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Soul

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 (Sunday):
You See, I Don’t Want Him In My Business Either

October 8, 2009

I’m not really sure what all I have to say about it, but hey! I saw Mavis Staples! So did like a million other people! It was awesome! I spent a lot of hours in the disabled seating sections at HSB, and by the time she was “taking us there,” Mavis had our section up [...]

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If I See You Tomorrow, I Don’t Know What I Will Do

July 28, 2009

I was going to say something intelligent about how even if you’re not necessarily into the Fiery Furnaces, Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger have such an obvious level of talent that it’s a good idea to check in with them every time they release something.
Then I realized they’d put out three studio albums and a live [...]

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I Married You, Took You Home In Spite Of All Of That

March 20, 2009

As long as we’re in the early 70s, I’m gonna slip back two years to 1971.
This one goes out with two shout-out proppas:
Number one to my main man Neg Segga for telling me, “You should look into this compilation called Eccentric Soul.”
Numero dos to the Numero Group, the folks behind not only the Eccentric Soul [...]

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Here’s A Fool In A Rocket Ship

December 4, 2008

This one’s another Holy Crap Alert.
I’d occasionally come across Darondo’s name — that he was a little-known but much-respected, much-collected soul/funk dude from the 70s, and that he was back touring again — but until recently I never got the chance to hear him. And… Holy Crap! Alert!
Ubiquity Records released a CD in 2006 containing [...]

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I’m Ashamed, But I’m Not Sorry

August 8, 2008

Hey, people, listen — I’ve been trying really hard these past 38 years to keep abreast of matters. I don’t know how this happens. It’s possibly that there simply is so so very much beauty.
What happened was I somehow missed out on Millie Jackson until recently. But the discovery process since then has been delightful.
Today’s [...]

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