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#23 album of 2013 – Giulietta Masina at the Oscars Crying by Bob Wiseman
Artist: Bob Wiseman
Album: Giulietta Masina at the Oscars Crying
Bob Wiseman first got my attention in 1993, in the wake of Prince legally changing his name (Prince Rogers Nelson) to a squiggle: Wiseman sent out press releases announcing that henceforth he, Bob Wiseman, would be known as Prince. Former Prince’s lawyers were extremely aggressive in shutting him down, but I was charmed by Wiseman’s nerve, and picked up his compilation album In By Of. I found […]
Review of The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings by the Allman Brothers Band
Sometimes it’s cool to write music reviews, especially if it gets you a sneak peak of live recordings by the Allman Brothers Band…
On July 29, 2014, something old by the Allman Brothers Band will morph into something new. For many years, their album At Fillmore East has been regarded as a crowning achievement in the world of live rock recordings. But that album, as excellent as it is, was somewhat incomplete because it […]
#24 album of 2013 – the Root, the Leaf & the Bone by Manning
Artist: Manning
Album: the Root, the Leaf, and the Bone
Manning, the band led by songwriter/ singer/ many-instrumentalist Guy Manning, play long, evolving, mostly very pretty songs notable for (1) Guy Manning’s Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)-like voice and melodies and (2) lots of opportunities for different instruments (flute, clarinet, sax, piano, rock organ, violin) to get little show-off moments. The Root, the Leaf, and the Bone is only the second of their albums I’ve heard, meaning I […]