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Bob Marley and the Wailers: Catch A Fire: 50th Anniversary Edition (3 CD) (Sun, 28 Apr 2024)
Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch A Fire 50th Anniversary Edition is a logical extension of the 2001 Deluxe Edition of the title. Whereas that latter double-CD package included this seminal reggae record in both its original and overdubbed form, this latest exhumation from the vault includes the studio album as originally released, the complete concert of the band 'Live at the Paris Theatre in London' (previously only ever bootlegged) and a third compact disc of alternate, extended and instrumental Jamaican tracks where three more live tracks reaffirm the preternatural bond of the Wailers before Bob Marley assumed top billing... [ read more ]
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Empirical: Wonder Is The Beginning (Sun, 28 Apr 2024)
London's Empirical quartet, which first recorded in 2007 as a quintet, has had a steady lineup since 2009's sophomore album, Out 'n' In (Naim): Nathaniel Facey on alto saxophone, Lewis Wright on vibraphone, Tom Farmer on double bass and Shaney Forbes on drums... [ read more ]
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Dominik Schürmann: The Seagull's Serenade (Sun, 28 Apr 2024)
Insularity is a funny thing. With globalization on everyone's mind--one way or another--it is ironic that parochialism affects the fine arts in any important way. It is not as if Pablo Picasso or Gustav Mahler were merely local celebrities. In classical music, composers have long been peripatetic figures--think of G.F... [ read more ]
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