The Fugs — The Fugs First Album
You don’t know ’60s protest music if you don’t know The Fugs. This album was originally released in 1965 as “The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction.”...
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Frontier Records — Diamonds at a Discount
This was an odd decision made at a house concert, where the host had brought in not only a an artist to play but a few small vendors, all of whom are friends or...
Dean Friedman — Dean Friedman
I believe this is a first: a record that I owned as a teenager, subsequently got rid of – most likely out of embarrassment –– and have now procured again, a mere 42 years or...
4 Out Of 5 Doctors — 4 Out Of 5 Doctors
This was one of those records that my roommate Danny brought back from a summer in Boston, a summer where he was suddenly exposed to a raft of cool music that we would never...
The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup
Oh boy. This one is going to be more about one song (yes, that song) than it is about the album. And it’s going to be perhaps the earliest story from my life that...
Ellen Foley – Spirit of St. Louis
Last time I talked of my long affection for Ellen Foley (despite the fact that the didn’t buy her debut album, “Nightout,” until last year (it’s a character flaw: see also, Karla Bonoff). While...
Ellen Foley — Nightout
Okay, I’ll admit it . . . I had a bit of a crush on Ellen Foley. I made no attempt to hide it. It was so obvious that one of my former roommates...
Florence + The Machine — Dance Fever
I generally don’t get very excited about new releases. Sometimes I’ll check out something new by an artist close to when it’s released, sometimes I won’t – depends on my mood and what I’m...
Florence + The Machine — Ceremonials
I bought the follow-up to Florence + the Machine’s debut pretty much as soon as it came out in 2011, and listened to it a lot back then. The songs are excellent, and I...
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