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An evening of French music with Pascal and Ami Rogé

Monday, 2 May 2016, 16:10 Last update: about 9 years ago

Teatru Manoel presents the final of this season's Wednesdays at the Manoel series with a great evening of French music performed by Pascal and Ami Rogé on 4 May at 8pm. Pascal Rogé...

Santana gets the band back together for 'Santana IV'

Thursday, 28 April 2016, 16:48 Last update: about 9 years ago

On "Santana IV," Carlos Santana is reunited with the core musicians from the band's first three albums, restoring the team concept to a name more immediately associated with his solo career since the...

Peter Wolf stresses country on 'Cure For Loneliness'

Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 16:47 Last update: about 9 years ago

Peter Wolf's "A Cure for Loneliness," just his third solo album since 2002, is a mostly laid-back effort reverberating with thoughtful country tones. Wolf has kept the bar high since "Long Line,"...

Ben Harper gets the band back together, with feeling

Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 16:46 Last update: about 9 years ago

Ben Harper is back with the best band he's ever sung with, delivering strong new material with a group that has always known when to play hard and when to hang back. Coming on the heels of a 2015...

Sturgill Simpson defies categorization with 'Sailor'

Monday, 25 April 2016, 16:49 Last update: about 9 years ago

Sturgill Simpson defies categorization, and exceeds expectations, with "A Sailor's Guide to Earth," an exploration of life's journey inspired by the birth of his first child. Simpson funks up his...

Ace Frehley still has what it takes on "Origins"

Monday, 25 April 2016, 16:45 Last update: about 9 years ago

The twice (and future?) Kiss guitarist has put his other-worldly spin on classic rock anthems he grew up on, including legendary tracks from Creem ("White Room;") Steppenwolf ("Magic Carpet Ride;")...

Assassin shows versatility on 1st album in years

Friday, 22 April 2016, 16:35 Last update: about 9 years ago

  One of Jamaica's most underrated yet diverse and creative lyricists, Assassin A.K.A. Agent Sasco releases his first studio album in almost a decade. In a transition from dancehall,...

Iggy Pop's 'Post Pop Depression' rocks and shocks

Thursday, 21 April 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 9 years ago

Iggy Pop rocks and shocks on "Post Pop Depression," evoking his 1977 peak achieved with David Bowie but enhanced by all he's gone through since. In Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and...

Beautiful harmonies from Teddy Thompson, Kelly Jones

Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 9 years ago

Teddy Thompson's musical influences come from this side of the Atlantic, so his first duets album sounds nothing like the British folk rock produced more than 30 years ago by his parents, Richard and...

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