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Ravi Shankar, 1920-2012 12 Dec 2012 | 07:18 pm
This wonderful performance from Monterey Pop 1967 captures the unsurpassed technique and profound spirit of one of the most inspiring musicians of modern times.....
Gift Ideas for the Music Obsessed 5 Dec 2012 | 07:20 pm
This is the season when people in the record business give thanks for the old stuff. Catalog. Music of lasting value, often collected in glossy boxed sets that are easy to give (and easy to wrap). Bel...
On Seeing Neil Young and Crazy Horse 30 Nov 2012 | 08:48 pm
(Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Thursday Nov. 29.)During the second or third guitar excursion of “Walk Like a Giant” Thursday at the Wells Fargo Center, Neil Young veered into one of his favorite z...
Why Record Stores (and Record Store Day) Matters 22 Nov 2012 | 07:13 pm
This year’s Record Store Day coincides with Black Friday, the mostly incomprehensible superstorm of shopping that follows Thanksgiving.It’s the right time of year for the event, which is marked by lim...
New Obsession: Ensemble Instrumental National du Mali 19 Nov 2012 | 07:42 pm
The Ensemble Instrumental National du Mali is not just concerned with instrumental music -- and it's not your typical mild-mannered folkloric group, either.Rather, since its formation in 1961, the Ens...
Unexpected Iran/Israel story…. 13 Nov 2012 | 06:45 pm
Here's more proof, if any were needed, that music transcends geopolitical conflict..... NPR's story yesterday about the Israeli singer Rita Jahanforuz's new album.
More Next Stop/After That 12 Nov 2012 | 07:22 pm
Since the publication of 1000 Recordings, there have been thousands of truly great new releases – and possibly an equal number of reissues of music that was pretty much unavailable during the research...
On the Unexpected Psychedelic Pill 31 Oct 2012 | 06:29 pm
This week I did a short review of Neil Young's Psychedelic Pill on NPR's All Things Considered. To check it out, click here. When you look at Neil Young’s entire discography, a record like the just re...
Do you have 100 Seconds? 25 Oct 2012 | 07:25 pm
This encounter with the sublime only takes 100 seconds.....It's Nara Leao singing the great Brazilian composer Dorival Caymmi's "Morena do Mar." The song itself is a gem tightly compacted into AAB for...
New Obsession: Elina Duni Quartet 22 Oct 2012 | 06:31 pm
Recently, NPR's All Things Considered ran my review of Matane Malit, by the Elina Duni Quartet. If the concept -- Albanian folk songs reworked by a jazz group -- seems a bit random, give it time: Duni...
