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The Derek Trucks Band: Already Free
 |  Feb 24, 2009  | 
Victor/Sony
Music •••• Sound ••••
Guitarist Derek Trucks has long felt suffocated by his Southern heritage and prodigious lineage - and of course, by all t
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From Genesis: 5.1 Revelations
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 09, 2009  | 
Rhino
Music •••• DVD-Video Surround Mix •••• Extras ••••
In the afterglow of the heyday of multichannel music, it's getting harder
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Cameron Carpenter: Revolutionary
Robert Ripps  |  Feb 08, 2009  | 
Telarc
Performance •••• SACD Mix ••••½ Extras •••½
Despite his American Boychoir and Juilliard training, 27-year-o
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Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy
Brett Milano  |  Nov 24, 2008  | 
Black Frog/Geffen
Music •••½ Sound •••½
It's a pretty decent album.
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AC/DC: Black Ice; Metallica: Death Magnetic
Jeff Perlah  |  Oct 23, 2008  | 
Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••½
Review
Warner
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The Black Crowes: Warpaint
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Silver Arrow
Music ••½ Sound •••½

In pop music terms, a span of 7 years ain't what it used to be.

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Joe Ely & Joel Guzman: Live Cactus!
Billy Altman  |  Jul 30, 2008  | 
Rack 'Em
Music •••• Sound ••••

Rather than wondering what's in the water, it's probably more fitting to wonder what's in the wind that m

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Carlene Carter: Stronger
Billy Altman  |  Jul 30, 2008  | 
Yep Roc
Music ••• Sound •••

Known as much for her life offstage as on, country rocker Carlene Carter has released her first collection of new material s

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Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 30, 2008  | 
Zoe/Rounder
Music •••½ Sound ••••

For Album No.

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Robert Forster: The Evangelist
Billy Altman  |  Jul 22, 2008  | 
Yep Roc
Music •••½ Sound •••½

If you know who Robert Forster is, you no doubt were a fan of Australia's Go-Betweens, the vastl

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Panic at the Disco: Pretty. Odd.
Billy Altman  |  Jul 22, 2008  | 
Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen
Music ••• Sound •••½

If nothing else, you certainly have to commend Panic at the Disco for deliberately choosing n

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Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jul 22, 2008  | 
Columbia/Legacy
Music •••• Sound •••½

Unlike the case with Bob Dylan, there has been precious little in the way of 1960s concert recordings b

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 22, 2008  | 
Anti-
Music ••• Sound ••••

At this point in Nick Cave's nearly 30-year career, there isn't any unclaimed territory for him to visit.

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The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 22, 2008  | 
Third Man/Warner Bros.
Music ••• Sound ••••

To Jack White, everything is a concept.

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Steve Winwood: Nine Lives
Billy Altman  |  Jul 21, 2008  | 
Columbia
Music ••• Sound •••

On his new CD's bonus DVD, Steve Winwood notes that musicians aren't necessarily music lovers - that they often lis

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