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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Now Out with New Mixes in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Audio; Expanded Version with Previously Unreleased Session Recordings, & Special Packaging  By Harvey Kubernik “Sgt Pepper’s was the perfect album to absorb while being...
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Coltrane: An Appreciation

With the release of a new record that pairs jazz giant John Coltrane with Thelonious Monk, RCN examines his lasting musical influence    By Harvey Kubernik Saxophonist John Coltrane died on July 17, 1967 in Long Island, NY af...
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Robin Trower will return to the U.S. stage for a six-week tour in 2017. The shows will feature Trower’s favourite line-up, with Richard Watts (bass and vocals) and Chris Taggart (drums)

Robin Trower: Time and Emotion

Robin Trower’s new 11-song album, time and emotion is out and he’s on tour in the Central and Western U.S. in May and June By Harvey Kubernik British blues rock guitar statesman Robin Trower first achieved commercia...
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Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition

CD & Digital Commemorative Edition Adds Two Bonus Tracks; Remastered Album Also Available on 180-gram Vinyl LP & Exclusive, Limited Edition Blue Vinyl LP By Harvey Kubernik Frank Sinatra’s acclaimed 1967 album with Br...
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Robbie Robertson Gives Testimony

With a just-released autobiography, Testimony, and a 40th Anniversary Edition of The Last Waltz, the co-founder of The Band talks about his storied life and work on a new album By Harvey Kubernik Robbie Robertson’s contr...
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Ode to Emerson & Lake

On the passing of two of the 1970s’ most influential, progressive rockers in 2016: ELP’s Keith Emerson and Greg Lake By David C. Kephart Since it is true that an extraordinary number of well-known public figures pas...
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Bill Doggett

Celebrating the Centenninal of a 1950s Jazz Legend, the “Honkey Tonk” Organist Bill Dogget By Bill Doggett II February 16, 2016 marked what would have been the 100th birthday of Philadelphia musical legend, Bill Dog...
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Cleveland Folklore

Once thought lost, a lone recording of Cleveland, Ohio’s The Schwartz-Fox Blues Crusade, has now been found and released “As I grew to love the blues, I wanted to try to see if we could come up with something worthy...
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The Kinks in Mono

A just released vinyl box set contains the core Pye/Reprise By Harvey Kubernik The Kinks-The Mono Collection, the first 10 albums on vinyl by the Kinks in glorious mono is now out, via BMG, including the previously out of prin...
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