eMusic Archives: August 2007

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Desert Blues: Tinariwen in the…

When they first formed in the Libyan guerilla camps of the late '70s, Tin… more »

Our Men in Europe: Three Tenor…

"Black musicians all over Europe, running away from America." — Johnny Gr… more »

A-Daption: The Daptone Way

Daptone Records nestles in the warm valley between the classic years of M… more »

Playhouse Records: Songs for G…

There aren't many labels whose name fits them better than Playhouse. Sinc… more »

Tommy Silverman Finds God(dess…

Tommy Silverman might be as seminal a figure in hip-hop as Russell Simmon… more »

Queer

Let's get this out of the way: Gay men make dance music while lesbian… more »

From The Vault: Noel Coward

There are few images more iconic than the cover photo of Noël Coward at L… more »

A User's Guide to Miracle …

Despite being based in a home studio in a rural backwater on the outskirt… more »

A User's Guide to el Recor…

"The social anthropologist Leopoldo Concupisetti identified six esse… more »

Rachid Taha

For Rachid Taha, being placed under the umbrella of rai music — the… more »

Peter Case

Since his days fronting Los Angeles power-pop band the Plimsouls in the e… more »

Pharcyde and Beyond: The Story…

"I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye..." — there ar… more »

Michael Gira’s Vile and …

The first time I heard Michael Gira's old band Swans, they creeped me out… more »

Robert Johnson, Beyond the Cro…

When you take everything away from Robert Johnson except the music — when… more »

If Six Degrees Was Ten

San Francisco ethno-eclectico-electronica label Six Degrees turns ten yea… more »

Cello, Nice To Meet You

I'll get flak from tuba players and piccolo virtuosos for saying this, bu… more »

Emo

Few genres are as paradoxically self-explanatory and elusive as emo. On t… more »

Latin American Classical

Imagine in one evening hearing tangos from Argentina, choros from Brazil,… more »

The Music of Memphis

Two decades after Graceland opened its doors and turned Elvis 'wood-p… more »

Music for Sundays

My definition of music for Sundays was formed back in 1976. I was nine ye… more »

Under The Radar: The Early Yea…

It's not hard to find modern bands hooked on and inspired by the propulsi… more »

Chico Buarque, Carioca_Ao Vivo…

This tour-de-force double album captures the highly anticipated return of… more »

Yamandu + Dominguinhos, Yamand…

This is a lovely collection of instrumental duets from two of Brazil'… more »

Orchestral Music

Think "classical music" and what do those words conjure up in y… more »

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