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Desert Island Discs With John Common
A little classical, a little jazz, a little Leonard Cohen...singer/songwriter John Common gives us his five Desert Island Discs
Read More »Ticket Stub: Ry Cooder in Sausalito, July ’74
I love Ry Cooder’s music in almost all of its many guises, as you may already know, so I was thrilled to find this terrific in-studio set lurking in Wolfgang’s Vault. Recorded on Cooder’s
Read More »DVD Review: Revisiting “Paris, Texas”
1984 was a great year for foreign-language and independent cinema in the U.S. Off the top of my head I can recall seeing the following at Chicago’s Fine Arts Theater, sadly defunct by the
Read More »CD Review: Various Artists, “Where the Action Is! L.A. Nuggets 1965 – 1968″
Just a week or so after tackling Rhino’s massive Big Star release, Keep An Eye on the Sky, I’m back writing about another huge effort from Rhino, Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets
Read More »The Popdose Interview: Joachim Cooder
Joachim Cooder produced his dad Ry’s new retrospective double disc The UFO Has Landed; he got to make the ultimate mixtape by picking which cuts would represent the elder Cooder’s four decades’ worth of
Read More »(Vinyl Record Day) Mix Six: “Soundtrack Sounds of the ’80s”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE When you’re a young adult and trying to find your way in the world, it can be a very liberating period. It’s a time when your tastes aren’t solidified,
Read More »Freshly Unwrapped: New Music Releases, 6/24/08
Gerald Albright, Sax for Stax (Peak) purchase this album (Amazon) He’s become known mainly for his smooth jazz sides, but Albright’s chops are too big for any single genre — and this collection, which
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Ry Cooder
I’ve been working up to a Ry Cooder Idiot’s Guide for awhile now. He’s one of my longtime, all-time favorites, but he’s released so many albums in so many different styles and genres that
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