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      Spyro Gyra 'Down The Wire' : A Jazz Classic

      Randall Parrish
      July 16, 2017
      Jazz
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      4.5

      Essentials: Rick Braun “All It Takes’

      Randall Parrish
      October 23, 2017
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      Top 10 Classic Jazz Deep Cuts

      Brian Miller
      May 29, 2017
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      4.5

      Azune Hiptronics ‘Ignacio’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      April 17, 2017
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      4.8

      Jazz Essentials: Philippe Saisse ‘At World’s Edge’

      Randall Parrish
      March 23, 2017
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      4.7

      Norman Brown ‘Sending My Love’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      January 7, 2017
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      Essentials: Boney James ‘Send One Your Love’

      Randall Parrish
      November 20, 2016
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      Omar Dykes 'Runnin' With The Wolf'

      Randall Parrish
      October 7, 2015
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      Popa Chubby ‘Two Dogs’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      April 10, 2018
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      4.5

      Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca ‘You Can’t Do That!’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      March 30, 2018
    • Laura Tate
      4.7

      Laura Tate ‘Let’s Just Be Real’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      March 14, 2018
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      4.7

      The Blues Foundation International Blues Challenge #33

      Randall Parrish
      March 2, 2018
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      4.7

      Willa Vincitore ‘Better Days’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      February 22, 2018
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      Hamilton Loomis ‘Basics’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      December 13, 2017
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      Essentials: Jussi Bjorling 'Complete RCA Album Collection'

      Brian Miller
      October 12, 2017
      Classical, Essentials
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      Essentials: The Top 10 Classical Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

      Brian Miller
      January 2, 2018
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      4.3

      The Bad Plus ‘The Rite of Spring’

      Brian Miller
      October 14, 2015
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      4.5

      The Ebene Quartet ‘Fiction’

      Brian Miller
      September 30, 2015
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      Gryphon Trio ‘Broken Hearts & Madmen’

      Brian Miller
      July 22, 2015
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      Alirio Diaz ‘Fantasia De Mudarra’

      Brian Miller
      July 4, 2015
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      Maria Callas ‘Un Bel Di Vedremo’

      Brian Miller
      June 28, 2015
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      Willie Nelson 'Heroes' Album Review

      Jason Motz
      May 31, 2012
      Country, Popular Music
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      Essentials: The Top 10 Country Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

      Brian Miller
      January 1, 2018
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      4.8

      Brothers Brown ‘Dusty Road’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      March 19, 2016
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      4.5

      Best Debut Album of 2015: Chris Stapleton ‘Traveller’

      Brian Miller
      December 20, 2015
    • Julia Holter

      The 10 Best Contemporary Albums of 2015

      Vivascene Staff
      December 16, 2015
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      4.2

      First Steps: Rumer ‘Seasons of My Soul’

      Brian Miller
      December 11, 2015
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      Bob Dylan, ‘Another Self Portrait (1969-71)’

      Jason Motz
      November 21, 2015
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      'Waterboys' The Film Review

      Ed Sum
      February 1, 2018
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      ‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’ Film Review

      Ed Sum
      February 10, 2018
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      Richard Elliot ‘Rocky Steady’ Album Review

      Randall Parrish
      March 3, 2017
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      Leonard Cohen 1934-2016

      Brian Miller
      November 11, 2016
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      Warren Zevon, Gone But Not Forgotten

      Brian Miller
      September 6, 2016
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      ‘Our Last Tango’ / ‘Un Tango Más’: A Documentary Review

      Ed Sum
      February 18, 2016
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      ‘The Grand Song’ World Premiere

      Ed Sum
      February 13, 2016
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      Essentials: Oscar Peterson 'Night Train'

      Brian Miller
      December 30, 2016
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      Essentials: Howlin’ Wolf: Where The Soul of Man Never Dies

      Rodrigo P. Yanez
      January 3, 2018
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      Essentials: The Top 10 Classical Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

      Brian Miller
      January 2, 2018
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      Essentials: The Top 10 Country Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

      Brian Miller
      January 1, 2018
    • Bob Dylan
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      Essentials: Bob Dylan ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ – The Number One Rock Album Of All Time

      Brian Miller
      December 27, 2017
    • Bruce Springsteen
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      Essentials: Bruce Springsteen ‘Nebraska’

      Brian Miller
      December 5, 2017
    • Wes Montgomery
      4.5

      Essentials: Wes Montgomery ‘Movin’, The Complete Verve Recordings’

      Brian Miller
      November 6, 2017
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Essentials: The Top 10 Country Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

Brian Miller
January 1, 2018
Country, Essentials, Popular Music
While several of our selections are established classics, recorded decades ago, there are a few surprises here.
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4.8

Brothers Brown ‘Dusty Road’ Album Review

Randall Parrish
March 19, 2016
Popular Music, Rock
Brothers Brown are a group of four veteran consummate musicians who craft an auspicious debut with Dusty Road on Funky Joint Records distributed by 335 Records. This brotherly effort blends strains of soulful b...
Chris Stapleton
4.5

Best Debut Album of 2015: Chris Stapleton ‘Traveller’

Brian Miller
December 20, 2015
Country, Popular Music
Great songwriting teamed with powerful, emotional vocals make this an unforgettable debut album.
Julia Holter

The 10 Best Contemporary Albums of 2015

Vivascene Staff
December 16, 2015
Popular Music
It was an outstanding year for music, particularly in the Contemporary Pop/Rock/Folk categories. We highlight our faves in the first of our Year End Review series.
Rumer
4.2

First Steps: Rumer ‘Seasons of My Soul’

Brian Miller
December 11, 2015
Popular Music
If this debut album signalled anything about Rumer's future, it was that there is still an audience for natural, uncontrived and unprocessed singing.
Bob Dylan
4.8

Bob Dylan, ‘Another Self Portrait (1969-71)’

Jason Motz
November 21, 2015
Popular Music, Rock
'Self-Portrait': Bob Dylan's first "rough patch" gets the archival treatment. His worst album? Hold your tongue until you've heard these recordings.
Steely Dan

Steely Dan: Timeless, Brilliant and Deranged

Brian Miller
November 19, 2015
Popular Music
No songwriting duo ever constructed a more perfect cage for their session musicians than Fagen and Becker.
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4.6

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – 40th Anniversary

Brian Miller
November 10, 2015
Folk, Popular Music
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the tragic maritime accident commemorated in Gordon Lightfoot's unforgettable ballad.
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Classic Music Quotes

"I play Buddy Holly every night before going onstage - it keeps me honest." ~ Bruce Springsteen

Books About Music

  • Lonnie Johnson

    Early Blues, The First Stars of Blues Guitar

    Brian Miller
    December 17, 2015
    5.0
  • Robert Johnson

    Love In Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson

    Brian Miller
    September 5, 2015
    4.0
  • Charlie Parker

    ‘Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker’ Book Review

    Brian Miller
    November 3, 2013
    4.5
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    360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story

    Brian Miller
    July 31, 2012

Top 10 Lists

  • The Louvin Brothers

    Top 10 Great Obscure Albums You Need To Hear

    Brian Miller
    November 7, 2016
  • Neil Young

    Top 10 Deep Cuts of Neil Young

    Jason Motz
    December 14, 2015
  • Pete Townshend

    Top 10 Deep Cuts of Pete Townshend

    Jason Motz
    November 18, 2015
  • Pavement band

    Top 10 Deep Cuts: Pavement

    Shane Scott-Travis
    August 12, 2015
  • The Band

    Top 10 Deep Cuts by The Band

    G. Wainwright
    August 11, 2015

Essential Recordings

  • Howlin' Wolf

    Essentials: Howlin’ Wolf: Where The Soul of Man Never Dies

    Rodrigo P. Yanez
    January 3, 2018
  • maria-callas-_

    Essentials: The Top 10 Classical Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

    Brian Miller
    January 2, 2018
  • Secret Sisters

    Essentials: The Top 10 Country Albums Every Music Fan Should Own

    Brian Miller
    January 1, 2018
  • Bob Dylan

    Essentials: Bob Dylan ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ – The Number One Rock Album Of All Time

    Brian Miller
    December 27, 2017
    5.0
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Essentials: Bruce Springsteen ‘Nebraska’

    Brian Miller
    December 5, 2017
    4.9
  • Wes Montgomery

    Essentials: Wes Montgomery ‘Movin’, The Complete Verve Recordings’

    Brian Miller
    November 6, 2017
    4.5
  • Rick Braun By Cary G 2

    Essentials: Rick Braun “All It Takes’

    Randall Parrish
    October 23, 2017
    4.5
  • jussi-bjorling

    Essentials: Jussi Bjorling ‘Complete RCA Album Collection’

    Brian Miller
    October 12, 2017
    5.0
  • Philippe Saisse

    Jazz Essentials: Philippe Saisse ‘At World’s Edge’

    Randall Parrish
    March 23, 2017
    4.8
  • Jeff Golub

    Essential: Jeff Golub ‘Blues For You’

    Randall Parrish
    February 3, 2017
    96%
  • norman-brown

    Norman Brown ‘Sending My Love’ Album Review

    Randall Parrish
    January 7, 2017
    4.7
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    Essentials: Oscar Peterson ‘Night Train’

    Brian Miller
    December 30, 2016
  • boney-james-by-gary-gillaspie_2

    Essentials: Boney James ‘Send One Your Love’

    Randall Parrish
    November 20, 2016
    5.0
  • dave-koz-by-gary-g__2

    Essentials: Dave Koz ‘Hello Tomorrow’

    Randall Parrish
    November 17, 2016
    4.5
  • tom-waits

    Tom Waits ‘The Heart of Saturday Night’

    Brian Miller
    November 5, 2016
    5.0
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    Essentials:’Getz / Gilberto’ Spans The Decades

    Brian Miller
    January 4, 2016
  • Aretha Franklin

    Essentials: Aretha Franklin “A Song For You”

    Brian Miller
    December 6, 2015
  • gram parsons

    Gram Parsons ‘Grievous Angel’

    Brian Miller
    October 26, 2015
  • Robert Johnson

    Robert Johnson ‘The Complete Original Masters – Centennial Collection’

    Brian Miller
    October 16, 2015
    4.8
  • The Clash

    The Clash, ‘The Clash’

    Jason Motz
    October 12, 2015
  • Leonard Cohen

    Leonard Cohen ‘I’m Your Man’

    Brian Miller
    October 5, 2015
  • Laura Marling

    Laura Marling ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’

    Brian Miller
    October 3, 2015
    4.2
  • The National

    The National ‘High Violet’

    G. Wainwright
    September 28, 2015
    4.0
  • Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

    Blackie And The Rodeo Kings ‘Kings And Queens’

    Brian Miller
    September 23, 2015
    4.8
  • Radiohead

    Radiohead ‘OK Computer’

    Vivascene Staff
    September 21, 2015
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