Jeff
Buckley, Tricky, Massive Attack, The Lounge Lizards: It's all in our
newest CD
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Lee
Jeske's
Jazzbeat
gives
the pros and cons of Texaco vs. JVC. |
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The Bowery
Ballroom, Queen Latifah, Detroit Techno: Kerry Burke's Rockbeat
explains it all for you.
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Lissa Townsend
Rodgers rants...
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out! The Blues Explosion cuts loose. |
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I've
been to many a Lounge Lizards gig in my time and I've always been
a little perplexed by the audience. Not by the mix of tidy yuppies,
paunchy jazz aficionados, gaunt hipsters, and giggling Japanese girls--that
makes perfect sense. No, what makes me wonder is the audience's reverent
hush directed toward such an irreverent band. I mean, they stand up
there and yell when they get into it, so why not us?
More on this, the Soulsonic Force, and the
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Bite
Me:
Sound Sample of the Week
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Janis
Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company resurrect with "Live
at Winterland '68"(Columbia), a snapshot of a band on the verge of
blowing up. The music isn't as bombastic, and Janis' voice is smoother
and her delivery more relaxed than in later recordings. Particularly
engaging is "Bye Bye Baby"--in which she lets it flow in a near-jazz
style as the band backs her up with a subtle Latin shuffle and some
closing blues guitar pyrotechnics.
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Got
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criticisms and, of course, generous praise to:
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Directions
for Deployment
I know, I know, you're looking over there on the right and cussing me out
for not recommending a country/funk/Latin/Celtic/whatever kind of show you're
looking for. Fear not! In the column on your left there is a whole list
of categories: click on one and a rundown of venues featuring folk/jazz/reggae/whatever
will magically appear, followed by a list of individual gigs falling under
that criteria. If you're seeking a specific venue or performer, enter the
name in the little box and our crack team of tiny technogremlins will scuttle
down into the database and retrieve it for you. Now, ain't that easy?
Lissa Townsend Rodgers, Music:
Rock, Jazz, & Pop Editor, June 2 |
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