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Unwrapping Gregory Porter's Christmas Wish
A review of the singer's first full-length seasonal album
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Robert C. Gilbert
November 2023
The Doors at Work in San Francisco
A definitive collection of the group's recordings at the Matrix in March 1967 scrubs away the iconography of Jim Morrison and the Doors
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Robert C. Gilbert
15
Laura Nyro's New York Hymnal
A meditation on Nyro's masterwork, New York Tendaberry
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Robert C. Gilbert
12
Miles Davis Makes His Move
How his 1968 album Miles in the Sky opened up the floodgates of change
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Robert C. Gilbert
18
October 2023
The Tale of Dale McBride, One of Country Music's Ordinary Men
Something different for 'Listening Sessions' readers
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Robert C. Gilbert
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Brad Kyle
4
Frankie Laine & Anita O'Day: Escapades in the Art of the Singer
Highlighting two superb LP explorations of popular song
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Robert C. Gilbert
11
Aretha Franklin, 1971: To Be Young, Gifted and Black
On an artistic peak of the Queen of Soul
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Robert C. Gilbert
25
September 2023
The Soft Edge of Bobby Hutcherson's Oblique
Revisiting the vibraphonist's classic 1967 session that was left in the vaults for over a decade
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Robert C. Gilbert
6
Neil Diamond: From Brooklyn to Bang
The Brooklyn-born songwriter and singer gets his start
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Robert C. Gilbert
13
August 2023
Wilson Pickett Goes to Alabama to Make Some Funky Records
A celebration of Pickett's dynamic encounter with FAME Studios
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Robert C. Gilbert
15
A Belated Celebration of 100 Years of "Philly" Joe Jones
Taking a look at two of the countless recordings featuring one of jazz's most exciting drummers
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Robert C. Gilbert
8
In Tony Bennett We Trust
A reflection on the passing of a master of pure song
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