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“Don’t Stop the Fight” (22Visionz Music Group). Review by Randy Radic.
“Don’t Stop the Fight” (22Visionz Music Group). Review by Randy Radic.
Africa 80 (Omnivore Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.
The Griot Swings the Classics (Bluclok Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
Melodies from the Heart. Review by Stacey Zering.
Live in Concert (Concord Music Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” is cinecast in HD to theaters across North America, and Carl F Gauze witnesses radio on the big screen.
Live - Hope at the Hideout (Anti-Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Robert Mugge’s documentary about Al Green’s tragedy-strewn return to the Church is given the deluxe 25th Anniversary DVD treatment. Can Scott Adams get an amen?
Baby (Burnt Toast Vinyl). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Light Poles and Pines (Seany). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Black Holiday in Mexico City (Shut Eye Records and Agency). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Land of 1000 Dances (Collector’s Choice Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Everybody’s Brother (Compadre Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Twenty (Sanctuary Records Group). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Live! Original Cast Recording (Razor and Tie). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Bury Your Hate in a Shallow Grave (Lelp). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Whole Enchilada (Luna Chica Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Poison & Snakes (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Still Smokin’ After 20 Years (Triple X Records, Swine Song). Review by Carl F Gauze.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.