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Recent Reviews & Features:

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Chicago / Milwaukee Concert Preview: June 24-30, 2009

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This Week:

June 29, 2009: Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain: 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition (Album Review)

Last Week:

June 26, 2009: Beth Orton - Trailer Park: Legacy Edition (Album Review)

June 23, 2009: Doves - Kingdom of Rust (Album Review)

June 22, 2009: Idan Raichel - Within My Walls / Lee Scratch Perry - Repentance / Midival Punditz - Hello Hello (Album Reviews)

Other Recent Highlights:

June 18, 2009: Hayes Carll - Trouble in Mind (Album Review)

June 15, 2009: Paul Simon & Friends - Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (DVD Review)

June 12, 2009: News in Review: Pearl Jam, Wilco, Black Sabbath, Meg White, Koko Taylor

June 8, 2009: Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones (Album Review)

June 5, 2009: Muddy Waters - Live at ChicagoFest (DVD Review)

June 4, 2009: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out: 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition (Album Review)

June 3, 2009: Rokia Traore - Tchamantche (Album Review)

June 2, 2009: PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman a Man Walked By (Album Review)

May 28, 2009: Jerry Garcia / John Kahn - Pure Jerry 8: Marin Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, 2/28/86 (Album Review)

May 27, 2009: Po' Girl - Deer in the Night (Album Review)

May 26, 2009: Buddy Guy - The Definitive Buddy Guy (Album Review)

May 20, 2009: Bruce Cockburn - Slice O Life: Live Solo (Album Review)

May 19, 2009: News in Review: George Harrison, Lilith Faire, Alan Livingston, Wilco

May 18, 2009: Cassandra Wilson - Closer to You: The Pop Side (Album Review)

May 15, 2009: Neil Young - Fork in the Road (Album Review)

May 13, 2009: Indigo Girls - Poseidon and the Bitter Bug (Album Review)

May 12, 2009: News in Review: North Texas Irish Festival Delivers Again

May 11, 2009: Jah Cure - The Universal Cure (Album Review)

May 7, 2009: Pearl Jam - Ten: Deluxe Legacy Edition (Album Review)

May 5, 2009: Wynton Marsalis - He and She (Album Review)

May 4, 2009: Fountains of Wayne - No Better Place: Live in Chicago (DVD Review)

April 28, 2009: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Album Review)

April 27, 2009: Alison Brown - The Company You Keep (Album Review)

April 24, 2009: News in Review: Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, Elvis Presley...

April 23, 2009: Willie Nelson - Naked Willie (Album Review)

April 21, 2009: J.J. Cale - Roll On (Album Review)

April 17, 2009: Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - The Stars Are Out (Album Review)

April 16, 2009: Rod Stewart - Unplugged...And Seated (Album Review)

April 13, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (Album Review)

April 10, 2009: Jorma Kaukonen - River of Time (Album Review)

April 9, 2009: Little Richard - Live at the Toronto Peace Festival 1969 (DVD Review)

April 7, 2009: News in Review: Jeff Beck / Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Powell, Steve Martin

April 6, 2009: There and Back Again: An Interview with the subdudes' John Magnie

April 3, 2009: News in Review: Smashing Pumpkins, David "Fathead" Newman, John Martyn

April 2, 2009: Beto Villares - Beto Villares / self-titled (Album Review)

March 25, 2009: Various Artists - War Child Presents Heroes (Album Review)

March 24, 2009: Morrissey - Years of Refusal (Album Review)

March 19, 2009: Lee Scratch Perry - Scratch Came Scratch Saw Scratch Conquered (Album Review)

March 18, 2009: Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (Album Review)

March 17, 2009: News in Review: U2, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Dewey Martin, Pitchfork

March 11, 2009: News in Review: XTC, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, Jackson Browne

March 9, 2009: Goin' Down the Road: An Interview with Michael Falzarano

March 6, 2009: Antony and the Johnsons: Live in Vancouver (Concert Review)

March 3, 2009: Grateful Dead - Road Trips, Vol. 2, No. 1: MSG, September '90 (Album Review)

December 22, 2008: Bombay Dub Orchestra - 3 Cities (Album Review)

December 10, 2008: Yusa - Haiku (Album Review)

November 19, 2008: Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues (Album Review)

October 29, 2008: Taj Mahal - Maestro (Album Review)

October 7, 2008: James Taylor - Covers (Album Review)

May 27, 2008: Justin Adams / Judleh Camara - Soul Science (Album Review)

April 21, 2008: Kris Delmhorst - Shotgun Singer (Album Review)

April 1, 2008: Michael E. Veal - Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae (Book Review)

March 30, 2008: Michael Jackson - Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition (Album Review)

October 9, 2007: Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (Album Review)

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