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Recording of September 2021: Bloodstains & Teardrops
John Swenson  |  Aug 19, 2021  |  1 comments
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux: Bloodstains & Teardrops
Whiskey Bayou Records WSK 1006 (CD). 2021. Tab Benoit, Rueben Williams, prods.; Steven Stanley, Michael "Boxy" Howell, Benoit, engs.
Performance ****
Sonics ****

The Africans brought to the Americas to be sold into slavery were denied every vestige of their past except their memories. And yet, they preserved their rituals in dances, songs, and stories, playing the sacred rhythms that accompanied those rituals on whatever found objects they could use to fashion beats. The customs of American peoples from various African regions have been traced to specific destinations in colonial outposts in research detailed by scholars such as John Storm Roberts in Black Music of Two Worlds and Ned Sublette in several of his African-diaspora studies.

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August 2021 Classical Record Reviews
Jim Austin, Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  Aug 06, 2021  |  2 comments
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, Beethoven: Hope Amid Tears: Beethoven Cello Sonatas, Brahms: Symphony No.3, Serenade No.2, Nino Rota: Chamber Music and Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos.4 & 6.
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August 2021 Jazz Record Reviews
Larry Birnbaum, Thomas Conrad, Fred Kaplan  |  Aug 06, 2021  |  2 comments
Gil Evans Orchestra: Out of the Cool, Harold Land: Westward Bound!, Hasaan Ibn Ali: Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album and Chris Potter Circuits Trio: Sunrise Reprise.
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August 2021 Rock/Pop Record Reviews
Tom Fine  |  Aug 06, 2021  |  1 comments
Black Sabbath: Sabotage Super Deluxe and Chrissie Hynde: Standing in the Doorway.
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July 2021 Classical Record Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  Jul 09, 2021  |  1 comments
Hexagon: Les petits nerveux, Luciano Berio: Berio To Sing, Bruckner: Symphony No.3 and Ksenija Sidorova: Piazzolla Reflections.
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July 2021 Jazz Record Reviews
Larry Birnbaum, Thomas Conrad, Kurt Gottschalk  |  Jul 09, 2021  |  1 comments
Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Somit, Ben Goldberg: Everything Happens to Be, John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe: Trio, Enrico Morello: Cyclic Signs, Ches Smith and We All Break: Path of Seven Colors and Dan Wilson: Vessels of Wood and Earth.
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July 2021 Rock Record Reviews
Anne E. Johnson  |  Jul 09, 2021  |  0 comments
Imelda May: 11 Past the Hour
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June 2021 Classical Record Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  Jun 04, 2021  |  1 comments
Danish String Quartet: Prism III, Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.2, Schubert: Winterreise and Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10.
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June 2021 Jazz Record Reviews
Thomas Conrad, Fred Kaplan  |  Jun 04, 2021  |  0 comments
Mario Rom's Interzone: Eternal Fiction, Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas' Soundprints: Other Worlds, Jack Brandfield: I'll Never Be the Same and Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: Tone Poem.
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June 2021 Pop/Rock Record Reviews
Phil Brett, Tom Fine  |  Jun 04, 2021  |  1 comments
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection, Gang Of Four: 77–81 and Japan: Quiet Life.
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May 2021 Classical Record Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  May 07, 2021  |  5 comments
Beethoven: Symphony No.9, Hilary Hahn: Paris, Lavena: in your hands and Trio Karénine: La nuit transfigurée.
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May 2021 Jazz Record Reviews
Thomas Conrad, Fred Kaplan  |  May 07, 2021  |  2 comments
Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan, Ocelot: Ocelot and Jim Snidero: Live at the Deer Head Inn.
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May 2021 Pop/Rock Record Reviews
Tom Fine, Kurt Gottschalk, Anne E. Johnson  |  May 07, 2021  |  1 comments
Jon Batiste: We Are, Various Artists: Nuggets, Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams and XIXA: Genesis.
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April 2021 Classical Record Reviews
Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta  |  Apr 09, 2021  |  10 comments
Jodie Devos: And Love Said..., Hans Rott: Orchestral Works Vol.2 and Alfred Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano.
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April 2021 Jazz Record Reviews
Thomas Conrad, Kurt Gottschalk  |  Apr 09, 2021  |  0 comments
Archie Shepp, Jason Moran: Let My People Go, Jakob Bro: Uma Elmo and Ethan Iverson: Bud Powell in the 21st Century.
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