I’ve recently purchased a CD originally released in 1996 on A&M Records by a band from Denver, Colorado, – Sixteen Horsepower’s Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes. I’d only ever heard one song by the band, but it’s stayed stuck in my brain since I’d first heard it. From what I’d read of the group, the rest of [...]
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Between John Wesley Harding and Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan‘s New Morning often gets lost in the confusion of his early ’70′s efforts. That’s a shame, because New Morning is as a complete Dylan record as they come. This is 1970, when Dylan was in partial to full croon, showing the critics (not that [...]
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Minnesota and its cities and towns may not get the musical props of a California or New York, but the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have long and proud traditions popular music that date back to the early 1960s, when artists such as “Spider” John Koerner were the buzz in local coffee shops. [...]
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They say blood is thicker than water, but there must be something in the blood AND water in some musical families. Sometimes the muse passes on from the parents to the kids, leaving a legacy of great songs that will keep many generations happy. Here’s a look at 10 great father/son, mother/daughter artists. As Sly [...]
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One of the biggest cliches in the music business is “best-kept secret.” But when it comes to the Minnesota-based band The Honeydogs, the cliché is true. For more than 15 years, the ‘dogs have built a loyal fan base across the upper Midwest, who were drawn initially to the band’s country rock efforts. Over time, [...]
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According to the liners, JW Farquhar holed up in his Philadelphia apartment in 1972 and recorded The Formal Female in response to a 10-year marriage that crumbled. He purchased a four-track Teac recorder and began putting down part by part, track by track – playing the role of one-man band, along with the help of [...]
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One could forgive Keaton Simons if he chose to be a cynic. Like so many others in the music industry, Simons’ career has been marked by a series of starts and stops that makes many throw up their arms, pawn their guitars and look for a more reliable gig. But Simons has persevered, through a [...]
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Vince Martin was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s, and he struck up a friendship with fellow songster Fred Neil. Martin eventually migrated southward to Coconut Grove, FL, where the sun and sea became his muse. And the six songs on If The Jasmine Don’t Get You… The Bay Breeze [...]
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With more than 30 albums to his credit, not including greatest-hits collections, Van Morrison has an ample and incredibly varied catalog. Here are 13 of Van The Man’s best in chronological order spanning 30 years, from the well-known to the worth investigating. 1. Astral Weeks (1969) – His unclassifiable solo debut with songs that hang [...]
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