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Listening Booth – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, “Jean the Birdman”

Chris Holmes
posted on February 3, 2010April 21, 2011
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When he wanted to put together yet another version of King Crimson in the early 1990s, Robert Fripp reached out to Japan co-founder David Sylvian. Sylvian passed at the opportunity, but the pair

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Listening booth – Field Music, “Them That Do Nothing”

Chris Holmes
posted on December 18, 2009April 7, 2011
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Yeah, so I pimp Field Music a lot on this site…what of it? If your band made music as great as this, I’d hype it to death too. Here’s the video for “Them That Do

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Listening Booth – Flairs, “Truckers Delight”

Chris Holmes
posted on December 14, 2009August 19, 2010
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If you want to know what my current favorite song in the world is, it’s a little ditty from a French outfit called Flairs – “Truckers Delight”. It’s catchy as hell and

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Listening Booth – Field Music, “If Only the Moon Were Up”

Chris Holmes
posted on December 2, 2009
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I’m pretty jazzed to see Field Music in Brooklyn tomorrow night, so to get the party started early here’s the opening cut from their self-titled debut – “If Only the Moon Were

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Listening Booth – Queensrÿche, “Home Again”

Chris Holmes
posted on November 11, 2009May 10, 2011
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Here’s a Veteran’s Day special – the latest video from Queensrÿche’s excellent American Soldier album. It’s “Home Again”, featuring Geoff Tate’s

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Listening Booth – Britney Spears, “Toxic”

Chris Holmes
posted on September 7, 2009May 17, 2013
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Yes that’s right, that Britney Spears. I scoff at just about every recorded utterance her name’s ever been attached to, but damn if this isn’t one of the most infectious pop songs

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Listening Booth – The Bad Plus, “Physical Cities”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 17, 2009April 8, 2011
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Just to show that I put my money where my mouth is, here’s my little promotional effort for modern jazz. Readers of this site know how much I love the Bad Plus, and here’s a taste why.

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Listening Booth – Be Bop Deluxe, “Ships in the Night” and “Maid in Heaven”

Chris Holmes
posted on July 28, 2009June 12, 2013
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I’m headed out for a mini-vacation so I’ll leave you with a double shot from one of my favorite bands – the criminally overlooked Be Bop Deluxe. Bill Nelson deserves a place in

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Listening Booth – Robert Plant, “Big Log”

It didn’t take Robert Plant long after the breakup of Led Zeppelin to find his musical footing. From his superb 1983 sophomore effort, The Principle of Moments, here’s “Big

Listening Booth – David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, “Jean the Birdman”

Listening booth – Field Music, “Them That Do Nothing”

Listening Booth – Flairs, “Truckers Delight”

Listening Booth – Field Music, “If Only the Moon Were Up”

Listening Booth – Queensrÿche, “Home Again”

Listening Booth – Britney Spears, “Toxic”

Listening Booth – The Bad Plus, “Physical Cities”

Listening Booth – Be Bop Deluxe, “Ships in the Night” and “Maid in Heaven”

Listening Booth – Robert Plant, “Big Log”

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