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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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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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AC/DC: Black Ice; Metallica: Death Magnetic
Jeff Perlah  |  Oct 23, 2008  | 
Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••½
Review
Warner
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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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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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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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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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Steven Wilson: Insurgentes
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 25, 2009  | 
K-Scope
Music ••••½ DVD-Audio Mix ••••• Extras ••••½
The once and future king of surround has done it again - or,
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Jazz trio revamps rock and more
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Feb 25, 2009  | 
Do the Math/Heads Up/Concord
Music •• Sound •••½
The Bad Plus have made their first album that's, well, not so good.
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Ruthie Foster: The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
Billy Altman  |  Feb 26, 2009  | 
Blue Corn
Music •••• Sound ••••
She's been recording for a decade, but Texas singer/songwriter Ruthie Foster was a fairly well-kept secret on the folk/
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Franz Ferdinand: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Feb 26, 2009  | 
Domino/Epic
Music •½ Sound •••
Don't get me wrong: I have nothing against dance music, party tunes, or any other escapist entertainment.
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Lily Allen: It's Not Me, It's You
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Feb 26, 2009  | 
Capitol
Music •••• Sound •••••
Lily Allen gives bad girls a good name.

On her flashy debut, Alright, Still (

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Jorma Kaukonen: River of Time
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2009  | 
Red House
Music ••• Sound ••••
Jorma Kaukonen as a grizzled old bluesman doesn't seem too far-fetched.
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U2: No Line on the Horizon
Brett Milano  |  Mar 03, 2009  | 
Interscope
Music •••• Sound •••••
If you read the album title a certain way, No Line on the Horizon sounds pretty funny: Wouldn't that be the
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Changing to a country horse . . .
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 05, 2009  | 
ATO
Music ••• Sound ••••
Let's hear it for Kitt Kitterman!

Who?

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