eMusic Archives: January 2008
Various Artists – Planet…
There's a sense in which a label like Mike Paradinas's Planet Mu,… more »
The Kinks in the '70s and …
When the Kinks changed record labels in 1971, many thought their golden a… more »
The Music of Juno
Juno, the first film by screenwriter Diablo Cody, is already well on its … more »
Buju Banton, Inna Heights 10th…
On the heels of his 1995 breakthrough, 'Til Shiloh, Buju Banton relea… more »
Scritti Politti
When Green Gartside returned from the presumed-missing in 2006 with his f… more »
Vee-Jay Records
Vee-Jay Records was Chicago's "other" record label. Chess h… more »
Disco’s Secret Master: P…
Disco has precious few celebrated heroes. That once-reviled dilution of f… more »
Early Lee Morgan: Portrait of …
Jazz had its "young lions" — prodigiously talented precocious beboppers —… more »
The Dazzling Precision of Robe…
When you listen to a really fine chorus in America today — the kind that … more »
Success Is the Word: The Story…
EPMD's 1989 hit "Please Listen to My Demo" is one of rap's great anthems … more »
It’s The End Of The Worl…
The sixth verse in the twenty-fourth chapter of the book of Matthew reads… more »
Blueslore #01: Elgin Movement
While writing recent columns about Robert Johnson and Harmonica Frank Flo… more »
Joan Rodgers, HANDEL: Messiah…
The "Hallelujah" Chorus that closes Part 2 of Handel's orat… more »
Bryn Terfel, DELIUS: Sea Drift…
One of those works that always brings a lump to my throat is Frederick De… more »
Charles Bruffy, GRECHANINOV: P…
Not many Russian composers have devoted themselves to the voice, but the … more »
Richard Hickox, BRITTEN: War R…
This is one of the gems of the Chandos catalogue, a recording without a w… more »
Neeme Jarvi, PROKOFIEV: Sympho…
Neeme Jarvi's dynamic style of conducting is perfectly suited to Prok… more »
Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya, RACHM…
Rachmaninov's setting of a text by Edgar Allen Poe is one of the 20th… more »
Mariss Jansons, TCHAIKOVSKY: S…
One of Chandos's earliest major successes was a cycle of Tchaikovsky … more »