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Review: M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion
The past few years, music fans have gotten to know M. Ward for his associations. He’s one half of the duo She and Him with adorkable new girl Zooey Deschanel and a quarter of the Monsters of Folk with...
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Review: Jack White – Blunderbuss
Jack White performing with the Raconteurs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas in September 2008. © AP Photo by Jack Plunkett. If you entertained any question as to whether Jack...
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Review: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away
Carrie Underwood‘s new album is called Blown Away and it includes a song named Cupid’s Got a Shotgun. But it is in the album’s quieter moments that Underwood shows her true gift as an artist: she...
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Album review: The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
Hunter S. Thompson is shown in a promotional photo from the film, "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson." © Magnolia Pictures photo via AP. Among recent new releases by Jason Mraz, Train...
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Album review: The Portland Cello Project and Ben Sollee
The cello isn’t just for classical music anymore, if it ever really was in the first place. This month started with new releases from Lexington’s own Ben Sollee and Northwesterners The Portland Cello...
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Review: Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
Before we get into what Frank Ocean‘s Channel Orange is, let’s say what it isn’t. It is not the gay hip hop/R&B album. Ocean, born Christopher “Lonny” Breaux, caused a sensation earlier this month...
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Review: Ben Sollee’s Half Made Man
Ben Sollee and his cello. Photo by Magnus Lindqvist | bensollee.com. This seems to be the month of folky artists giving us big new albums that push their largely acoustic boundaries. We have Mumford...
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Top 5 albums of 2012
David Byrne and St. Vincent collaborated this year on “Love This Giant.” © Photo by Andreas Laszlo Konrath. Looking at my list of favorite albums of the past year illustrates why serious music fans...
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Review: Brad Paisley ~ Wheelhouse
Brad Paisley on stage at Rupp Arena in March 2012. © Herald-Leader photo by Rich Copley. His name is Brad Paisley, and he will be your cowboy-hatted global tour guide. This is a role the guitar slinger...
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Review: Backstreet Boys, In A World Like This
Backstreet Boys Nick Carter, A.J. McLean, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell at actor Seth Rogen’s April “House Party” with Hilarity for Charity. The band’s appearance in Rogen’s latest...
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Listening to … Beck, ‘Morning Phase’
Beck poses for a portrait at his home on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Malibu, Calif. © Invision/AP photo by Katy Winn. As the Beach Boys-esque harmonies of Morning Phase came through my headphones, I had...
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Listening to … Sundy Best, ‘Bring Up the Sun’
Prestonsburg natives Kris Bentley and Nick Jamerson are Sundy Best, a Lexington-based band that is gaining national recognition ahead of the release of its second album, “Bring Up the Sun,” March 4,...
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Listening to … St. Paul and the Broken Bones
St. Paul and the Broken Bones. Photo by David McClister. Most of us who love music had someone or ones when we were young who guided us to good music. I had several, one being my cousin Janet and her...
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Giovanni Sollima and that killer Philharmonic encore
Composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima. Photo by Gian Maria Musarra. Last Friday’s Lexington Philharmonic concert ended with cello soloist Narek Hakhnazaryan delivering a jaw dropping encore with a work...
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Listening to … Crowder, ‘Neon Steeple’
David Crowder has released his first solo album, “Neon Steeple,” under the name Crowder. Photo from facebook.com/crowdermusicofficial. Christian music fans who really appreciate quality, thoughtful,...
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Listening to … Eric Paslay, ‘Eric Paslay’
Eric Paslay performs on Day 1 of the 2014 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field, Friday, April 25, 2014, in Indio, Calif. © AP/Invision photo by Chris Pizzello. How well does Eric Paslay...
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Listening to … Chase Rice, ‘Ready Set Roll’
Chase Rice performs on stage the House of Blues on Saturday November 30, 2013 in Los Angeles, Calif. © AP/Invision photo by Paul A. Hebert. Reading Chase Rice‘s biography after a few listens to his...
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Listening to … Maggie Rose, ‘Cut to Impress’
Maggie Rose arrives at the CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. © Invision/AP photo by Wade Payne. If you have not been listening to Maggie Rose, it...
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Listening to … Morrissey, ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’
British rock singer Morrissey, the former front man of The Smiths, sings during his concert in Manila, Philippines on May 13, 2012. © AP Photo by Aaron Favila. Twenty-seven years ago, Morrissey sang,...
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Listening to … Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, ‘Cheek to Cheek’
Lady Gaga, right, and Tony Bennett arrive for a media event at the Brussels’ city hall on Monday Sept. 22 , 2014. © AP photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert. In 1989, the soundtrack to a little movie called...
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