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New album celebrates Over the Rhine's milestone

Thursday, 4 April 2019, 09:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Over the Rhine, "Love & Revelation" (Great Speckled Dog) Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler share a marriage and the stage as the duo Over the Rhine, but often write separately, and so far...

Reese Wynans hosts guitar summit on first solo album

Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 09:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Reese Wynans & Friends, "Sweet Release" (J&R Adventures) With a career going back to the 1960s, keyboard player Reese Wynans is probably best known for his time recording and...

Patty Griffin's elegant songs are deeply meditative

Tuesday, 2 April 2019, 09:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Patty Griffin, "Patty Griffin" (PGM/Thirty Tigers) It's taken Patty Griffin more than 20 years and nearly a dozen albums to issue a self-titled release. There may be no particular reason for the...

Nick Waterhouse makes old soul sounds for new themes

Monday, 1 April 2019, 09:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Nick Waterhouse, "Nick Waterhouse" (Innovative Leisure) "There's an exit/and there's a way out/the two just ain't the same" is a typical lyric from Nick Waterhouse's self-titled fourth album, a...

Norway mints a new pop princess in Sigrid

Friday, 29 March 2019, 09:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Sigrid, "Sucker Punch" (Island Records) Rising pop singer Sigrid's new album "Sucker Punch" is perfectly titled — it's a surprise hit you never saw coming that instantly makes an...

Foals describe a nightmare and it sounds very cool

Thursday, 28 March 2019, 09:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Foals, "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 1" (Warner Bros.) This year we are promised not just one Foals album, but two. And after listening to the first, we're very, very lucky...

David Gray reflects on time in folk-electronic album

Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 09:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

David Gray, "Gold in a Brass Age" (IHT Records) David Gray's lively folk record "Gold in a Brass Age" features his signature mix of electronic and folk. Both genres bring strength to the album:...

Miriam Gauci stars in ‘Manon Lescaut’

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 10:24 Last update: about 8 years ago

Manon Lescaut is the operatic production for this year's Gaulitana: A Festival of music. Puccini's masterpiece, presented following an absence of over 20 years from the local stage, promises to be a...

When music producers are accused of being predators

Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 09:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Jessie Woo just wanted to sing. So when the budding vocalist met a successful music producer who told her he wanted to help her with her music, she believed him. Then, one night seven years ago,...

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