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Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live

Anti- (2009)
Arriving five years after his last release of new material, and two after the three-disc Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards box of outtakes and oddities, this live set culled from assorted 2008 gigs could be seen as a time marker.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  November 17, 2009
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Elvis Costello | Secret, Profane and Sugarcane

Hear Music (2009)
There are few genres into which Elvis Costello hasn't delved over the years, but he's always seemed particularly comfortable within the traditional back-porch country that occupies this latest session.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  June 08, 2009
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Review: Let Freedom Sing! Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Time/Life (2009)
In any given Black History Month, the three-disc Let Freedom Sing: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement would be a powerful anthology.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  January 06, 2009
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2008 Listravaganza!

An absolute glut of cruelly reductive Top 10 lists from our dedicated staff of tirelessly enthusiastic writers
We are not at all sick of bands with animal names yet and seem to have a soft spot for Erykah Badu that we kept very hush about all year.
By BOSTON PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  December 31, 2008
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Silver Jew | Drag City DVD

Drag City (2008)
Michael Tully’s 52-minute home movie/documentary follows the band as they schlep around Israel touring, shopping, and playing a handful of gigs.  
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  October 08, 2008
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I Got the Feelin': James Brown in the '60s

Shout! Factory
By 1968, James Brown wasn’t merely “Soul Brother No. 1”; he was an African-American icon with the power to stop riots.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  August 04, 2008
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Love Story

Love Story | Start
Love were one of rock’s first interracial bands, and Lee’s genius as their chief songwriter, musician, and bandleader is reinforced here by former band members, label associates, and others.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  July 22, 2008
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All You Need is Love

Voiceprint
Never less than fascinating and informative, although the narration tends toward the droll (it’s British, remember).
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  July 01, 2008
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Ry Cooder

I, Flathead | Nonesuch/Perro Verde
Ry Cooder once again navigates a Southern California of strange realities and real strangers.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  June 24, 2008
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Rachid Taha

Rock El Casbah: The Best Of . . . | Wrasse
On this first career-spanning collection, which skitters around chronologically, the consistency of Rachid Taha's work is more evident than ever before.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  June 17, 2008
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Robyn Hitchcock

Sex, Food, Death . . . and Insects | A+E
Robyn Hitchcock, in one of many illuminating moments of reflection during this 53-minute documentary, posits that his songs “don’t appeal to meatheads.”
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  May 20, 2008
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Billy Bragg

Mr. Love and Justice | Anti-
There is no irony in the title of Billy Bragg’s first album in six years.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  May 06, 2008
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Lifer

Catherine Russell’s rich musical path
As soon as you think you’ve got Catherine Russell figured out, she lobs another detail your way that throws the whole thing off.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  February 26, 2008
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Scene and heard

The year ahead in DVDs
Entertainment companies are pumping out music DVD titles by the hundreds, and 2008 will see a deluge of releases across all genres.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  December 31, 2007
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In action

The ‘Jazz Icons’ DVDs
In the era of YouTube, we’re apt to forget that not every note of music ever played has been captured on film or video.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  November 26, 2007
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Beyond bhangra

Anoushka Shankar joins forces with Karsh Kale
Shankar, who’s now 26, has been paying dues as a sitarist since she was eight.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  October 30, 2007
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Do you believe in Magic?

Bruce Springsteen returns to the E Street Band
On Magic (Columbia), Bruce Springsteen’s first album with the E Street Band in five years, not everything is what it seems.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  October 01, 2007

Lesser doesn’t mean loser

Letters to the Boston editor: August 31, 2007
I have to complain that by literally writing off candidates such as Dennis Kucinich — candidates who actually stand for something besides a vague sound bite.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS  |  August 29, 2007
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Merle Haggard

The Bluegrass Sessions | McCoury Music | Working Man’s Journey | Cracker Barrel
Merle Haggard has always been a keen observer of American thought and spirit.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  August 28, 2007
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Yin Yang

Rhino resurrects the Doors’ Live in Boston 1970
They wanted to see his cock. But as shit-faced drunk as he was, Jim Morrison had learned his lesson.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  August 14, 2007
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Belinda Carlisle

Voilà | Rykodisc
Belinda Carlisle is about as French as a bag of “freedom fries.”
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  May 01, 2007
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Revolution rock

Tom Morello rages quietly against the machine
It’s an incongruous sight at first: Tom Morello strumming an acoustic guitar emblazoned with the words “Whatever It Takes.”
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  April 17, 2007
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Heart of the matter

Doc Pomus’s blues
Even among the oddballs of the music business, Doc Pomus was unusual.
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  April 03, 2007

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