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(Shout Factory)   www.shoutfactory.com   Over the course of the nineties Dave Alvin released a formidable body of work on the Hightone label. The albums themselves remain resonant more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   Dave Alvin's latest aggregation, and this album, were born out of grief; the death of his compadre and long-time Guilty Man Chris Gaffney a year ago led more...

(Greenleaf)   www.greenleafmusic.com   Trumpeter Dave Douglas' career has been as diverse as it has been prolific: incorporating a hard bop apprenticeship with Horace Silver; work wi more...

(Dare2 Records)   www.daveholland.com/dare2     On the cover of Pathways, the first ever CD released by the Octet version of Dave Holland's three primary ensembles, we see eig more...

(BGO Records)   www.bgo-records.com   Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Mason first came to prominence as a valuable member of the late-1960s British rock band Traffic, formed more...

(Acony)   www.aconyrecords.com   Good for Dave Rawlings. The seemingly forever sideman and successful producer has finally decided to step forward and release an album under his own more...

  (Delmark)   www.delmark.com   Burnin' Love is the first studio album from Chicago bluesman Dave Weld in over a decade. He kept his band, the Imperial Flames, together during t more...

(Mother West)   www.motherwest.com   The thing about Power Pop is that frankly, much of it sounds alike. That's not a criticism, mind you, but rather an observation that could also p more...

(Barsuk)   www.barsuk.com   For non-Christians, what makes David Bazan's songs palatable is that he isn't on a recruiting mission. Instead, he's voicing the doubts and dichotomies t more...

(EMI)   www.emirecords.com     When you pay your $200 or $500 to see a rock legend in concert, you pretty much know what you’re going to get – a bunch of warhorses yo more...