My dad died last year. These are albums I grew up with as part of his record collection. He didn’t … Mehr
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Album Reviews: Macrodosing John Mayall’s transitional years
John Mayall and his hat were just made to be buried, forgotten and then joyfully rediscovered in a vinyl collection. … Mehr
Album Reviews: Macrodosing blues explorer Taj Mahal, major and minor appearances
Time has dug up Taj Mahal’s self-titled solo debut album on my shelves, Taj Mahal (1968), which I bought in … Mehr
Album Reviews: Macrodosing Vaudeville and cheap gold by Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and Hank Williams
Browsing through my cd-shelf to dig up desperate buys from my teenage years led me to find my first Bessie … Mehr
Album Reviews: Macrodosing 1971 side steps by George Harrison, Leon Russell and Bob Dylan
Ooh, it’s the second entry of macrodosing: It’s about interlinked and side-stepping projects involving at least two out of three … Mehr
Album Reviews: Macrodosing „Summer in the City“
Let’s try a new concept to symptomize and contextualize album reviews: Macrodosing a single aspect of one album, that is, … Mehr
Latest Batch of Album Reviews (August 2022): Franz Ferdinand, the Rolling Stones, Grant Green & Sonny Clark, and the Asteroids Galaxy Tour
This months starts with a classic from the mid-2000s: Franz Ferdinand’s debut album Franz Ferdinand (2004) – a band I … Mehr
Latest Batch of Album Reviews (June 2022) and more: Leonard Cohen, Brian Eno, John Cale, John Coltrane, Blind Willie Johnson, and more
Still tying up loose ends of the CD-shelf, so there are box set, side projects and the dodgiest kind of … Mehr
How many sides did Roosevelt Sykes produce between 1929 and 1942?
Before we start, the answer is 131 sides. Roosevelt Sykes issued 131 sides on 66 singles between 1929 and 1942. … Mehr