Mark Bacino – Kay from Pop Job … The Long Player! (1997) The Replacements – Buck Hill from Hootenanny (1983) Jack Wagner – Fighting the Nights from All I Need…
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Julian Lennon – The Secret Value of Daydreaming (1986) purchase this album (Amazon) “The son of John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia, Julian Lennon parlayed a remarkable vocal similarity…
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Bill Frisell – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (live) from Further East/Further West (2005) Rush – Totem from Test for Echo (1996) Marcus Miller – Pluck (Interlude) from Marcus (2008) Robert…
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Big Noise – Bang! (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) If you’re a music fan with the good fortune to have been born before the late ’80s, chances are you remember…
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Yes, gentle readers, we treated you to an interview with Matthew Ryan on Monday, and today — which just happens to be the day his new album comes out —…
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He may not be a household name, but Matthew Ryan’s raw, emotional songs have struck a chord with enough fans to support a musical habit that has lasted over…
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Katrina & the Waves – Waves (1986) purchase this album (Amazon) Last week, we looked at poor Gregory Abbott’s second album, and the way R&B stardom can evaporate in the…
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Debbie Gibson – Anything Is Possible (1990) We hear a lot about the sophomore jinx in music, and rightly so; making the jump from hit debut release to Greatest Hits,…
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Miles Davis – Freedom Jazz Dance (Evolution Of The Groove) from Evolution of the Groove (2007) Larry Adler – Clare de Lune from The Virtuoso of the Mouth Organ (2005)…
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Gregory Abbott – I’ll Prove It to You (1988) purchase this album (Amazon) Hello, ladies. Are you ready to be shaken down? Don’t get excited — this album does not…
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He hasn’t released nearly as many albums as most (all?) of our previous subjects, but David Mead is a perfect Popdose Guide artist — which is to say that vast…
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The name “Willie Wisely” has been music to discerning pop fans’ ears for well over a decade now, but he’ll be the first to admit his albums have thus far…
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A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour (1993) Here’s one I don’t have much to say about, but should still help you get over the hump to your lunch break….
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Living in a Box – Gatecrashing (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) All right, show of hands — how many of you have ever wondered what an album of Rick Astley…
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Doesn’t look like the godfather of punk, does he? Well. Maybe not the godfather, but perhaps a kindly uncle. Either way, Nick Lowe’s footprint on punk — hell, on all…
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Was (Not Was) – Walk the Dinosaur (1989) Boom boom acka-lacka lacka boom, fuckers! Yes, yes, I realize it’s become trendy in certain circles to dismiss (or just remain proudly…
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Pat Metheny – Over on 4th Street from One Quiet Night (2003) The Mighty Wah! – Sing All the Saddest Songs from Songs of Strength & Heartbreak (2000) Sugar –…
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Dan Hill – Real Love (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) Mmmmm. Can you smell that? Nothing says “cutout” like “a Dan Hill album from 1989,” does it? It’s almost like…
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What, you thought we were kidding around with the whole “Al Week” thing? Shame on you. And while we’re at it, shame on you for thinking Al Jarreau is too…
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We may scoff at his constantly smiling public persona — not to mention vintage bits of ’80s cheese like the “Mornin’” video — but anyone who tries to deny Al…
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“They live to talk about crap!” I’ll admit it: I was quite puzzled when I received an e-mail from Dave Lifton, pop culture writer extraordinaire and the creator of the…
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Peter Case – Entella Hotel from The Man With The Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar (1989) Badfinger – Dear Angie from Magic Christian Music (1970) R.E.M. – At My Most…
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Various Artists – Largo (1998) purchase this album Before telling you how much I love this album, and how I’ve hung onto it since stumbling across it in a used…
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Zapp & Roger – Slow and Easy (1993) We’ve owed Roger Troutman some props since the Chartburn post in which half the panel confessed total ignorance of his work. A…
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Paul Heaton – If from Fat Chance (2001) Jurassic 5 – One Of Them from Power in Numbers (2002) Michael McDonald – Where Would I Be Now (live) from Live…
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Oran “Juice” Jones – To Be Immortal (1989) purchase this album (Amazon) For the first time since starting this series, I’m not sure if “cutout” is sufficient to describe the…
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I love rooting for the underdog. In almost any scenario, whether it’s sports or politics or just plain real life, I root for the little guy. This means I’m frequently…
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Earth, Wind & Fire – Sunday Morning (1993) In a classic bit of Cassingle Vault good news/bad news, I give you, ladies and gentlemen, an Earth, Wind & Fire single!…
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Bela Fleck – Katmandu from The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Volume 2 (1999) Elton John – Razor Face from Madman Across the Water (1971) Ned Massey –…