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(New West) www.newwestrecords.com Apparently at it for over 35 years and with a mountain of famous friends who love to sing his praises (R.E.M, Widespread Panic, Greg Allman, etc.) , Bramblett more...

(Verve Forecast) www.vervemusicgroup.com "Gonna get wild if it's okay," John Popper sings on "You, Me, and Everything," the lead single from Blues Traveler's North Hollywood Shootout.  Yes more...

(Sugar Hill)   www.sugarhillrecords.com     These days, country duet albums are so few and far between that, for those of us who are particularly partial to them, any sighting more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecords.com   It's been thirteen years since Maxinquaye, Tricky's stellar debut and one of the defining moment of trip hop, and Tricky's star has fallen over the more...

(On Your Own/Megaforce)   www.megaforcerecords.com   Quick: before you read this review, go listen to the Verve's 1997 swansong Urban Hymns, a landmark recording in every sense of t more...

(Mute)   www.mute.com   "Goodbye Seventies," Alison Moyet sang on the first Yazoo album. Then, the squelchy, buzzy, percolating synthesizers that accompanied her connoted the future more...

(Iris Records)   www.irisrecords.com When you're the offspring of James Taylor and Carly Simon, it's only natural that people would assume you're going to be bubbly, bright-eyed and follo more...

(Constellation)   www.cst.com   We live in a strange audio world when an album by the Dead Science is boring.  Not that the trio isn't trying hard on their new album, Villianai more...

(Kill Rock Stars)   www.killrockstars.com     Reportedly known as a must-see live act in their hometown of Portland, Ore., The Shaky Hands certainly suggest they may be more more...

(New West)   www.newwestrecords.com     Thank you, Rhett Miller, for picking up a telecaster again, and helping the Old 97's find their long-lost twang.  After seven album more...