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Favorite Records of 2012 (So Far) 4 Apr 2012 | 12:34 am
Three months in and there’s already been plenty of good stuff– including three records that very well might, in fact, stand as my three 2012 favorites when December rolls around. Two of those three ar...
Esperanza Spalding: “Radio Music Society” 31 Mar 2012 | 12:53 am
I love something that Esperanza Spalding said not long ago. In an interview with NPR, she said, “The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your ...
Chuck Mead: “Back at the Quonset Hut” 30 Mar 2012 | 12:19 am
It’s hard for me to imagine anyone who loves country music not also loving Chuck Mead’s Back at the Quonset Hut– because of course, this is a record made by and for country music zealots, and it’s no ...
Justin Townes Earle: “Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now” 28 Mar 2012 | 12:39 am
I’ve reviewed the new Justin Townes Earle album for CT. I confess that it didn’t do much for me– and that I much prefer the wonderful Harlem River Blues record from a couple years back– but this new o...
Vijay Iyer Trio: “Accelerando” 26 Mar 2012 | 07:28 am
Like so many iconic bandleaders before him, pianist Viyaj Iyer makes albums that each come with a heady conceptual bent– and typically, you can tell the concept just from the album’s title. Historicit...
Bruce Springsteen: “Wrecking Ball” 13 Mar 2012 | 12:39 am
When Springsteen released his Pete Seeger tribute album in 2006, reviews were generally quite good, but there’s one piece that still strikes me; a major publication lambasted Bruce for releasing a rec...
Film Break: “John Carter” 10 Mar 2012 | 03:20 am
My review of the new sci-fi blockbuster, John Carter, is posted at CT. I’ll happily go on record saying that this is a better film than many of its critics would lead you to believe– far from great, b...
More on Carolina Chocolate Drops 2 Mar 2012 | 04:41 pm
Just a quick note: My mini-review of the wonderful new Carolina Chocolate Drops album is posted at CT; the full review, of course, is still available here.
Lyle Lovett: “Release Me” 1 Mar 2012 | 03:29 am
Yes, the title is a bit of a double entendre. “Release Me” is a classic country song, but it’s also a tip of the hat to the fact that this is the last album of Lyle Lovett’s recording contract– a cont...
Anais Mitchell: “Young Man in America” 29 Feb 2012 | 12:25 pm
Anais Mitchell’s last album, a recording of her beautifully-conceived “folk opera” called Hadestown, was always going to be a tough act to follow; after all, in addition to being a one-of-a-kind recor...
