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Laura Cantrell
Robert Baird  |  Jun 20, 2014  |  0 comments
There’s something huge to be said for longevity in the music business and staying true to your vision
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Laura Stevenson and The Cans
Robert Baird  |  Mar 24, 2011  |  2 comments
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Led Zeppelin Remastered
Robert Baird  |  Jun 28, 2014  |  10 comments
Dood!! Stairway To Heaven!!!

Your first sip of beer beer. Your first drag on a cigarette. Maybe even that first kiss. Led Zeppelin was the soundtrack for the Seventies and now, you may want to file those cherished but worn LP copies and replace them with the much ballyhooed reissues from Rhino.

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Lenny Pickett
Robert Baird  |  Jun 06, 2014  |  2 comments
While it can be used when talking about any musician, having “chops” is a phrase that applies particularly to saxophonists.
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Leon Bridges
Robert Baird  |  Jul 31, 2015  |  3 comments
The young singer is cannily using the Cooke comparisons to his advantage.
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Leon's Legacy
Robert Baird  |  Feb 09, 2017  |  0 comments
Chad Kassem's Analogue Productions has wisely followed Russell's death with this superfine 200-gram, 331/3 reissue of this craggy 1970s landmark, Russell's best studio album until his final closing statement, 2014's Life Journey.
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Les Paul
Robert Baird  |  Aug 13, 2009  |  0 comments
I know that every time someone dies, it’s now customary to intone about what a hero they were, how much they were always had a smile for everyone, how they were great family men, husbands, fathers, etc. etc. etc. Speak no ill of the dead, I get it.
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Let Him Roll
Robert Baird  |  May 18, 2016  |  1 comments
If songwriting is a lost art, then Guy Clark will always be one of its greatest old masters.
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Let There Be Rock (and Roll)?
Robert Baird  |  Nov 04, 2016  |  9 comments
That scraping noise you hear is coming from the bottom of the barrel.
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Let's Make A Record!
Robert Baird  |  Sep 05, 2014  |  9 comments
And then there was Pono! Or not. Despite prompt denials by the folks at Pono, it now seems likely that the still mythical, high resolution music player will not be delivered to customers, who to date have kicked in $13 million via Crowdfunder and Kickstarter, until early 2015.
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Life's Rich Pageant
Robert Baird  |  Aug 04, 2011  |  5 comments
Talk about the R.E.M. catalog with most music people and the conversation usually comes down to albums released during the years the band spent on its original label, the late, great I.R.S. Records.
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Lightnin' Hopkins on an Analogue Productions LP
Robert Baird  |  Apr 07, 2017  |  6 comments
Is there such a thing as a bad Lightnin' Sam Hopkins record? No, but there are a lot of badly recorded Hopkins records. Happily, Goin' Away originally released in 1963 on the Bluesville label (an imprint of Prestige Records) isn't one of them. And the already good sonics have even been improved in yet another superb 180gram Analogue Productions LP reissue.
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Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman
Robert Baird  |  Jun 17, 2016  |  4 comments
They’re arguably the best recordings Elvis ever made.
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Little Feat Live
Robert Baird  |  May 30, 2014  |  7 comments
Before there were jam bands, before the term even existed in fact, there was a fabulous, funky assemblage called Little Feat.
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Livin' In Paradise
Robert Baird  |  Dec 02, 2009  |  1 comments
I’d say on average that about 85 percent of the people I ask, hate Christmas music with an undying passion. I am one of a crazed minority who actually like the stuff and have long cultivated a collection of the stuff. Although I usually begin the season with the two volumes of Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits, both of which are now out of print (C’mon Rhino!), but are easily found used on Amazon, my general rule with Christmas music is: the weirder the better. And God knows when it comes to weird, Bob Dylan’s new collection of guttural holiday croakings is truly amazing.
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