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A New (Old) Album Worth a Spin – Some excellent long-lost Bowie.
New releases are finally, slowly, starting to appear in 2022. I'm liking the new Elvis Costello and may visit that one soon, and “Dodging...
Neil Rajala
Jan 17, 20224 min read
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DIAMONDS IN THE MINE – A pair of amazing female voices.
Most of the time you have to dig to find the killer albums and artists that don’t casually cross your path on the radio, the internet, or...
Neil Rajala
Jan 11, 20225 min read
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New Music, Old Ears – What's Progressive Pop?
Music genres are becoming ever more fluid in this age of digital streaming. There was a time I could have rattled off the major genres...
Neil Rajala
Jan 5, 20229 min read
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Smokin’ OPs – The best of 2021 from other places.
There are uncounted year-end best-of music lists out there – in print, online, on YouTube – any place music geeks talk about music. I...
Neil Rajala
Dec 27, 20217 min read
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JERRY AND A BANGLE! - 2021 Albums of the year, part 4
Record production and supply chain issues aside, 2021 overall was a pretty great year for gathering music. This time, it's another...
Neil Rajala
Dec 23, 20215 min read
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RAY AND SOME ROCK! - 2021 Albums of the year, part 3
I seem to have gotten into the habit of including one new release and one 2021 reissue in each of these posts. That wasn't an intentional...
Neil Rajala
Dec 21, 20213 min read
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NEW JAZZ AND THE BEATLES! - 2021 albums of the year, part 2.
Carrying on with a couple more of my favorites from this rapidly disappearing year. Despite being ignored by pretty much every media...
Neil Rajala
Dec 14, 20214 min read
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AND AWAY WE GO! - 2021 Albums of the year, part 1.
How can it be that time already? Time to look back on a year that feels like it just got here? But it is, indeed, time to give a...
Neil Rajala
Dec 10, 20214 min read
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New albums worth a spin – 11/19/21
Tis the season for some of the biggest releases of the year, just in time for holiday shopping. Every Friday from now until Christmas...
Neil Rajala
Nov 23, 20218 min read
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New albums worth a spin – 11/12/21
I listened to the new Rod Stewart album three times over the weekend, fully intending to write something positive about it. An LP of...
Neil Rajala
Nov 16, 20213 min read
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What Happened Next? – The Steve Miller Band
Back in the prehistoric pre-internet days, when my mother used to hang wet clothes on a line using bird beaks and Dad powered the family...
Neil Rajala
Nov 12, 20215 min read
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John Coltrane and Karrin Allyson: A tale of two Ballads.
Cover songs are, of course, everywhere, you hear them all the time in every form of popular music. Not at all uncommon for a semi-popular...
Neil Rajala
Nov 9, 20215 min read
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New album worth a spin: The return of the Rebel Yell.
• Billy Idol, The Roadside EP – Mr. Rebel Yell had the look way back in 1976, long before America paid much attention. Black leather,...
Neil Rajala
Nov 2, 20213 min read
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New albums worth a spin: Ladies sing the blues.
A modern version of the blues is still alive and kicking, and these two guitar-slinging women are making sure it stays that way. • Sue...
Neil Rajala
Oct 25, 20213 min read
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A classic album, reborn.
The Beatles, Let It Be (50th Anniversary Edition) – Who am I to review a classic Beatles album, right? Nope, not gonna do it. It’s one of...
Neil Rajala
Oct 18, 20214 min read
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Grails in the wild.
Not to worry, I'll explain what that title means in just a sec. As anyone who knows me or follows me on social media is aware, I have a...
Neil Rajala
Oct 14, 20216 min read
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New Releases 10/1/21 - Whatever Happened to...?
Nothing on the new release list for last Friday really bowled me over, so I’m shifting gears. I gave a listen to new records from a...
Neil Rajala
Oct 4, 20213 min read
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New album worth a spin - 9/24/21
New album worth a spin - 9/24/21 I have a feeling this one will be a bit of a stretch for the casual music fan but hear me, and it, out....
Neil Rajala
Sep 27, 20215 min read
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Three perfectly listenable prog rock albums.
If listenable is the highest praise I can come up with for these, why make a list about progressive rock? Honestly, me and the genre have...
Neil Rajala
Sep 23, 20216 min read
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New albums worth a spin - 9/17/21
I usually spend my weekends catching up on the all the music released on Friday. Most weeks I find some good stuff. When I come across...
Neil Rajala
Sep 20, 20214 min read
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