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Dave Alvin: Public Domain [HighTone HCD 8122]"...a
joyful romp through America’s musical attic..."
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Ronnie Earl: Healin' Time
[Telarc CD-83490]"...a masterful, heartfelt
set of alternately gutbucket, righteous, meditative and stately blues."
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John Hartford and the Hartford String Band: Good Old Boys
[Rounder ROUN0462] "The 50+ minutes of music
are captivating and showcase a slightly different side of Hartford."
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Kid Koala: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
[Ninja Tune 34] "...a kind of meditation on
life, music, and records." |
B.B. King and Eric Clapton: Riding with the King
[Warner Brothers CD-9 47612-2]"...two pure
masters of the blues, working together, feeding off each other, challenging each other and
dueling to the musical death."
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The Jacques Loussier Trio: Plays Debussy
[Telarc CD 83511] "Don’t put this beast on
a leash, but let it run wild, as it will. You’ll find yourself
marveling at the multiple dimensions of achievement..."
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Soundtrack to The Million Dollar Hotel
[Island 314 542 395-2] "...a gorgeous and
surreal treat." |
Radiohead: Kid A
[Capitol HCD 29684]"Perhaps destined to become
this generation's Dark Side of the Moon." |
Lou Reed: Ecstasy
[Reprise 9 47425-2] "Yet another great Lou Reed
album." |
Robert Silverman: 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas
[Orpheum Masters KSP 830], ten CDs "If you love
Beethoven's piano music, you'll have to have this superb set."
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Paul Simon: You're the One
[Warner Brothers CD 48744] "…filled with
elegiac dignity, hard-won but simply offered wisdom, and sincere gentleness."
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Slobberbone: Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today
[New West 07396-60212] "We need more guys like
these. No, we need more guys like these and more people who listen to guys like
these."
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| Best Reissue 
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Django
[JVC XRCD VICJ 60160]
"...the finest way to own this terrific music..." |
Best Audiophile Recording 
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by José Serebrier
[Reference Recordings RR-89CD]
"The fact that I consider Serebrier’s and the
LPO’s performance on equal footing with [Reiner's] is high praise indeed."
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