Billboard — Last year, Mavis Staples released a revelatory collection of protest songs (”We’ll Never Turn Back”) that, though such a thing was hardly needed, reaffirmed her vitality in the current music scene. “Hope at the Hideout” is her victory lap, a joyous house party that benefits from a wonderful alignment of the stars: It [...]
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Review: Mavis Staples, “Hope at the Hideout”
Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged mp3, mavis staples, hope at the hideout, anti, we'll never turn back, we shall not be moved on November 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Album review: John Legend, “Evolver”
Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged andrew 3000, everybody knows, evolver, john legend, kanye west, mp3 on October 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Billboard — John Legend made his mark by showing up fully coated in vintage Philadelphia soul, but this aptly titled third album finds him shelving his silky throwback vibe for a collection of tracks more interested in 808s and heartbreak. “Evolver” opens with shiny 1984 club-bounce (”Green Light,” quickly commandeered by André 3000), moves directly [...]
Review: Pete Seeger, “At 89″
Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged mp3, pete seeger, at 89, false from true, little fat baby, appleseed on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Billboard — The folk icon’s first record since 2003 is less an album than the audio version of whiling away an afternoon at Seeger’s upstate cabin. It’s a pleasingly indulgent collection of songs, stories and detours that will be something of a treasure for longtime fans and packs at least a dozen treats for relative [...]
Review: Kings of Leon, “Only By the Night”
Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged Billboard, review, mp3, kings of leon, only by the night, notion, sex on fire, caleb followill, use somebody on September 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Billboard — Record No. 4 finds Tennessee’s most famous rock’n’roll Pentecostals tamping down the hillbilly stomp in favor of more measured, midtempo numbers that simmer more than scorch. “Only by the Night” requires some patience; it sounds a little like one 43-minute medium-simmer track on first listen but begins to reveal its charms on subsequent [...]
Review: Michael Franti and Spearhead, “All Rebel Rockers”
Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged all rebel rockers, hey world, michael franti and spearhead, mp3 on September 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Billboard — Michael Franti spent the past few years documenting the chaos in the Middle East, penning a children’s book and, with 2006’s “Yell Fire!,” stoking the kind of pointed political fire for which he’s become so well-known. Like “Yell Fire!,” this set was tracked in Jamaica with go-to producers Sly & Robbie and is [...]
Tegan’s To-Do List: Books, videos and a driver’s license
Posted in Billboard, Interviews, Music, mp3, tagged mp3, tegan and sara, tegan quin, dancing in the dark, augusten burroughs, housing works, the con, borne on the fm waves of the heart, against me, liner notes, a wolf at the table on August 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Billboard — It’s a big month for Tegan Quin of the sisterly Canadian rock duo Tegan and Sara. She and her twin are embarking on the final leg of their tour behind 2007’s “The Con,” she’s co-headlining a benefit event in New York with author Augusten Burroughs and she’s filming a video for her duet [...]
An important development regarding pants
Posted in Columns, GateHouse, mp3, tagged GateHouse, mp3, abba, pants, very hungry caterpillar, jeff vrabel, shopping, mamma mia, sex and the city, dancing queen on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gatehouse - I am proud to announce today that I have recently doubled my own personal cache of pants.
This is extraordinary news, because I am a pretty big fan of pants. I’ve been known to wear them every day, sometimes. But it’s mostly noteworthy because it represents a triumph on my part: that I was [...]
Review: Duffy, “Rockferry”
Posted in Billboard, Music, Reviews, mp3, tagged duffy, mp3, rockferry, warwick avenue on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Billboard - The recent surge of Europeans retrofitting and upgrading 1960s soul rolls on in swirling style with this debut from Duffy, a Welsh singer/songwriter from the school of jazzy chanteuses who are here to maximize the international-but-not-too-international-for-Starbucks style, but sound quite lovely doing it anyway. “Rockferry” hits the major notes: “Warwick Avenue” is a [...]


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