Top Christmas Gifts

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Perhaps only the fantasy duo of King Kong and Bambi could be a more bizarre pairing than Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Yet on Raising Sand, their haunting and brilliant collaboration, the Led Zeppelin screamer and Nashville’s most hypnotic song whisperer seem made for each other. This, however, is not the howling Plant of “Whole […]

Eric Clapton: his music, his story. 36 of Eric’s greatest songs from 1968 to 2006 in one collection for the first time ever! This Complete Clapton multi-disc set features hits from 1968 to 2006 including “Crossroads,” Badge,” “Layla,” “Tears In Heaven,” “Change The World” and much more.
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Bringing Josh Groban’s majestic yet intimate voice to Christmas music is truly a gift this holiday season. The young Adult Contemporary star’s fourth studio album brings together the traditional such as Silent Night with the contemporary such as I’ll Be Home For Christmas and the new, Thankful. Noel features duets with Country’s Faith Hill and […]

Toronto’s Sophie Milman has that rare ability to appeal to two often deeply separated worlds: those who like their jazz light and those purists who want their jazz heavy and nothing short of it. By having a more-than-capable traditional jazz band and challenging herself vocally to bring the swing, she has commanded respect from both […]

John’s new album is a triumph, with a sound that is at once timeless yet urgently rooted in this time and place. The lyrics recall a continuous conversation with America, a reminder of John’s unmatched ability to resonate with people from all walks of life. With a voice that can cut glass and inspire generations, […]

At the time of this writing, Halloween is coming upon us, so I thought I would throw in one item that is a blast.  A Mixture of modern orchestral and classical music with a Halloween twist.  Marvelous.

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I have to admit I’m an iPod fanatic, and I love the new little iPod nano commercial.  So, I was intrigued by 1234 featured there.  Feist is the solo project of Canada’s Leslie Feist, a prolific artist who has also played in one capacity or another with Broken Social Scene, Kings of Convenience and half […]

It all begins when the lights go down. For Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus, it has been that way since they were playing for a handful of people in a club in Nashville’s Printers Alley. These days, of course, they play for thousands of screaming fans a night, drawn by state-of-the-art production […]

Three decades after Dire Straits broke onto the scene with their remarkable debut, Mark Knopfler remains an iconic figure in popular music, his graceful guitar playing equaled only by his genial baritone and a novelist’s ability to create distinct characters and themes in his songs. His fifth solo album since he pulled the plug on […]