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August 15, 2019
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Rethink Thursday: A Brief Reintroduction To Bob Hillman And His album Some Of Us Are Free, Some Of Us Are Lost
Today being the anniversary of the launch of the Woodstock festival, one can’t help but reflect on some of the greatest artists and rock groups of all time, such as Santana, The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Melanie, Jimi Hendrix, and so many […]
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August 15, 2019
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“1969” / Back To Woodstock: A Conversation With American Nomads
Mike Ragogna: When one thinks about the concept of an American nomad, one might conjure Jack Kerouac, Louis L’Amour, and Henry Thoreau. Do you relate to figures like that philosophically or metaphorically as a definition of your musical approach? Susan Darmiento: The idea of an American Nomad actually pre-dates Kerouac and L’Amour by over a […]
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July 25, 2019
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Aina Haina’s “On The Way Off” Premiere…Aloha?
The new clip for “On The Way Off,” the Hawaiian duo Aina Haina’s second video from its second album Second Best, debuts as a Trafficbeat premiere/exclusive. It was filmed and directed by Ben Geier with footage of the United States’ frozen midwest that was recorded using drone technology during the winter of this past year. […]
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July 23, 2019
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Rags’ Rant: New Album Releases…1979?
In 2019, it’s almost unimaginable that a recorded album ever could be the center of one’s life, and that’s not a slam on this year’s music, although…no, let’s not go there. But there was a time when a musical “statement” by an artist, band, or even the album itself was many people’s reason to live. […]
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July 22, 2019
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For Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary: A Song About The Moon Called “Song About The Moon”
Back on September 19, 1981, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited as “Simon & Garfunkel” for their famous concert in New York’s Central Park that was released as an album the following year. Despite some traditional tension the pair already had built-in to their relationship that reached back to childhood, the touring apparently worked so […]
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July 19, 2019
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Jethro Tull’s Stormwatch Turns 40
A new 4 CD/2 DVD collection of Jethro Tull’s Stormwatch is coming October 18, Rhino’s latest expanded box set in a series celebrating the group’s albums’ 40th anniversaries. Stormwatch was the third in a series of Tull’s folk-rock releases, following Songs From The Wood and Heavy Horses, the project also the last to feature the […]
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July 18, 2019
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Paul McCartney Writing Musical Based On It’s A Wonderful Life
Paul McCartney, meet George Bailey. The former Beatle is in the process of writing words and music to an adaptation of Frank Capra’s 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life that was based on Philip Van Doren Stern’s The Greatest Gift. The show will be produced by Bill Kenwright, a figure in British theatre and film, […]
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July 17, 2019
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Commentary: Music From Stranger Things 3 On Cassette Might Be On To Something…Maybe
If you’ve been keeping up with associated Stranger Things releases, you already know its series season DVDs and Blu-rays have been packaged in VHS-mimicked boxes, that format (and Betamax) historically having changed how the world viewed and owned their favorite movies and TV series forever or at least until streaming. That also was the last […]
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