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(XL Recordings)   www.xlrecordings.com   Call it prep school-Africana or vaguely precious Soweto-pop, the music the boys of Vampire Weekend make have been getting under listeners' p more...

  (Water) www.runtdistribution.com       Ah. Another powerpop “classic,” another holy grail rescued from the mists of time and obscurity. Among aficionados, Memph more...

  (Lost Highway) www.losthighway.com     More than four decades into his career, Van Morrison has settled into a groove. His late period work isn’t as magical or innovative a more...

(Universal)   www.umusic.com   Enlightenment The Healing Game Live At the Grand Opera House Belfast A Night in San Francisco No Guru, No Method, No Teacher Veedon Fleece   more...

(Listen to the Lion)   www.emimusic.com     First of all, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks is rock's A Love Supreme.   There's no way you could ever listen to its title song more...

(Disismye Music) www.vancegilbert.com   Vance Gilbert's eclectic blend of folk, pop, soul and gospel provides a stylistic synthesis that finds the sum of its parts redefining the music a more...

(Liberty Records/EMI) www.emimusic.co.uk       The “Greasy Truckers Party” was a benefit show for Greasy Truckers, an English flower-power group raising money for a n more...

(Trikont) www.trikont.com     Like its predecessor (same title, sans More), this compilation from Germany’s Trikont label seeks to demonstrate the often arbitrary nature of g more...

(Daptone) www.daptonerecords.com     With poor Amy Winehouse out of commission, the brunt of R&B’s not-so-nouvelle revitalization is left in the capable hands of this Brooklyn more...

(Rapster) www.rapsterrecords.com     Maybe the tribute record isn’t your scene. Doesn’t matter if you’re a Bowie fan; there have been very few efforts released in the more...