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New Alice Coltrane & Yusef Lateef From the Vault
Reviewing two essential new releases
Apr 16
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Robert C. Gilbert
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The Everly Brothers' Late-Sixties Reinvention
After the hits ended, Don and Phil Everly continued to make interesting music
Apr 2
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Robert C. Gilbert
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March 2024
Balancing on the Edge: Jackie McLean in 1963
Celebrating the altoist's visionary sessions One Step Beyond and Destination... Out!
Mar 19
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Enter the Association
Thoughts on the great pop group's first four albums
Mar 5
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Robert C. Gilbert
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February 2024
The Undisputed Truth and the Norman Whitfield Laboratory
Revisiting the Motown producer's work with a group of his own creation
Feb 24
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Robert C. Gilbert
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On the Inconvenience of Hating the Eagles
Or how I realized I don't exactly hate the Eagles
Feb 14
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Robert C. Gilbert
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The Grant Green-Sonny Clark Connection
In a little over four months, the guitarist and pianist recorded together five times. All but one song sat in the Blue Note vault for a generation.
Feb 4
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Robert C. Gilbert
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January 2024
The Mason Williams Substack Essay
On the iridescent irreverence of Mason Williams, the Smothers Brothers and the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Jan 25
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Elvis Presley's Kind of, Sort of World Tour
Last year's expanded reissue of Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite adds new perspective to the singer's final television special
Jan 15
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Oscar Brown Jr. Hits the Scene
The singer-songwriter's 1960 debut album continues to thrill
Jan 5
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Robert C. Gilbert
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December 2023
Ella Fitzgerald, Connie Francis & All the Christmas Carols
The power of the sounds of the season through two classic LPs
Dec 22, 2023
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Unwrapping Gregory Porter's Christmas Wish
A review of the singer's first full-length seasonal album
Dec 8, 2023
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Robert C. Gilbert
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