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CD Review: Human Nature, “Reach Out”
“In the style of the boy-band vocal bands of the time, Human Nature became Australia’s most successful pop group of the ’90s and beyond,” according to their Allmusic.com biography, “outselling their international contemporaries Backstreet Boys,
Read More »CD Review: Bleu, “A Watched Pot”
Sometimes criticizing a recording is easy. It’s just like pulling a trigger. You’ve heard the songs, you dislike the songs and you know exactly why. Sometimes it’s extremely difficult, especially if you take an
Read More »CD Review: Wilco, “Wilco (The Album)”
Wilco is back, with the appropriately titled Wilco (the album), and Ken Shane is here to tell you how it stacks up against the band's critically adored earlier work
Read More »Bootleg City: Marvin Gaye in Tokyo, November ’79
As mayor of Bootleg City, I’ve decided to make some changes around these parts. You see, recently I noticed that our fair city really is fair. In fact it’s downright pale. We need to
Read More »CD Review: The Revelations featuring Tre Williams, “Deep Soul”
I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of soul masters has taken the spotlight in the
Read More »Motown at 50
Today is a very important day in the history of popular music. It was on this day in 1959 that Motown was born. An auto worker by the name of Berry Gordy borrowed $800
Read More »Levi Stubbs Tears
She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case When the world falls apart some things stay in place Levi Stubbs’ tears run down his face – Billy Bragg
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