Category: Genespeak – The Cranky Dubmaster
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THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND rides again with a reissue of their first, self-titled album, painstakingly remastered using a 100% analogue process. It’s in-stock now!
THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND’s debut, self-titled album is a landmark in Southern rock. The one that started it all, and the home of their classic broken-hearted anthem, “Can’t You See.”
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BILLY STRINGS is back, and he’s brought his Dad with him on his stellar new album ME/AND/DAD, out now on vinyl LP and CD!
“As long as I can remember I wanted to make a record with my dad,” BILLY STRINGS says, his dad, Terry Barber, seated next to him. It’s been a bucket list thing for me, something I’ve been afraid I wouldn’t find the time to do.
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JOHN COLTRANE’s legendary BLUE TRAIN album gets the deluxe reissue treatment courtesy of Blue Note Records; multiple versions are in-stock now!
On September 15, 1957, John Coltrane went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio in Hackensack, New Jersey and recorded his first great masterpiece
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Musical soulmates reunite on the JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET’s new EP, Longgone, featuring BRAD MEHLDAU, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE and BRIAN BLADE. It’s out NOW on LP & CD!!
The set’s coaxingly soulful title track is unfurled by Redman’s tenor, which is surrounded by Blade’s bustling brushwork, Mehldaus nudging chords
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FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN bring the progressive bluegrass heat on their new album, HOLD ON.
FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN are true masters of progressive bluegrass. They have built a reputation as one of the most exciting bands on the scene, delivering electrifying live performances and
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KENDRICK LAMAR ascends to hip-hop royalty with his new album “MR. MORALE & THE BIG STEPPERS,” in-stock NOW on 2xLP vinyl!
Here, Kendrick Lamar has done everything possible to remind listeners that he’s just a man, as full of fear and regret and flaws and a thousand tightly wound contradictions as any other.
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AMANDA SHIRES’ new album TAKE IT LIKE A MAN is an illusion-shattering dose of truth about life and love. It’s in-stock now at Horizon!
That pose that Amanda Shires strikes on the cover of Take It Like a Man — is it the look of allure, or alarm? Even after some time spent with the record therein, it still seems like it could be either.
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JACK WHITE’s ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE is his second album of the year, and a quieter, more reflective work.
Just four months after JACK WHITE released the ultra-modern, brutalist fuzz of FEAR OF THE DAWN in April, then he returns with ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE. Where Fear of the Dawn was sharp edges
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JOAN SHELLEY graces us with her first new album since 2019 with THE SPUR, out now on LP & CD!
James Elkington produced the album, and it features appearances from Bill Callahan, Meg Baird, British novelist Max Porter, and Shelley’s husband Nathan Salsburg. Shelley recorded the album about a year ago,
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PETER ROWAN’s “Calling You From My Mountain” is a stunning statement of purpose from a bluegrass pioneer.
Calling You From My Mountain, out June 24th on Rebel Records, finds the legendary bluegrass standard-bearer and erstwhile musical pioneer touching on topics that deal pointedly with today’s troubling circumstances.