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Monthly Archives: June 2020

  • 7.6
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    New Music Critique: James Kahn

    Author James Kahn has a new novel, Matamoros, and he has created a well-produced companion album, full of vintage sounding fiddle and mandolin, that add ...
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  • 7.4
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    New Music Critique: Poshbwoy

    Hailing from Enfield, North London, Poshbwoy is a multi-genre rapper who explores rap and house/electronic and clearly has chops in both. His most recent release, ...
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  • Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Jonathan Widran

    Album Review: The Fantasy Vocal Sessions Vol. 2, Soul, Pop, R&B by David K. Mathews ...

    Etta James once said of keyboardist Mathews, “he can play anything”––a compliment borne out by his work with Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Sheila E., Boz ...
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  • Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Eric Harabadian

    Album Review: The Bowie Years by Iggy Pop (10/10)

    Iggy made a major change in direction when he moved to Berlin and began working with Bowie in 1977, a partnership that wrought two acclaimed ...
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  • Latest, Music News
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    Ringo Starr To Celebrate 80th Birthday with Star Studded Charity Broadcast

    Today Ringo Starr announced “Ringo’s Big Birthday Show,” a broadcast to benefit 4 charities: Black Lives Matter Global Network, the David Lynch Foundation, Musicares and WaterAid. ...
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  • Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Eric Harabadian

    Album Review: Across The Waves by The Harmed Brothers (9/10)

    Hailing from Kentucky, the Harmed Brothers began in 2010, with singer-songwriter-guitarist Ray Vietti and keyboardist-singer Alex Salcido at the helm. Their tight rootsy indie-folk sound ...
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  • Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Andy Kaufmann

    Album Review: Mordechai by Khruangbin (8/10)

    Bands that defy categorization have the unique ability to transform the human spirit. Khruangbin embody this axiom with Mordechai, the hotly anticipated follow-up album to ...
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  • Latest, Music News
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    Guitars in the Classroom Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

    San Diego-based national nonprofit, Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom (GITC) has been awarded a generous grant of $30,000 to provide free educator training by ...
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  • Latest, Music News
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    SyncFloor Partners with Mavin Records, Launches Afropop-centric SyncSite

    SyncFloor is announcing its partnership with Mavin Records, bringing the label’s catalog to more potential sync buyers via syncfloor.com and its newly launched Mavin Records ...
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  • Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Barry Rudolph

    New Toys: Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate Plug-In

    The Oxford Drum Gate is an algorithm-driven gate plug-in that can distinguish between the transients of a kick, a snare or a tom-tom. Anyone who ...
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  • Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Barry Rudolph

    New Toys: IsoAcoustics New Stage 1 Board

    The IsoAcoustics New Stage 1 Board is a portable isolation platform for guitar or bass combo amplifiers or any speaker cabinet. Like IsoAcoustics’ Iso-Pucks, the ...
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  • Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Barry Rudolph

    New Toys: JBL EON One Compact

    The JBL EON One Compact is a self-powered portable loudspeaker with a four-channel mixer that accepts a Bluetooth® audio stream and will run up to ...
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  • Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Barry Rudolph

    New Toys: Sennheiser HD 25 Light Headphones

    The Sennheiser HD 25 Lights are based on the HD 25 professional headphones that were popular with DJs and used for monitoring field recordings and ...
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  • Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    Book Review: Texas is the Reason: The Mavericks of Lone Star Punk

    The Texas punk scene produced some of the finest punk music in the States, acts like The Dicks, Poison 13, The Huns, Butthole Surfers and ...
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  • Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Barry Rudolph

    New Toys: Baby Audio Comeback Kid Delay Plug-In

    Baby Audio’s Comeback Kid is a mono delay line but adds many effects not usually seen on delay plug-ins. You may combine any of these ...
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  • Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    Book Review: Double Talkin' Jive

    Sorum, drummer for Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, reveals a captivating story of life in the world of rock & roll, one that focuses ...
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  • Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Barry Rudolph

    New Toys: AKG Lyra Ultra-HD, Multimode USB Microphone

    The AKG Lyra Microphone is a USB microphone system capable of 24-bit high-quality audio with up to 192kHz sample resolution. Lyra’s key features include its ...
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  • Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    Book Review: Frank Zappa: The Hot Rats Book

    Here’s a 50-year retrospective on the landmark Zappa record Hot Rats, through the photographs of Bill Gubbins, who documented the now infamous Hot Rats recording ...
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  • Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    June 30, 2020
    by Music Connection

    Book Review: How to Write a Song

    Taken step-by-step, and with help from its easy and enthusiastic language, Duerden’s book makes songwriting as close to easy as can be, and is a ...
    Read More
  • Album Reviews, Magazine
    June 30, 2020
    by Adam Seyum

    Album Review: High Off Life by Future (6/10)

    Distributed by: Freebandz/Epic Producers: Various High Off Life is Future’s 8th studio album, and he takes somewhat of a detour from his usual “taking prescription ...
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