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Win a Joni Mitchell Box Set (‘Love Has Many Faces’) from Blogcritics
Joni Mitchell is back with a four-disc boxed set. Love Has Many Faces is a collectors’ edition with 53 newly remastered songs about love and heartbreak from 40 years of recording. Together they make up...
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Music Review: Miles Davis –‘Chronicles: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951...
The Miles Davis box set Chronicles: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951 – 1956 is an eight-CD collection from the man critic Kenneth Tynan once called “a musical lonely hearts club.” Tynan’s...
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Music Review: Tony Bennett and Bill Evans –‘The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill...
The pairing of Tony Bennett and Bill Evans in the mid-’70s has been hailed as one of the greatest jazz duets of all time. The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (1975) was their first recording, followed by...
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Music Review: Anthony Braxton – ‘Quintet (Tristano) 2014’ Box Set
In a previous review I mentioned that my first taste of the listening experience that is Anthony Braxton’s music was one of three box sets released this year by the Tri-Centric Foundation, entitled 3...
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Music Review: Dio –‘A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993’
I have a confession to make in that I used to dismiss Ronnie James Dio as being unworthy of my listening time. Yes, I say this knowing that a rather LARGE majority of my formative years were spent in...
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Music Review: Chicago –‘Chicago Quadio Box (9-Disc Blu-ray Audio)’
When I first thought about trying to write reviews, I thought it might be something fun to do, which it is. For the most part, as a nice bonus, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality and...
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Music Review: Fela Kuti –‘Box Set 3’ (Curated by Brian Eno)
My first introduction to the music of Fela Kuti was thanks to a phenomenal release by Brooklyn-based mixtape DJ and hip-hop producer J. Period. In 2009 his collaboration with K’naan, The Messengers,...
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Music Review: NRBQ –‘High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective’
My 40s have become something of an awakening for me as I’ve made a focused effort to seek out music I’ve missed out on – either genuinely or through foolish preconceptions as to its validity – and...
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‘Live 1969’ Box Set Documents Elvis Presley’s Comeback
Fifty years ago, on July 31, 1969, Elvis Presley began a concert series in Las Vegas at a critical career juncture. Nine years earlier, following his stint in the army, he had traded the stage for the...
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Music Review: ‘Against the Odds 1974–1982’ Delivers a Massive Dose of Blondie
There must be people who literally died while waiting for the release of Blondie’s Against the Odds 1974–1982 box set. It took the group until 2018—more than three decades after the end of its peak...
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