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Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Ballads

February 28, 2022June 27, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Ballads

Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads Victor – 1940 / Folkways – 1964 Rating: 9.7 Everything that made Woody Guthrie an icon – his talentRead More…

Harry Smith’s America: Part 3, Songs

February 22, 2022February 23, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Harry Smith’s America: Part 3, Songs

This is the final installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of American Read More…

Harry Smith’s America: Part 2, Social Music

February 18, 2022February 23, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Harry Smith’s America: Part 2, Social Music

This is the second installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of AmericanRead More…

Harry Smith’s America: Part 1, Ballads

February 15, 2022February 23, 2024 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Harry Smith’s America: Part 1, Ballads

This is the first installment in a three-part series about the music and impact of Harry Smith’s seminal 1952 compilation, Anthology of AmericRead More…

Welcome to Pre-War America Month

February 1, 2022February 14, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Welcome to Pre-War America Month

Certain phrases are fully capable of existing in a realm of ambiguity – with omitted details sufficiently implied by the surrounding context clueRead More…

Tom Sheehan – “God Help The World”

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Tom Sheehan – “God Help The World”

Tom Sheehan “God Help the World” Night Owl – 1970 Just around noon on June 22, 1969, a small section of the Cuyahoga River caught fireRead More…

Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue) (1971)

August 25, 2021August 24, 2021 Matt RyanLeave a Comment on Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue) (1971)

Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue) Philips – 1971 Rating: 9.4 “Freedom of expression” remains a nebulous concept foRead More…

Ichiko Aoba – 0

June 24, 2021June 27, 2022 Glenn KrakeLeave a Comment on Ichiko Aoba – 0

Ichiko Aoba 0 Speedstar Int’l – 2013 Rating: 9.1 Ichiko Aoba’s fourth album is a minimalistic beauty: a near-masterpiece that matchRead More…

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