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TED DROZDOWSKI

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Not quite phenomenal

Ruthie Foster, Johnny D's, March 28, 2007
Fans of deep-roots blues and soul are always looking for new heroes and heroines.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 03, 2007

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The Mahavishnu Project

Return to the Emerald Beyond | Cuneiform
John McLaughlin’s groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra never played the material from their most symphonic album, 1975’s Visions of the Emerald Beyond , live.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 19, 2007

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The heart of soul

At 50, Stax Records keeps on beating
“At Stax Records, I learned the formula for success,” says William Bell.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 20, 2007

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Tishamingo

The Point | Magnatude
There’s a new breed of smart, song-oriented Southern rockers, and Tishamingo, along with Mofro, are at the head of the pack.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 12, 2007

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American classic

Charlie Louvin returns
How old-school is Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie Louvin?
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 06, 2007

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Sleight of hand

Ricky Jay releases an album
Ricky Jay laughs when I tell him he reminds me of Fred Astaire.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 20, 2007

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Otis Taylor: Definition of a Circle

Telarc
Otis Taylor has been this decade’s dark magus of contemporary blues, but his eighth disc has a sense of uplift and energy — hope, really — captured in lyrics that often show a more joyful bent and in arrangements that benefit from an even stronger pulse at their center.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 13, 2007

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Frighteningly good

The Walsh Bros., Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway, February 9, 2007
Charlestown comedy team the Walsh Bros. are ready for prime time.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 13, 2007

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Ruthie Foster

The Phenomenal | Blue Corn
Usually when an artist does a makeover on his or her music, the results are disastrous, but this 42-year-old Texas singer-songwriter is an exception.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 06, 2007

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Three in one

Lloyd Thayer’s trio of talents
Lloyd Thayer is recounting the roster of instruments he plays as we enjoy Indian food in a Central Square restaurant.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 06, 2007

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Glenn Jones

Against Which the Sea Continually Beats | Strange Attractors
One of my favorite shows of 2006 was Glenn Jones on solo guitar at the Lizard Lounge.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 29, 2007

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Nashville underground

There’s more to the Music City than Alan Jackson and Toby Keith
Solomon Burke’s no stranger to Nashville. Music city dos: Where to go in Nashville. By Ted Drozdowski
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 24, 2007

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Erin McKeown

Sing You Sinners | Nettwerk
With Madeleine Peyroux and Norah Jones as ingrained in the cultural fabric as cockroaches in an Allston student flat, there isn’t much refreshing about yet another pop singer’s taking a whack at a few pages in the Great American Songbook.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 16, 2007

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Cul de Sac

Ecim | Strange Attractors
When Cul de Sac first released this album, 15 years ago on Rough Trade, they were peers of Sonic Youth, aural and textural spelunkers with a knack for discovering the emotional explosions in colliding, fricative, and harmonious slabs of sound.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 08, 2007

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Chris Smither

Leave the Light On | Signature Sounds
It’s proof that Smither’s artistry, energy, and outlook remain vital nearly 40 years into his career.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 02, 2007

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James Brown

1933-2006
Brown was arguably the only rock and roll era performer to equal Elvis Presley in vocal authority, charisma, stage presence, song interpretation, and sexual magnetism.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  December 28, 2006

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Mission Of Burma

Not A Photograph — The Mission Of Burma Story| MVD
This well-done documentary traces the beatific arc of Mission of Burma’s evolution from a clutch of scrappy punk outfits to one highly creative scrappy art-punk outfit to ashes to current resurrection.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  December 28, 2006

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Too many shows

A hot winter concert season
If this winter’s concert scene were a crazy tag-team wrestling match, rock would be the ass-kicking king of the ring.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  December 28, 2006

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Johnny Cash

 At San Quentin — Legacy Edition | Columbia/Legacy
Johnny Cash at San Quentin was a huge hit in 1969.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  December 19, 2006

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Live To Tell

A year in blues
Two-thousand-six was a black year for blues.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  December 20, 2006
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