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  (Lake Bottom Records) www.thechapinsisters.com   Despite it's straightforward title, Two actually manages to up the ante over the Chapin Sisters' critically-lauded 2008 debut, La more...

(The End)   www.theendrecords.com   There are far fewer things as embarrassing in the world of music than once-popular bands seeing their audiences moving on, deciding to dramaticall more...

(Light in the Attic)   www.lightintheattic.net   One of the great lost tales from the back pages of American soul music is the story about Charles "Packy" Axton. The bouncing baby bo more...

(Daptone/Dunham Records)   www.daptonerecords.com ; www.dunhamrecords.com   Brooklyn-based soul man Charles Bradley had to wait until he was in his 50s and walk a long, hard road to more...

(ESP-Disk)   www.espdisk.com     ESP-Disk has maintained a four-decade reputation as a credible underground label in part because many of its releases were of dubious quality more...

(Columbia Legacy)   www.legacyrecording.com   Virtuosic upright bassist Charles Mingus had the rare ability to alternately infuse his seething jazz with the call-and-response of a S more...

(Lo Recordings)     www.lorecordings.com   It shouldn't come as a surprise that David Bowie counts himself a fan of Charlie Alex March's baroque pop. Home/Hidden, March's wor more...

(Norton Records)   www.nortonrecords.com     It's been ten years since the death of Charlie Feathers - the biggest, baddest, and most highly rockin' of the '50s-era greasers more...

(Decca)   www.deccarecords-us.com   This is the culmination a lifetime of musical explorations by one of the most important jazz bassists of the past fifty years. The title track (s more...

(Spire Artist Media)       www.charliehunter.com   Charlie Hunter's latest release finds him on a new label (his own), wielding his 7-string guitar in a new trio alongside To more...