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Kiko and that Lavender Moon
Robert Baird  |  Apr 04, 2014  |  0 comments
Once there was a band of brothers from East Los Angeles...
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Neil Young's PonoMusic Launches at SXSW 2014
Robert Baird  |  Mar 12, 2014  |  21 comments
"I’m not an audiophile but I’m very geeky about other things."
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Vince And His Covers
Robert Baird  |  Mar 10, 2014  |  10 comments
I know this will come as a huge shock to music fans the world over
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Robert Baird  |  Jan 10, 2014  |  1 comments
While this may be stating the obvious, being inarticulate about how a film moves you is sometimes actually the point.
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This Christmas!
Robert Baird  |  Dec 20, 2013  |  0 comments
Christmas music, you either love it or you despise it.
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The Roots and Elvis
Robert Baird  |  Oct 04, 2013  |  9 comments
This collaboration, an inspired pairing of Costello and ?uestlove, a pair of deep tracks music historians, seemed promising in the extreme. The resulting Wise Up Ghost is just that. Extremely promising, yet not entirely memorable.
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Harry We Hardly Knew Ye
Robert Baird  |  Sep 06, 2013  |  1 comments
The worlds of creating and selling music have never been in such a dramatic state of change. While the CD declines, the LP is resurrected. As piracy charges along undiminished, downloads continue to increase in sales. And then there’s streaming….
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DSD Downloads
Robert Baird  |  Aug 28, 2013  |  20 comments
Acoustic Sounds Inc. has today announced that it has launched a new high resolution download service, Acoustic Sounds Super HiRez, at www.superhirez.com
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Wayne Coyne
Robert Baird  |  Jul 12, 2013  |  2 comments
It’s been a tough half year or so for Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips.
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Richie Havens
Robert Baird  |  Apr 26, 2013  |  1 comments
For better or worse, some musical careers are defined by a single searing moment in time and for Richie Havens, who died on April 22; his career will forever be linked to his appearance as the opener for the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
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No Show No More
Robert Baird  |  Apr 26, 2013  |  5 comments
Country music is almost extinct.
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Oh Daddy
Robert Baird  |  Feb 22, 2013  |  7 comments
The bigger the record, the more fascinating what was left behind.
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Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulet
Robert Baird  |  Feb 12, 2013  |  5 comments
So it’s Fat Tuesday, or mardi gras and while I have not had a Hurricane cocktail quite yet—old men need to keep pacing in the forefront of their thoughts—I have been listening to many of the gems of NOLA's glorious musical history.
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There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold...
Robert Baird  |  Dec 21, 2012  |  13 comments
Here in the age when rock stars like Jagger and Richards are not only still breathing, but are now turning 70—“I’d rather be dead than sing “Satisfaction” when I’m 45," Mick once said with a straight face
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The Great Les
Robert Baird  |  Nov 09, 2012  |  0 comments
Going to see Les Paul during his final years, playing every Monday night at the Iridium club just north of Times Square in NYC was always a good time, not only for the music—and to be truthful, by then Les’ arthritis had robbed him of his best chops—but also for his playful, well–meaning, semi–lecherous sense of humor.
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