Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — Soul of a Woman
As I mentioned last time, we just discovered Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Like, last month. We had heard of them a few years back, and there was much talk when Sharon Jones died...
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — Soul Time!
The ‘J’ section of my collection is closing fast with a series of recent records, new to me. Until I got brought into a little local group of music lovers, I had never heard...
John & Brittany — Stories To Be Told
One of the great pleasures of moving to our little town has been getting to know a number of local musicians, some of whom have absolutely legendary Philly music scene pedigrees. There’s an incredible...
The Jellybricks — Some Kind of Lucky
It must be admitted: I spent a couple of decades in a musical desert. After our early years of passionately following some local bands and going out to see them every chance we got,...
Jefferson Airplane — Woodstock (Sunday August 17, 1969)
At the same sale where I bought my seminal Jefferson Airplane records, I got a copy of “Woodstock Two,” which included two tracks by Jefferson Airplane, “Saturday Afternoon / Won’t You Try” and “Eskimo...
Jefferson Airplane – Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival
Yes, I have an inordinate love of the Jefferson Airplane, and yes, I’m going to buy up pretty much everything new that gets released by this iconic band. When my friend Shawn’s Forever Changes...
Jefferson Airplane — Long John Silver
From 1972, this is the final Jefferson Airplane album (if you consider them the same band without Marty Balin, and if you discount the 1989 reunion album which I’ve never heard). Similar to Bark,...
Jefferson Airplane – Bark
“Bark” came from 1971. Marty Balin had left the band, so the band went on to create this record showing how important he was. Let’s be clear: this isn’t exactly terrible. It’s just the...
Jefferson Airplane — The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
This one, too, came from that epic, life-changing garage sale that summer of 1979, after my freshman year. My first summer living away from my hometown; in fact, I would never go back home...
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