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  • The Long Disappearance and Welcome Return of Vashti Bunyan

    by Steve MatteoMay 28, 2008Comments (0)

    Bunyan had released a single in 1965 under Oldham’s direction. It was a cover of a Jagger-Richards song, "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind" (the Rolling Stones’ version did not come out until the group’s Metamorphosis album, a collection of mostly unreleased tracks released in 1975). Under the direction of Oldham, Bunyan released a handful of singles in the mid-‘60s (read more)

  • Rediscovering Rock and Roll, A Journey: Chapter Three

    by Paul WilliamsApril 9, 2008Comments (1)

    What kind of a fan am I today? In some ways I’m unchanged, and I still look for and sometimes find in the music exactly whatever it was I hungered after when I was 16 (proof that the world is a passionate place; a friend in the lonely night; release for my anger, confusion, idealism, desire fear and love). (read more)

  • Your Handy Guide to the Month in Music

    by Mike ConklinApril 2, 2008Comments (1)

    It's been a pretty weird month for the music industry. Artists sued record labels, bands continued to release records in unusual new ways, giant soft-drink companies taunted dinosaur rock acts, one of the world's biggest bands signed a revolutionary new contract (read more)

  • Gong: Angel's Egg

    by Brian BrownMarch 26, 2008Comments (24)

    First let me admit… I haven’t been able to wrap my head around all the myriad dimensions of this album. It’s like an archetypal journey that I’m still experiencing. But, if I were to sum up its sound, I’d tell you that it is fusion mixed with Syd Barrett-styled vocals mixed with the earthy mysticism of woodland creatures on mushrooms. (read more)

  • Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff: The Sound of Philly Lives On

    by j. poetMarch 26, 2008Comments (0)

    When Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff started Philadelphia International Records in 1971 they were already well-known songwriters and producers with dozens of hits to their individual credit. They’d written and/or produced local Philadelphia acts like the Sapphires (“Who Do You Love”) and the Soul Survivors (read more)

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