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TED DROZDOWSKI

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Billy Cox and Buddy Miles

The Band of Gypsys Return | Experience Hendrix  
The heaviest music Jimi made was with his Band of Gypsys.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  July 05, 2006

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Kaki King

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Although she’s barely larger than her guitar, New Yorker Kaki King is a monster stylist. Kaki King, "Gay Sons Of . . . " (mp3 via MySpace)
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 27, 2006

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The final journey

Johnny Cash’s A Hundred Highways and his Personal Files
“The best ideas for songwritin’ are the true stories that happen — especially to people. When you get into the human spirit, you get some good ideas sometimes,” says Cash. Johnny Cash, "God's Gonna Cut You Down"  Windows Media  |  Real Audio Five jewels in the Rubin crown: Five Rubin classics.   Second chances: Rick Rubin’s parting gift to Johnny Cash.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  July 05, 2006

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Pop Master

Tommy Keene at T.T. the Bear's
As last night’s show at T.T. the Bear’s Place proved, Keene is still a masterful songwriter, singer, and guitarist in love with his craft after 22 years in the trenches.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  June 15, 2006

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Work ethic

Greg Giraldo stands up for comedy
Sheer desperation motivated Greg Giraldo to jump into comedy.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 31, 2006

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Art and politics

T Bone Burnett stakes his claim
The canny Texas-born songwriter T Bone Burnett hasn’t stepped into the footlights for — at least metaphorically — 14 years now.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 31, 2006

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Certified Grooves

The Soul Band's blueprint for great R&B
It’s clear from the first refrain of Joe South’s “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” that the Soul Band don’t fool around.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 17, 2006

Morrissey and Crimmins

A fruitful reunion
The parallel but separate career paths of New England folk icon Bill Morrissey and edgy political satirist Barry Crimmins, both of whom began their assent in Boston’s 1980s club scene, intersected for shows May 5 and 6 at Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway in Davis Square.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 15, 2006

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Dave Attell, Sean Rouse, Greg Giraldo, and Dane Cook

Dave Attell's Insomniac Tour Uncensored! | Comedy Central
Even if Attell and his cronies couldn’t say “fuck” on this DVD record of a wild on-stage night in Vegas, they’d still be funny.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 01, 2006

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Redemption rock

Godsmack look to the metal greats for guidance
The idea of fall and redemption is thousands of years old, and it’s laced into the new Godsmack album, where singer Sully Erna’s lyrics spin a tale of rock-and-roll excess, its emotional strain, and if not outright salvation, at least the promise of it.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  May 04, 2006

Blues Crews

Remembering Mai Cramer
After the first stomping instrumental of his set at the Mai Cramer Memorial Real Blues Festival, guitar hero Ronnie Earl took a moment to tell the audience that the concept of church is a gathering, a place where like-minded people come together for an invocation.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 24, 2006

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Vernon Reid & Masque

Other True Self | Favored Nations
Guitar hero Vernon Reid is a multi-faceted player who’s lucky enough to have outlets for all his roles.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 24, 2006

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Master at work

A solo flight from Pink Floyd’s David Glimour
The best guitarists can always be recognized by their sound, even if they spend their careers swapping amps, effects, or instruments.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 25, 2006

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Tres Chicas

Bloom, Red & the Ordinary Girl | Yep Roc  
For Tres Chicas — Whiskeytown’s Caitlin Cary, Hazeldine’s Tonya Lamm, and Glory Fountain/Let’s Active’s Lynn Blakey — it’s all about the harmonies.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 17, 2006

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Ladies might

The other side of Fluttr Effect
On Swallows and Sparrows, an all-girl trio spinoff from the four-year-old quintet packs its estrogen-charged members into one compact, softer-edged unit.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 24, 2006

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Legendary Harte

Rediscovering the roots of Ace of Hearts Records
Rick Harte literally suffered to stake out his role in Boston music history.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 11, 2006

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King Edward

THE HISTORY OF KING EDWARD | self-released
Deep in the Mississippi Delta there’s still a breed of performer who’ll play until the last drunken soul can sit on a stool and wrench everything out of what would seem to be utterly shopworn blues.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 11, 2006

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Southern Culture on the Skids

Double Wide and Live | YepRoc
Boston has its own Redneck Fest, but here’s the real shit: a North Carolina band who’ve been preachin’ about drinkin’, lyin’, smokin’, drivin’ gun-rack pick-ups, and livin’ in trailers for more than 20 years.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 04, 2006

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Chops and attitude

The many sides of Ben Harper
“If Americans aren’t taking to the streets for this administration and its actions, what are they going to be in the streets for?”
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  April 04, 2006

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The Derek Trucks Band

Songlines | Columbia
Derek Trucks regains the eclectic mastery of his early recordings with the dozen tunes here on his group’s first full-length studio album in four years.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  March 21, 2006
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