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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Written by
John Sutton-Smith
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format: 16-bit CDs
performance: 8 (If I Should Fall)
sound: 7
1st released:
• If I Should Fall from Grace (88)
re-released: 2006
label: Rhino
reviewer by: John Sutton-Smith
The original Pogues, Shane MacGowan, James Fearnley (accordion) and Spider Stacy (tin whistle), busked on the streets of London, and were initially influenced by a local pub band's amped-up version of “The Wild Rover.” In the presence of Spider Stacy, Shane played a breakneck version of an Irish ballad; Stacy thought this was a really good idea – and the band began, later adding Jeremy “Jem” Finer (guitar, banjo), Cait O'Riordan (bass) and Andrew Ranken (drums). They rapidly developed a reputation, started releasing independent work, and ended up opening for the Clash on tour in 1984, releasing their debut record shortly thereafter. On Red Roses For Me, the pioneering Anglo-Irish, folk-punk collective’s soulful, ragged disposition and the unruly ...
Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Written by
John Sutton-Smith
|
format: 16-bit CDs
performance: 9 (Rum)
sound: 7
1st released:
• Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (85)
re-released: 2006
label: Rhino
reviewer by: John Sutton-Smith
The original Pogues, Shane MacGowan, James Fearnley (accordion) and Spider Stacy (tin whistle), busked on the streets of London, and were initially influenced by a local pub band's amped-up version of “The Wild Rover.” In the presence of Spider Stacy, Shane played a breakneck version of an Irish ballad; Stacy thought this was a really good idea – and the band began, later adding Jeremy “Jem” Finer (guitar, banjo), Cait O'Riordan (bass) and Andrew Ranken (drums). They rapidly developed a reputation, started releasing independent work, and ended up opening for the Clash on tour in 1984, releasing their debut record shortly thereafter. On Red Roses For Me, the pioneering Anglo-Irish, folk-punk collective’s soulful, ragged disposition and the unruly antics and compelling ...
Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Written by
John Sutton-Smith
|
format: 16-bit CDs
performance: 9 (Red Roses & Rum)
sound: 7
1st released: • Red Roses For Me (84)
re-released: 2006
label: Rhino
reviewer by: John Sutton-Smith
The original Pogues, Shane MacGowan, James Fearnley (accordion) and Spider Stacy (tin whistle), busked on the streets of London, and were initially influenced by a local pub band's amped-up version of “The Wild Rover.” In the presence of Spider Stacy, Shane played a breakneck version of an Irish ballad; Stacy thought this was a really good idea – and the band began, later adding Jeremy “Jem” Finer (guitar, banjo), Cait O'Riordan (bass) and Andrew Ranken (drums). They rapidly developed a reputation, started releasing independent work, and ended up opening for the Clash on tour in 1984, releasing their debut record shortly thereafter. On Red Roses For Me, the pioneering Anglo-Irish, folk-punk collective’s soulful, ragged disposition and the unruly antics and ...
Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Written by
Scott Yanow
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format: 16-bit CD
performance: 9
sound: 7
released: 2007
label: Original Cast Records
reviewed by: Scott Yanow
Joan Bender, an infectious and highly appealing jazz singer, first made headlines in the jazz world for a completely different reason. Bothered by the all-male policy of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, she led a very well-publicized demonstration against it several years ago, carrying a sign saying “Wynton show respect, women musicians don’t forget.” Although the Orchestra still remains an all-male institution, they have since featured more music and guest appearances by females.
Ms. Bender has also received attention for her striking looks, but that is irrelevant when evaluating her music. Fortunately she is a very good jazz singer, improvising with subtlety, taste and joy.
Earlier in her life, she had other aspirations than singing. Originally she was in line to be awarded an athletic scholarship to Harvard for track, but ...
Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Written by
Jonathan Easley
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format: 16-bit CD
performance: 8.5
sound: 7.5
released: 2006
label: Vagrant Records
reviewed by: Jonathan Easley
The surface of Brooklyn-based the Hold Steady’s third album, Boys and Girls in America, is caked in all manner of illusory distractions, but it’s a quick peel to the nut of the matter. If you’re like me, you’re irrationally prone to reactionary, superficial responses and will be turned off by the trapper-keeper scrawl and fist-pumping teens on the album cover. But key on the meaning of the album title: Boys and Girls in America could be the name of a Springsteen album, and in fact Springsteen’s fingerprints are omnipresent. But those words are actually taken from Jack Kerouac’s beat manifesto “On the Road,” and more specifically the band credits and quotes the protagonist of that novel directly in the first lines of opener “Stuck Between Stations”: “I think that Sal ...
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