I’ll never forget that night in July 2005. Seeing Pink Floyd taking the stage at Live8 felt like something huge, even if I was just in front of the TV. Roger Waters was unexpectedly back with his old mates David

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Eileen Osborne – Singing Shores (1975) From the shelves If you’re wondering how long it took me to buy the first record of the new year, well, it took less than three days. On January 3 I went downtown because,

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I couldn’t be happier to write this post because soon-to-be-over 2017 has been another year full of great music, much in the vein of 2016. One big difference though: if last year one record (Steve Lehman’s ‘Sélébeyone’) stood above the rest,

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I love Christmas. I really do. Some might say it’s uncool but I couldn’t care less, I’m not a Grinch hipster. I enjoy decorating, I enjoy buying and getting gifts, I enjoy Xmas food,  and I even enjoy Christmas movies (the

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Rosie Vela’s only album (‘Zazu’) came and went without much fanfare in 1986, written off by many as just another album by some hot model chick turned singer.

Well, that’s not the case. First of all, her songs are self-penned. No Diane Warren, no Steinberg & Kelly, no Desmond Child. And some of them are even pretty solid (‘Tonto’ is a badass jam if you’re into 80’s dancey beats). Her voice is not bad either, kinda reminding of Annie Lennox here and there. She’s backed by an impressive troop of studio rats: Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Jimmy Haslip, Tony Levin, Rick Derringer, Jim Keltner, plus Gary Katz behind the desk. …

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For this new issue of our Fellow Bloggers column, not only we’re giving you records, we’re also giving you cats! What else could you ask for? The cutie pictured above is called Summer. Her owner, AJ Martin, is a music lover

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I was supposed to see one of my favorite bands tonight, Unsane, but it’s not happening. I’m stuck at home with a bad flu so, for one reason or the other, I’m missing them for the third time in a row.

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Maybe I wouldn’t call Europe my #1 favorite band, but it’s surely the #1 reason why I got into rock music. I was just a little kid barely able to walk when I heard ‘The Final Countdown’ in a car

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And here it is! After so much randomness, I’m finally trying to add a regular (well, more or less) column. “Fellow Bloggers” is a space where I’m going to host a number of music writers whose posts I enjoy reading.

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ABC – Poison Arrow [12″ Single] (1982) From the shelves One nice thing about the 12″ and 7″ singles is they often offer some obscure b-sides, be it previously unreleased tracks, remixes, or alternate versions. Not always interesting, but sometimes

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