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Critic's pick 32
randy newman: In the final verses to Potholes, one the ten fascinating ruminations of personal and professional politics that make up Harps and Angels, Randy Newman breezes over all of the irksome rom… more →
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Austin Chronicle Best of 2009 - Best Catered Sunday Brunch at a Bar: Traveling Bistro
beaubeen wrote 2 months ago: Title says it all. Check it out here! Thanks Chronicle Critics! … more →
NYTimes Pick: 'Malcolm X' (video)
harlemworldblog wrote 10 months ago: A. O. Scott reviews Spike Lee’s biopic about Malcolm X, whose repeated acts of self-transforma … more →
critic's pick 32
wtunis wrote 1 year ago: randy newman: In the final verses to Potholes, one the ten fascinating ruminations of personal and p … more →
critic's pick 27
wtunis wrote 1 year ago: The shadows hanging over the pink houses John Mellencamp sang about ages ago sure have grown longer. … more →
critic's pick 25
wtunis wrote 1 year ago: “Next time you see me, I’m going to smile for the camera like some wild man from Pompei, … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: We saw it coming with Z, the 2005 album that dragged Louisville’s My Morning Jacket out of the … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: The landscapes John Hiatt and Dr. John survey on the covers of their fine new albums are as seemingl … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: The 30 compositions spread out over the 90 minutes and two discs that encompass History, Mystery ech … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: Who else but the veteran European jazz label ECM would issue an album called January with summer at … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: According to a post by the very prolific Elvis Costello on his website, his new Momofuku album takes … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: It took a catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina to hammer into all of our consciences the significance … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: You get little insight as to why Martin Scorsese is co-billed with the still-mighty Stones when you … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: How ironic that a songsmith equally inspired by the artistic spirits of John Donne and John Lee Hook … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: For the first time since the departure of drummer Bill Berry a decade ago, R.E.M. buckles up and bla … more →
critic's pick 12
wtunis wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps the Riverside label is taking its cue from Blue Note Records. In other words, the groundbrea … more →
critic's pick 11
wtunis wrote 1 year ago: Aside from reinventing the music (and, in some cases, the careers) of U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: To insinuate saxophonists Maceo Parker and Ken Vandermark are distantly related musical cousins wo … more →
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wtunis wrote 1 year ago: Two trios. Two recordings. Two seemingly different schools of jazz intent. Yet what bonds new albums … more →
critic's pick 3
wtunis wrote 1 year ago: We have here two new recordings that reference, in varying degrees, the pop generation that preceded … more →
