Luis Sinco
Newsday
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JASON ALDEAN, “Old Boots, New Dirt” THE GRADE B
BOTTOM LINE Well-crafted modern-country comfort food
It's a thin line between simple and plain and Jason Aldean walks...
Newsday
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Doug Seegers is set to be country’s next star.
The Long Island, N.Y., native’s debut album, “Going Down to the River” (Rounder), out this week, features a duet with Emmylou Harris...
Chicago Tribune
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'Art Official Age'
Prince
Three and a half stars (out of 4)
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'PlectrumElectrum'
ThirdEyeGirl
Three stars (out of 4)
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In one of the most improbable reunions of the...
By Julia Love and Robert Salonga
San Jose Mercury News
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Apple is no stranger to disruption, having upended the music business with iTunes and the mobile industry with the iPhone. But now, some...
By Chris Barton
Los Angeles Times
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John Coltrane
"Offering: Live at Temple University"
4 stars
(Resonance/Impulse)
The two-disc "Offering" practically begins mid-sentence, with John Coltrane...
By Randall Roberts
Los Angeles Times
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The new Pink Floyd album, called “The Endless River,” will be released Nov. 10, and the band has offered more details on its creation. Recorded by the...
By Gerrick D. Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
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Bob Dylan will be honored as the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year ahead of next year's Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy and MusiCares Foundation...
By Randall Roberts
Los Angeles Times
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Warning: The Grateful Dead is the focus of this story, so there will certainly be skeptics from the outset. After all, the San Francisco band, with its extended...
PopMatters.com
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Interpol – “El Pintor”
If you’re still waiting for another “Turn on the Bright Lights,” you’ll most likely be waiting for some time, but you might as well take “El...
By Jonathan Takiff
Philadelphia Daily News
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A ginger-haired, scruffy and increasingly tattooed "misfit" from Britain, Ed Sheeran plays guitar, beatboxes and, occasionally, fiddles. He also writes...
By August Brown
Los Angeles Times
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Just as the season’s winding down, there’s finally a definitive pick for Song of the Summer: Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy.”
The surprise of few (and to the...
By Randy Lewis
Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — Christine McVie will reunite with her Fleetwood Mac bandmates and tour for the first time in 16 years for nearly three dozen shows across...
