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CD Review: David Bowie, “A Reality Tour” (with Gail Ann Dorsey interview)
Though I’ve been a Bowie fan for just about as long as I’ve been a sentient human being (thanks, Dad!), I’ve only seen him live once and it was on this tour. My favorite
Read More »The Steel Horse Archives: “Jackyl” (1992)
JACKYL Title: “The Lumberjack Song” Album: Jackyl Release Date: 1992 Why You Remember Them: You cannot imagine how often, in the research of this column, one comes across the phrase “lumped into the hair
Read More »Live Music: Akron/Family @ Union Pool, 3/29/09
“Everyone is guilty,” Akron/Family sang at their second gig at Union Pool, but if their performance was any indication, that fact isn’t getting to them. The bi-city band, based in New York as well
Read More »Lost in the ’80s: Les Rita Mitsouko
French duo Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer met at a theater production in the late ’70s and an instant musical bond was formed, one that took them from rock to synthpop and back again.
Read More »New Radio Roundtable: 3/6/09
Do not be alarmed! Do not adjust your set! Chartburn hasn’t gone away — it’s just sharing space with some more Friday features, including the the New Radio Roundtable, in which your intrepid Chartburn
Read More »CD Review: Lelia Broussard, “Waiting on the 9″
Lelia Broussard – Waiting on the 9 (self-released, 2008) purchase this album (Amie Street) I’m pretty sure I have t-shirts that are older than Lelia Broussard, but even at the tender age of 20,
Read More »Way Out Wednesday: The Peter Pan Orchestra and Chorus, “What’s the Good Word?”
Today’s Way Out Wednesday features this album by the Peter Pan Orchestra and Chorus, called What’s the Good Word? It has fun little ditties about different parts of speech and different kinds of words.
Read More »Basement Songs: Brandi Carlile, “The Story”
My father was admitted into the hospital this week complaining of chest pains; because he’d had bypass surgery in 1992, the doctors were very concerned about the condition of his heart. Let me tell
Read More »Lost in the ’70s: Cheryl Ladd, “Think It Over”
Charlie’s Angels chanteuse Cheryl Ladd was known for two spectacular things: her acting and her singing. What? What’d you think I was gonna say? Anyhoo, Ladd got her start as a singer in the
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