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TED DROZDOWSKI

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Citadel of sound

Nashville’s RCA Studio B celebrates its 50th
Before the digital universe expanded, serious home recording was just a dream.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  July 03, 2007

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The Dynamites Featuring Charlie Walker

Kaboom! | Outta Sight
Live, Nashville’s Dynamites are a sweaty bathtub of bubbling, wall-to-wall funk.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  July 02, 2007

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Duke Robillard

Worl Full of Blues | Stony Plain
Everything on these CDs is played with total command.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 26, 2007

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Potty mouth

Louis C.K. has a filthy good time
Shamelessness has finally paid off for Louis C.K.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 25, 2007

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Blues plus

Ryan Montbleau finds a home in the jam scene
Boston’s Ryan Montbleau doesn’t mind if you call his quintet a jam outfit. Ryan Montbleau Band, "Inspired By No One" (mp3)
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 25, 2007

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David Torn

Prezens | ECM
If you’re looking for a middle ground between Tool and John Coltrane, this is it.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 19, 2007

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Mavis Staples

We'll Never Turn Back | Anti-
This is an overlooked gem: soulful, beautifully performed, and socially relevant.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 12, 2007

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Richard Thompson

Sweet Warrior | Shout Factory
Richard Thompson here returns to electric six-string, but Sweet Warrior finds him spinning epic yarns instead of heroic solos.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 05, 2007

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The wagonmaster

Country legend Porter Wagoner delivers a gem
“Eleven Cent Cotton” is a great country song, a wry, catchy, energetic, swinging two-step that creates a tableau of the bygone rural South.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 04, 2007

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John Prine and Mac Wiseman

Standard Songs for Average People | Oh Boy
When two buddies get together to sing and pick their favorite songs, the results are not always fit for public consumption.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 22, 2007

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Marc Ford

Weary and Wired | Blues Bureau International
Ford staked his claim to fame as the Black Crowes’ first lead guitarist, but his second solo album has a more contemporary singer-songwriter’s sensibility.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 18, 2007

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The other Man in Black

Dale Watson’s true grit
Dale Watson makes country music the old-fashioned way, cradling his strong baritone voice with weeping steel guitar and fiddle as he spins yarns of love and death.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 16, 2007

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Evolution rock

Jeff Tweedy takes Wilco to the next level
For the past 11 years, Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy has been trying to carve his band’s image into the Mount Rushmore of Great American Rock.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 08, 2007

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James Blood Ulmer

Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions | Hyena
This time Ulmer was in a brooding mood.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 08, 2007

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War and peace

Cowboy Junkies expand their reach
More often than not, when an artist gets airplay covering a decades-old song, it’s out of desperation — the sign of a career on its way down.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 08, 2007

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Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang

Dislocation Blues | Rounder
Chris Whitley, so pale and thin it seemed he was compelled to lean under the weight of his resonator guitars, was a spectral figure in life.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 23, 2007

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All the Wright moves

The deadpan master is still happy not to laugh
“I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s still what I am doing. The end.”
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 23, 2007

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David T. Chastain

Countdown to Infinity | Leviathan
If liner notes like “a cool little Dorian intro starts this baby off” grab your attention, then David T. Chastain is your man.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 17, 2007

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Watermelon Slim and the Workers

Wheel Man | Northernblues
The results of this year’s annual blues awards, the Handys, won’t be in until May, but expect this ex-Bostonian (né Bill Homans) to walk away with an armful.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 10, 2007

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Koko Taylor

Old School | Alligator
The title here is befits the kind of shouting, romping music this grand madam of the blues began performing roughly a half-century ago.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 03, 2007
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