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The Golden Grass | Life Is Much Stranger (2023)

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Life Is Much Stranger” is the mind-blowing 4th studio album from NYC heavy rock trio The Golden Grass and it stands tall and wild, towering above their entire previous discography! It is a massive and epic sonic adventure, a post-modern collage of rock n roll ideology, swelling and bursting with hard, heavy and progressive musical energies…the past is inside the present…and The Golden Grass are moving the sound Forward!
It has always been the goal of the group to connect the dots between their influences, to reconcile disparate vintage ideas that perhaps never coexisted in their original place and time! Heavy Psych Sounds

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Dom Flemons | Traveling Wildfire (2023)

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Dom Flemons has built a reputation on presenting 100 years of American roots music, but now, with Traveling Wildfire, his own songwriting prowess comes into the spotlight. Carefully selected from his personal repertoire, these original songs reveal his love of country, western, blues, Americana, bluegrass and folk music as they tell of true love, family legacy, survival, time travel, and the juxtaposition between light and dark. Traveling Wildfire weaves through the themes of hope and humor as it rises above the hard times with strength and lightheartedness. Smithsonian Folkways
With his new album, Traveling Wildfire, Dom Flemons builds on his solo oeuvre and previous forays with The Carolina Chocolate Drops, per usual displaying songwriting savvy, instrumental prowess, and a knack for contemporizing often obscure yet important works. Waltzy opener “Slow Dance With You” would be appropriate fare in a roadhouse bar… No Depression

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Taj Mahal | Savoy (2023)

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Taj Mahal can rightfully be called a living legend for his contributions to popular music. With a voice as instantly recognizable as Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, or Dr John, Taj Mahal has throughout his career pushed the envelope of American music forward by incorporating sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, traditional blues and jazz. He has won 3 Grammys from 15 nominations, was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, and presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association.
With Savoy, Taj takes a new direction in his musical journey, exploring classics from the American songbook with his good friend and acclaimed record producer John Simon, whose resume includes producing classic albums by The Band, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Simon & Garfunkel, Gordon Lightfoot, Mama Cass Elliot, David Sanborn, and Michael Franks. Savoy is the realization of a musical collaboration they had been planning for decades, finally locking in the studio time to make it happen in August 2022. Stony Plain Records

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Ten Years After | A Space In Time [50th Anniversary Edition] (2023)

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A Space In Time is Ten Years Afters sixth, and best selling album, and was originally released in August 1971. Featuring their most well-known track ‘I’d Love To Change The World’, which regularly features in movies and TV shows, saw the band taking a more melodic direction from previous releases and showcased the band at their peak.
This new 50th Anniversary edition of the album features a brand new mix by the original producer/engineer, Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones/Emerson Lake & Palmer/Marillion), using the original 2 multitrack tapes. He has used modern day plug-ins that perfectly emulate and expand upon the original recording. The results are stunning. The second disc in this set features the original 1971 mix of the album. Both have been mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Chrysalis Records

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Marc Broussard | S.O.S.4: Blues For Your Soul

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Philanthropic Lafayette, Louisiana R&B and Soul artist Marc Broussard recorded some hard rocking blues for his 4th S.O.S. (Save Our Soul) album. Each of the S.O.S. releases have been designated for specific charities beginning with the first album. Recipients like a homeless women’s and children’s shelter or funds for a children’s hospital were previous targets. This time a significant portion of the proceeds are for the “Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation” to support youth rehabilitation through music as well as “Guitars Over Guns,” based in Miami. The album will be released on Joe Bonamassa’s “KTBA (Keeping the Blues Alive) Records”… Blues Rock Review
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Eva Cassidy with The London Symphony Orchestra – I Can Only Be Me

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The latest chapter in an unparalleled posthumous career, I Can Only Be Me is a landmark new collaborative album with the London Symphony Orchestra. Eva Cassidy’s original vocal parts have been isolated and accompanied by new arrangements written by Christopher Willis (Schmigadoon!, Veep, Death of Stalin) and William Ross (Star Wars, Harry Potter). Utilising recent advances in machine learning technologies, the existing vocal parts have been painstakingly… evacassidy.tmstor.es
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