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TED DROZDOWSKI

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Soul men

Hucknall, Hunter, and Burke
Classic soul music’s timelessness has come again.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 03, 2008

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T Bone Burnett

Tooth of Crime (Second Dance) | Nonesuch
The follow-up to Burnett’s 2006 masterpiece The True False Identity (Sony) is a dark, cynical, vaguely futuristic song cycle triggered by a Sam Shepard play.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 27, 2008

Emergency music

Clinic offer urgent care with Do It!
Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore’s last words were, “Let’s do it!” The next sound was gunfire.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 06, 2008

Oddballs and noisemakers

Looking back 20 years to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa and the beginning of the Best Music Poll
Twenty years ago, the American Top 40 was nothing like Boston’s live music scene.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 07, 2008

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Backwoods Barbie

Dolly Parton rolls out the big guns
Dolly Parton should run for president.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 30, 2008

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Jackie Greene

Giving Up the Ghost | 429
This ex-blues prodigy’s latest has the verve and emotional depth of Clapton’s best singer-songwriter outings.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 22, 2008

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The Boston Horns

Shibuya Gumbo | bostonhorns.com
These primal-funk black belts led by former Heavy Metal Horns leaders Henley Douglas Jr. and Garret Savluk spare no grease on their sixth studio album.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 09, 2008

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Chatham County Line

IV | Yep Rock
Over four albums, this quartet from Raleigh, North Carolina, have retraced the evolution of bluegrass.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 02, 2008

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Home body

The Laurie Anderson world view
Laurie Anderson is the world’s pre-eminent performance artist — a musician, writer, and electronics and visual wizard.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 24, 2008

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Fripp + Eno

Beyond Even (1992-2006) | Opal
This collection of odds and sods isn’t exactly your father’s ambient music, though guitarist Robert Fripp and keyboardist/sonic sculptor Brian Eno are certainly the genre’s papas.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 25, 2008

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Auktyon

Girls Sing | Geometriya
Maybe next time Auktyon should have a little more Stoli before hitting the “RECORD” button.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 18, 2008

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David Torn: Prezens

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Guitarist Torn has quietly labored in the jazz and prog-rock trenches for more than 20 years.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 12, 2008

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Willie Nelson: Moment of Forever

Lost Highway
Nelson turns 75 in April, but this disc sounds fresh and timeless next to other recent albums from Nashville’s Music Row.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 26, 2008

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When Jacko was king

The 25th anniversary of Thriller
Richard Nixon may be the only figure whose decline in popularity eclipsed Michael Jackson’s.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 26, 2008

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Bob Mould

District Line | Anti-
No surprise when you consider that Mould, along with Sonic Youth and the Pixies, was among the genre’s most influential architects as the leader of Hüsker Dü.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 20, 2008

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Levon Helm

Dirt Farmer | Vanguard
If there’s still any debate over who was the soul of the Band, it ends with this album.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 12, 2008

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Mining the past

The classic sounds of the Mars Volta and Louis XIV
John Coltrane acid blasts rage through the Mars Volta’s new The Bedlam in Goliath.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 12, 2008

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Blues redux

The music’s other life
Demystifying the origins of the blues has become a cottage publishing industry.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 12, 2008

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Duke Levine

Beneath the Blues | Loud, Loud Music
It’s an essay in tension and restraint.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  February 05, 2008

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Luther Allison

Underground | Ruf
What’s astounding about this eight-song album is that it’s just seeing daylight after 50 years on a shelf in the late blues singer/guitarist’s wife’s home.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  January 28, 2008
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