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Norah Jones: Dodge Theater, Phoenix, AZ 4/25/10

Shane Handler May 19, 2010 No Comments

Although Jones’ music catalog leans towards the soft-rock side, she’s a Loretta Lynn in disguise, with a deep love and respect for country music, which she showed off on a cover Johnny Cash's "Cry Cry Cry," before closing the set with her country-jazz ballad "Lonestar.” That would soon be followed by unplugged version of the bluegrass composition "Creepin’ In,” which was originally recorded with Dolly Parton. Guys and girls might have been at the show for different reasons, but there’s no mistaking that the jazzy voice of Norah Jones is undoubtedly a guilty pleasure, and for that reason, her live shows fill a void, whether you care to admit it or not.

Sharon Jones: I Learned The Hard Way

Jason Macneil May 19, 2010 No Comments

When you listen to old-school soul singer Sharon Jones and her brassy Dap Kings, you get the sense that if you dropped your iPod the recording might begin skipping like a vinyl release. Such is the case with I Learned The Hard Way, her latest collection of retro R&B which hits all the right notes Jones nailed on her prior release 100 Days, 100 Nights.

Jakob Dylan & Three Legs: The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA 5/13/10

Kathrine Bryan May 18, 2010 No Comments

The barren landscape served as an appropriate backdrop to Jakob Dylan’s live performance at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. It depicted the overall tone quite well, which was simple, with images and landscapes of a rural and forlorn country. However, the show was sometimes a little jaded and monotonous.

Martin Sexton: Sugarcoating

Bryan Rodgers May 18, 2010 No Comments

Martin Sexton is one of the most unflappably earnest musicians on the planet, and he always manages to stand out in a genre that is unmercifully crowded. His latest release, Sugarcoating, brings listeners more of his positive, folk-tinged acoustic rock and stirring lyricism. Sexton’s music has frequently centered on themes of personal fulfillment and the tenuous existence of human happiness, and Sugarcoating does some of the same, simultaneously addressing materialism, success, and other trappings of the modern world.

Truth & Salvage Co.: Truth & Salvage Co.

Jason Rooks May 17, 2010 No Comments

California’s Truth and Salvage Company was born out of impromptu jams at Hollywood’s famed Hotel Café and includes an arsenal of four singer/songwriters from all across the U.S. Truth and Salvage Company caught the ear of fellow Topanga Canyon resident Black Crowes front man, Chris Robinson and he signed them to his record label, Silver Arrow Records and took on the task of producing their debut album.

The Rum Diary: Rum Diary – Retrospective 2000-2007

Bob Lange May 14, 2010 No Comments

Back in 2002, I randomly purchased a little blue 7″ from Springman Records. “Mileage,” the title track, renewed what was, at the time, my waning interest in music. It’s mellow, ambling rhythm and layers of guitar built slowly, steadily and crazily into the frenzy of a tribal right of passage

The Hold Steady: Heaven Is Whenever

Shane Handler May 14, 2010 No Comments

You wonder what comparisons The Hold Steady are more sick of now – the Bruce Springsteen ones or the "best bar band in America" ones. With their fifth album Heaven is Forever, both tags have lost as much weight as guitarist Tad Kubler’s pant size Sure, The Hold Steady are a great band and even a better “bar” one, but that label is now tired, as Heaven is Whenever holds more depth than the “Chip Ahoys” and “Constructive Summers" of album's past.

Moby Grape: Moby Grape Live

Doug Collette May 13, 2010 No Comments

Forgive David Fricke if he succumbs to hyperbole in his liner notes to Moby Grape Live. This collection of concert recordings captures the band's skill and effervescence to such a degree, they do sound like that spirit of those times when everything seemed possible.

The National: High Violet

Shawn Donohue May 13, 2010 No Comments

A deep seeded sense of fearful midlife isolation is engrained in High Violet, the newest album from The National. That’s not all that’s here though; layers of sound and themes buzz below the surface like insects peaking out of their hive occasionally in twisting dissident guitar lines or even lyrical couplets; both tend to emerge more and more after multiple spins.

Porcupine Tree: Amos’ Southend, Charlotte, NC 4/28/10

Bryan Rodgers May 12, 2010 No Comments

About 800 of Porcupine Tree's darkly dressed advocates converged on Amos' Southend in Charlotte for the first ever "PT" show in North Carolina's largest city. An interesting mix of 40-somethings, dudes in Pink Floyd and Rush t-shirts, everyday hard rockers, the occasional punker or metalhead, and eager underage kids populated the venue, and the musical diversity represented by their conversations and apparel was right in line with the current sound of Porcupine Tree.

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