eMusic Archives: August 2007
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 »
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 »
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 »