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June 13, 2022

TRAFFICBEAT RELEASES CALIFORNIA CHRONICLES BY MIKE RAGOGNA – PART THREE

Of all the albums restored on Mike Ragogna’s four CD set California Chronicles, its third disc containing his solo album Writer’s Block is the most complicated. Not only does it feature the previously unreleased Invisible World followup, but its theme actually was based on his affliction, it also being an overall nod to the songwriters covered on the album.

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TRAFFICBEAT RELEASES CALIFORNIA CHRONICLES BY MIKE RAGOGNA – PART TWO

Mike Ragogna’s California Chronicles includes a restoration of the album Invisible World as its second disc and was recorded before disc three’s Writer’s Block, although only a variation of the project was later released. It was pressed up two years after Writer’s Block as the truncated Valentine’s Day (named after a Ragogna original) due to what the artist calls “overthinking.”

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June 18, 2015

Reworking The Trafficbeat Website…

Trafficbeatsters! For any regular visitors to the Trafficbeat website, you might have noticed that it’s been a bit inconsistent with posts. The reason for this is that there have been many function challenges that accompanied its initial construction involving the database, then its “skinning,” making it a somewhat torturous process to post without technical problems virtually […]

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June 9, 2015

Robert Glasper Trio’s Covered With iTunes

Robert Glasper returns to his acclaimed acoustic Trio on his new album Covered (The Robert Glasper Trio recorded live at Capitol Studios), which can be streamed exclusively in the U.S. this week as part of the iTunes Radio First Play series ahead of the album’s June 16 release. Listen at iTunesRadio.com/RobertGlasper. Fans who pre-order the album on iTunes will receive two tracks right away; the Trio’s covers of Radiohead’s “The Reckoner” and Jhené Aiko’s “The Worst.” Watch video of Glasper’s Trio performing “The Worst” live at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles via The Fader.

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