Monday, October 08, 2012

GOLDTHWAIT’S FILM “GOD BLESS AMERICA” HOLDS THE MIRROR UP TO ALL OF US

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It is the best of times; it is the worst of times.   We make love to our iPhones and our egos, while begrudging food...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

KEROUAC vs. ROLLINS, CRITIQUES or CRITICISMS, POLITICS & POLITENESS, AND THE GLORY THAT WAS PEORIA

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I’ve often speculated that our golden age—like many others before it—must sooner or later be followed by a corresponding dark age o...
Sunday, June 03, 2012

A BAND CALLED CARAMELO, FLAMENCO OF MANUEL AGUJETAS, & THE FILMS OF CARLOS SAURA

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A couple weeks ago I was listening to KPFK and their special guest was Manuel Agujetas, the flamenco master vocalist.  The occasion was ...
Monday, April 16, 2012

LoCura’s “Semilla Caminante”—Latin Fusionistas to the Cor…azon

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If fusion is the concept that informs the modern era as much or more than any other, then so it is in music, too.  The more influences ...
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Monday, March 05, 2012

DEL CASTILLO’s "Infinitas Rapsodias": Guitar String Theory En Espanol

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If music reviewers had to be certifiably impartial judges in order to air their opinions in these not-so-hallowed nets and webs of intri...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Kami Thompson’s “Love Lies”: Folk Music Goes Around Until It Comes Back Around

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I’ve been waiting a long time for folk music to make a comeback, without really knowing exactly what that would sound like if it did indee...
Saturday, January 07, 2012

“SABANI” by Leni Stern—Expect the Unexpected

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You gotta’ keep an open mind.   That is one of the first things you learn in life, hopefully, and one of the best, certainly.   Now I’...
Friday, December 02, 2011

“My Life” by Sia Tolno: Another African Success Story

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When you hear the name of the country “Sierra Leone,” music is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind, more likely being the mo...
Saturday, November 05, 2011

JONI HAASTRUP & MONOMONO- TIME TRAVEL ON THE MAGIC CARPET DNA OF MUSIC

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It’s not often that you get the chance to re-visit a bygone era and help rescue one its great protagonists from the shadows of obscurity.  A...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

C. J. CHENIER’S ‘CAN’T SIT DOWN’- ZYDECO LIVES!

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The first time I saw Clifton Chenier play was at Antone’s blues club in Austin, TX in 1975, back when it used to be down on Sixth Street, b...