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Numero Group Compilation Good God! Born Again Funk Brings the Funk to Church
Published 04/07/2010 at 9:21 a.m.
The church has produced R and B stars from Sam Cooke to Beyoncé. This isn’t exactly a secret, but at the same time it’s not nearly as obvious as the fact that many country greats also came up singing from ...
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Sade Balances Nostalgia and Relevance on Soldier of Love
Published 02/10/2010 at 9:38 a.m.
Sade was neo-soul before soul knew it needed a neo. Smooth, classy, just a little funky, but not too much—her music was R&B for the middle-aged who wanted to get their groove on (gently) without having to put a drape ...
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Some Recent Releases Reflect the Variety of Thai Country Music
Published 01/28/2010 at 9:08 a.m.
Luk thung is often characterized as Thai country music, which is both accurate and misleading. It’s accurate in that, yes, luk thung is mostly created and consumed by folks from rural backgrounds. It’s misleading, though, in that luk thung doesn’t ...
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Dengue Fever Collects Classic Cambodian Rock and Pop on Startling Compilation
Published 01/20/2010 at 11:13 a.m.
Los Angeles-based Dengue Fever has dedicated its career to bringing Cambodian rock to American audiences. This compilation, collecting classic tracks from 1960s Cambodia, is a natural outgrowth.
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Vampire Weekend's "Contra": A Reductio Ad Absurdum of '00s Indie Rock
Published 01/13/2010 at noon
Apparently the band listened to Paul Simon’s Graceland and said to themselves, “Oh, tee hee—this would be sooo great if it were just a little less funky.”
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Five Tracks of Textured, Ambient Drone From Japanese Sound Artist Shinobu Nemotu
Published 01/06/2010 at 10:09 a.m.
Despite the avant-garde title, the aggressively abstract, oversized slipcover design, and the fact that only 150 copies of this CD were pressed, Improvisations #1 is a surprisingly accessible disc.
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Is One Album by Doom-Sloggers Nihill Enough?
Published 01/06/2010 at 10:07 a.m.
Grond is the second of a trilogy of albums by Nihill. The first was Krach, and I’m not sure I’ll be rushing out to get it. Not that Grond is a bad album—on the contrary, if you like your doom-laden ...
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Two New Compilations Celebrate Raw Gospel and the Music of Blaxploitation Movies
Published 12/29/2009 at 9:29 a.m.
Compiler Mike McGonigal has deliberately skipped over the best-known gospel styles—basically quartet and choral—in favor of street-corner evangelists, bluesy guitarists, and other less familiar paths on Fire in My Bones.
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The Year in Music: Animal Collective to World Funk
Published 12/22/2009 at 1:33 p.m.
Our critics pick the best music of 2009.
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Alicia Keys Gets Earnest on "The Element of Freedom"
Published 12/16/2009 at 8:59 a.m.
“I just want you to feel a sense of freedom, I want you to feel out-of-the-box, feel inspired,” Alicia Keys said about her new album on BET. And The Element of Freedom sounds exactly like she wants you to feel ...





