Month: December 2015
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Gene sez: “BRAD MEHLDAU rules the day, again!”
“Ever since 1995 when I first heard the first track on BRAD MEHLDAU’s first CD Introducing Brad Mehldauand forward 20 years to this release he has consistently been one of my all-time favorite musicians (and composer, band leader, improviser, jazz and classical thinker). It’s my belief that he is one of the greatest, most amazing and…
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NEW 12/18: BARONESS, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, CASS MCOMBS & PUSHA T.
We’ve got the “eclectic” angle covered with this week’s New Releases. Got some heavy-rock from Baroness, some fresh-from-the-vault folk from Cass McCombs, the hottest rapper around (Pusha T) has a new album, and there’s even a classical phenom for Gene to geek out on. Read on… NEW GOODIES BARONESS, Purple (CD/LP) Anthemic, riff-heavy hard-rockers speaker-splitting…
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WEBB WILDER’s “Mississippi Moderne” throws blues, roots music and psychedelic rock into the blender, and does its natural thang.
“Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need ‘em.” — The Webb Wilder Credo – WEBB WILDER’S piping-hot new platter, Mississippi Moderne, brings a world of swampadelic, Wilderized wisdom, bluster, and mayhem, and he brought all of that chaos with him to his performance cafe-side on Friday, Dec. 18th. “Before there…
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UPSTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL Dec. 18, 2015: Sounds Familiar
by Vincent Harris, photos by Josh Weeks. Gene Berger’s musical passions have helped keep Horizon Records alive through economic downturns and a digital revolution When Gene Berger opened Horizon Records in 1975, setting up shop at 347 S. Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville, he wasn’t really interested in peddling Top 40 albums. “I was a classic…
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JUST RELEASED, 12/11: GRIMES, JENNYLEE, EVA CASSIDY & NEIL FINN/PAUL KELLY!
Yes, we finally have the new Grimes album, along with a killer live set by Neil Finn & Paul Kelly, a massive box of goodness from Miles Davis, the new Jennylee solo album, and an amazing set of Art Blakey reissues from Blue Note. Read on… NEW GOODIES GRIMES, Art Angels (CD/LP) The Matador Records…
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OUT TODAY 12/4: COLDPLAY, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, RICK ROSS & ROGER WATERS
Black Friday done come and gone, but the New Release train rolls on. We’ve got fresh stuff from Coldplay, G. Love, Johnny Marr and Rick Ross, plus some incredible reissue goodness from John Abercrombie & Fleetwood Mac! Read on… NEW GOODIES COLDPLAY, Head Full Of Dreams (CD) Blissfully melodic new album features collaborations with Beyonce,…