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(Jayme Stone)   www.jaymestone.com     Widely considered an Appalachian instrument, the banjo is actually of West African origin. Saluting that heritage, Canadian banjoist Ja more...

(4AD) www.4ad.com Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannson weaves a couple of primary themes through Fordlândia; as he explains in notes accompanying review copies, "If doomed an more...

(Bloodshot)   www.Bloodshotrecords.com   Holland, Dozier, and Holland had "Stop in the name of love / before you break my heart." Smokey Robinson came up with "Just because you've b more...

(Slow Curve) www.johndavidsouther.com     The last time we heard from JD Souther, it was the mid ‘80s and his then-current catalogue included four solo albums, an all-star col more...

(Joe)   www.jeancaffeine.com   Singer/songwriter Jean Caffeine makes records rarely these days, preferring the visual medium to satisfy the creative urge. That might make fans impati more...

(Compass)   www.compassrecords.com   There aren't a lot of performers who deserve to be billed as your proverbial renaissance person, but all things considered, Jeb Loy Nichols cle more...

(Eagle)     www.eaglerockent.com     Jeff Beck first earned his strings... and his stripes... more than 40 years ago, when he succeeded Eric Clapton at the helm of the Ya more...

(Atco)   www.rhino.com   From his first flash of notoriety at the helm of the Tridents, through to his electrifying stints leading the Yardbirds and his own Jeff Beck Group, and ult more...

(Columbia/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   A few hard truths adjoin the experience of being a Jeff Buckley devotee, and those realities are irrefutably illustrated throughout th more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   At first, it does seem a little odd to see something like the reissue of this 1983 private press album by Kansas-born psychedelic soft rocker Jeff E more...