Yesterday I attended my local record fair. It’s called DiscoDays and it’s been held twice a year, in spring and fall, since 2009. I like it because of its size: it’s neither too big nor too small. Some record fairs

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The Modern Jazz Quartet – Guest Star Laurindo Almeida (1964) From the shelves It’s not easy to score some nice jazz at thrift shops here in Europe, so yesterday I was more than happy to grab this album from The

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I’ve been to countless shows over the last 20 years or so, but this is the first time a concert I attended is getting an official release. I’m talking about David Gilmour’s ‘Live At Pompeii’, just released today on Columbia/Sony.

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A quick post to celebrate John Coltrane’s birthday. Hadn’t he left us so soon, he would have turned 91 today. Despite the title, ‘Coltranology Volume Two’, which I’m spinning as I’m typing this post, is not an anthology. It was

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Surfing the net the other day, I came across a couple of videos from these YouTubers who challenged each other to visit a record store and pick up the weirdest, funniest, craziest vinyl they could find for $5 or less.

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I don’t want to throw these away.You guys are into music, keep what you want and discard the rest yourself. My neighbor’s voice was still broken by sorrow when he uttered those words. He had lost a son in his

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Don’t mistake lack of talent for genius. Type O Negative wrote the statement above on the back cover of their career-defining ‘Bloody Kisses’ album, and I’m certainly not going to gainsay that. What I want to point out, though, is

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23 years ago today, Nirvana played one of the most notorious shows in their too-short career. I could keep it simple, celebrate the anniversary, and go straight to the point of this post, but you can read about that anywhere

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I saw Al Jarreau live less than two years ago, in July 2015, and it’s a night that I won’t forget. It was clear he was struggling with some health issues. When he needed help to climb his way on

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Do you know what a diving elbow is? It’s not necessary to be a wrestling freak like me to know the answer. If you dabbled with WWF (now WWE) in your childhood you would probably know. And if you don’t, just

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