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Chris Holmes
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A quick and dirty list of the albums that have grabbed my attention thus far in 2012. Now with video clip
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In honor of all the moms out there (whether or not they're still with us), I offer up a moving tribute from Robert Glasper to his
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GFS presents the latest in a seemingly endless series of excellent internet links that you must see. It is a moral
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I swear that each year I have less and less time to spend listening to new music. It seems like a losing battle anymore to keep up with all the new albums coming out, but I have to keep trying.
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Wherein I share a mixtape of my favorite songs from the year that was 2009. Alice in Chains, Kiss, Eleni Mandell, Joe Henry, Robert Glasper, and
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Man, I take a short break from updating the site and, just like that, I’m buried under a pile of new music releases. Not to mention, of course, the Beatles remasters. So with no big
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Patrick Jarenwattananon over at NPR’s A Blog Supreme posits a most interesting challenge – name five albums I’d recommend to someone looking to get into jazz. The twist is that
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It is tempting and easy to interpret the meaning behind the track order and title of Robert Glasper’s latest album, Double Booked, as being a presentation of the artist’s two separate
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I might as well offer my two cents on Terry Teachout’s recent editorial for the Wall Street Journal, “Can Jazz Be Saved?”, since so many others already have. In it, Teachout beats