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Miles Davis/In Person Friday & Saturday Nights At the Blackhawk

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Jim Croce: You Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape

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Fifty years on, his songs still ring true

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Texas Sun & Texas Moon/Khruangbin & Leon Bridges

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Is it just the Lemon Tag talking or do both of these acts call to me, beckoning  a thorough investigation of their working parts so that I can properly enjoy the gumbo of Khruangbin and Leon Bridges’ Texas Sun and newly released Texas Moon EPs?

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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You/Big Thief

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Big Thief’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You hit me like a bomb in the middle of one Monday morning’s new releases listening. It grabbed my attention immediately

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Jethro Tull: The Zealot Gene

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The Zealot Gene, then, is a fantastic album, one that can’t help being a career overview in many ways, with a bit of something for every fan along Tull’s carnival road.

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Simone Dinnerstein Explores the Refrain

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Simone Dinnerstein’s Undersong is an instant classic for those who love to listen to solo piano

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Neil Young, Spotify & the Market for Hi-Res Music Streaming

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Spotify’s biggest sin may be that is hasn’t managed to offer music fans a Hi-res music streaming service despite past promises to do so.

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The Meat Loaf Phenomenon

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One reason that Meat Loaf fell to earth is that his other records, outside of the Steinman collaborations, are regular rock and roll records.

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Remembering Ronnie Spector

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A look at her solo records

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Robert Fripp: An Appreciation in 15 Tracks

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This is a non-exhaustive list of fifteen of my favorite tracks by or featuring Robert Fripp, presented in no particular order.

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