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Sing We Now of Christmas

Still, Still, Still

MARGARET SLOVAk & CHRIS MARESH, ANGELE DUBEAU & LA PIETA, and OLA GJEILO capature the season's contemplative zeitgeist.
by David McGee
 
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Spotlight Album

‘Voices Raised in Determination and Triumph’

On this, its fifth CD, The Ebony Hillbillies' old-timey sound evokes, on the one hand, bygone eras in the jubilant bones- and fiddle-fired title track and horrific modern-day tragedies rooted in racial animus...
by David McGee
 
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When Robert Mitchum Was Like So…

In 1957, while filming in Trinidad with director John Huston, ROBERT MITCHUM became obsessed with Calypso music, so much so that he made an entire album of it, for Capitol, with Johnny Mercer's blessing. It's good stuff. Let's ...
by David McGee
 
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Spotlight Album

Standing on Big Shoulders

From Robert Johnson to the present day, SPECIAL CONSENSUS celebrates the Windy City's musical legacy on their 45th anniversary recording, CHICAGO BARN DANCE. The consensus? It's special.
by David McGee
 
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Dailey & Vincent & The L Word

Bluegrass superstars DAILEY & VINCENT return to the rock-solid traditional bluegrass that brung 'em to the dance, and they've got a concept going too. Read on...
by David McGee
 
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