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Charles Lloyd and Lucinda Williams, a dazzling blend

Thursday, 2 August 2018, 13:00 Last update: about 9 years ago

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams, "Vanished Gardens" (Blue Note) Renowned saxophonist Charles Lloyd and singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams bring the best of their musical worlds...

Dawes' 'Password' dips angst deep in '70s folk-rock

Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 12:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Dawes, "Passwords" (HUB Records) California band Dawes dip their observant takes on our days of angst deep into a tub of '70s folk and soft rock, turning "Passwords," their sixth album, into a...

Q&A: Sam Smith on touring, therapy, smoking and lip syncing

Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 12:55 Last update: about 9 years ago

Sam Smith knows his music is melancholy and emotional, but he's hoping his live shows will be uplifting and feel "like a fistful of love," as he put it. The singer, known for down-tempo hits like...

Dig it: Archaeologists scour Woodstock '69 concert field

Monday, 30 July 2018, 12:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Archaeologists scouring the grassy hillside famously trampled during the 1969 Woodstock music festival carefully sifted through the dirt from a time of peace, love, protest and good...

Wilko Johnson embraces life on 'Blow Your Mind'

Friday, 27 July 2018, 14:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Wilko Johnson, "Blow Your Mind" (UMe/Chess) Wilko Johnson's new album is a raucous blast of life, overshadowed by mortality. At 70, the British guitarist has been invigorated by a reprieve...

Rock trio The Record Company is back but not much changed

Thursday, 26 July 2018, 14:05 Last update: about 9 years ago

Nowhere is there a better sign of how far the rock trio The Record Company has come than in the difference between where the group recorded its first and second albums. The trio made its debut in...

Robert Glasper leads R+R=NOW into collage of sounds

Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 14:03 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

R+R=NOW, "Collagically Speaking"  (Blue Note) Robert Glasper leads R+R=NOW, a distinguished lineup whose "Collagically Speaking" is a colorful patchwork of sounds rooted in jazz but...

Perseverance of Eels' Everett offers musical inspiration

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 13:59 Last update: about 9 years ago

Since he's written movingly about his family dying around him, Mark Oliver Everett understands why his band Eels is often described as a purveyor of depressing indie rock 'n' roll. Yet that would be...

Gaulitanus Choir´s end-of-season concert

Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 11:06 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Gaulitanus Choir´s 2017-18 artistic season came to an end on Friday 13th July with A Guitar Recital featuring acclaimed Italian guitarist Fabio Barbagallo. The recital was held at the...

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