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The Best Guitarist in The World: # 2 – Ry Cooder

You can’t just call him a guitarist. He plays so many instruments. He’s written a book of short stories. He produces, finds and nurtures talent, is something of an ethnomusicologist, he’s created...

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R.I.P. Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint has died. He was 77. His influence on the music we love and know and feel is incalculable – there’s every chance he put the wiggle in your stride. Maybe you didn’t even know it was him....

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Stubs: #170 – Hugh Laurie, Wellington, 2014

Hugh Laurie singing Dr. John is like John Key serving a romantic dinner – however well-intentioned you just can’t feel comfortable with the end result. That was (part of) what I said in my review. And...

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V/A: Instrumentals Soul-Style

Various Artists: Instrumentals Soul-Style History of Soul All those great soul/RnB combos from the 1960s – and so many of the great instrumental cuts, things from Junior Walker and Booker T, Ray...

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The Vinyl Countdown # 718

V/A, Atlantic Blues Piano (1986) Part of a larger box-set, originally, though I believe you can get them as standalone volumes, I have this one, Piano and I also have the Guitar one  (more on that...

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The Great Dr. John

I was a big fan of Dr. John’s 2013 album, Locked Down. Sure it wasn’t going to rival his finest work. (How could it?) A year or so later he kinda knocked it out of the park again, really. But again,...

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Poem: I’m No Oil Painting Of Course – Nor Am I Willing To Be. I Like Hanging...

In the movie about Chess Records* the role of Etta James was played by Beyoncé.. Look, it ain’t gonna be me that shits on Queen B. She has a fine-enough set of pipes and plenty to recommend her beyond...

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What A Good Score! – #6: Glengarry Glen Ross by James Newton Howard, Wayne...

The score for the film Glengarry Glen Ross was actually composed by James Newtown Howard, I had thought that featured player Wayne Shorter was the composer. But no matter. JNH is a top-notch...

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Poem: Creaux’d

The walk of gilded splendours starts through fire and then in smoke, no enemy is near, no rope is tied, no lesson taught, the pins and needles are not needed, the king of Zulu cannot speak. In tongues...

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Playlist: Celebrating The Genius of Dr. John

A while back now, I wrote about The Great Dr. John – in revisiting that recently, I realised I should put some of the highlights, and a few deep cuts too, into a playlist. So here it is for you now – a...

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