eMusic Archives: March 2008
Damaged Goods
The songs may change, but the sound remains the same: garage rock of ever… more »
John Shannon, American Mystic…
American Mystic is the solo debut LP from John Shannon, leader of the ins… more »
Telegrama, Country Club…
John Doe and the Sadies 'collection of country covers is a record so … more »
O Som Do Jazz, Infinita Bossa…
Bossa Nova and jazz have always had a connection that has encouraged reci… more »
Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt…
Every rapper needs a creation myth — Illmatic opened with Nas and A… more »
Various Artists, Drumpoems Ver…
Like so many Mittel-European electronic labels of the moment, Zürich… more »
McSweeney’s Publisher El…
When we decided to launch audiobooks last year, we immediately began brai… more »
A User's Guide to David Mu…
When we last left tenor saxophonist/bass clarinetist David Murray, after … more »
Richard Hickox, SCHUBERT: Mass…
It seems somehow fitting that Schubert never heard his sixth Mass. The wo… more »
Sam Cooke, Portrait of a Legen…
For years, the definitive document of Cooke's rise to prominence was … more »
Metric, Live It Out
On its second full-length album, the Canadian quartet Metric ups the scre… more »
Sam Cooke, SAR Records Story…
Founded in 1959 by Sam Cooke as a venue for him to write and produce mate… more »
David Murray, SHAKILL’S …
Rubber-wristed new jazz pianist Don Pullen often paid the bills by workin… more »
David Murray, David Murray Big…
This is one of the more notable entries by the occasional big band where … more »
Cambridge University Chamber C…
"There is sweet music here that softer falls/ Than petals from blown… more »
Hespèrion XXI & Jo…
Jordi Savall, a gentlemanly Catalonian lutenist with the beard and demean… more »
Gram Parsons’ Internatio…
Gram Parsons was a no-hit wonder, a commercial zero in his seven or so ye… more »
Indricothere, Indricothere…
The coining of the term "math-rock" was a sad day for good inst… more »
John Ellis, Dance Like There…
The past associations of saxophonist John Ellis resonate on Dance Like Th… more »
Guilty Simpson, Ode To The Ghe…
Though they're best known for the string of abstract prog-rap classic… more »
Bert Seager, A Closer Look …
One problem with the abundance of jazz currently available is that occasi… more »
The Wide World of Spiritual
God, they say, moves in mysterious ways. And one of his (or her!) biggest… more »
Classical for Beginners
Now and then, people ask me for advice on where to begin with the dauntin… more »