Cool Spins
Every week, the editors of Mix review new CD and DVD releases from a "sound" perspective. Scroll down for more of this week's reviews, or to search the archives of "Cool Spins" from our Website or from the pages of our print edition.
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Eric Bibb Booker's GuitarLike so many American roots musicians, Eric Bibb is big in Europe, where the acoustic Delta blues he plays probably seems more exotic. During a recent UK tour, he was approached by a fan who told him he appreciated Bibb’s authentic approach to the blues and the way the guitarist carries the torch for his musical ancestors. ... |
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Nick Curran and The Lowlifes' Reform School Girl (Electo Groove)Blasters frontman Phil Alvin wrote the album notes to retro-rocker Nick Curran’s latest album, Reform School Girl, but Curran’s gut-level, dirty rock ’n’ roll doesn’t necessarily have the the critical distance of The Blasters’ updated rockabilly gems. ... |
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CD Review: Morgan Page Believe (Nettwerk Productions)Morgan Page is best known as a remixer: He’s worked with such artists as Madonna, Katy Perry, Tegan & Sara and La Roux. But after manning the beats for more than 110 remixes, he’s finally found the time to put out another CD of his own work.... |
BLAIR'S DVD WATCH: Still More Jazz Icons
DVD Review: Various Artists—Jazz Icons Box, Series Four (Reelin’ in the Years/Naxos)
Anyone who’s been reading this column regularly over the past few years knows that I’m a huge fan of Reelin’ in the Years Productions’ Jazz Icons series of DVDs, plucked from rare, unseen and forgotten European television broadcasts from the late ’50s to the very early ’70s. You see, in Europe, people actually revere American jazz—always have—and they treated it seriously by according them respect, paying musicians decent wages for gigs and also by airing concerts on television. Can you imagine such a thing?...
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