back on board and reversing into 1964 for the latest instalment in the popular London American Year By Year...
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VA – Mirror to the Soul: Caribbean Jump-Up, Mambo and Calypso Beat 1954-77...
New release from Soul Jazz Records, Caribbean Jump-Up, Mambo and Calypso Beat 1954-77: Big sounds from small islands. This album is a whistle -stop musical journey through the Caribbean, stopping off...
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VA – Assiyo Bellema: Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music (2013)
Class side of Ethio R&B hits dating to late ’60s and early ’70s. It comes out of the blocks hard with Astatke’s Assiyo Bellema and Tessemma’s Ashasha Beyew both boasting irresistible polyrhythmic...
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VA – Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Work of Kate McGarrigle (2013)
Released the day before Liam Lunson’s film of the same name, this 2-disc set offers music from three concerts that took place over 3 years in London, New York, and Toronto, curated by Joe Boyd. The...
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VA – Psychemagik Presents Magik Sunrise (2013)
Having wowed critics and crate-diggers alike with 2012′s acclaimed “Magik Cyrkles” compilation, Psychemagik release the follow-up, Magik Sunrise, on Paul Murphy and Simon Purnell’s Leng label. This...
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VA – Uncut: Glory Days (2013)
1. Parquet Courts – Stoned and Starving 2. Denison Witmer – Keep Moving Brother, Keep… 3. Thee Oh Sees – No Spell 4. Generationals – Spinoza 5. Willie Nile – American Ride 6. Handsome Family –...
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VA – Lonesome Whistle: An Anthology of American Railroad Songs (2012)
Trains were a prominent image in American folk and popular music early in the 20th century, and there are countless 78s and 45s floating around out there with trains serving as the central metaphor....
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VA – All Kinds Of Highs: A Mainstream Pop Psych Compendium 1966-70 (2012)
Though the Mainstream record label is best known for its jazz, blues, and soundtrack releases, in the late ’60s its founder, Bob Shad, explored the rock world to search for new talent. His first rock...
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