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Music & Musicians of Canada Vol. IX

Rescuing From the Hidden Depths of Culture

May 27, 2018 adminclassical

Not too long ago, I stumbled across a 2010 article from The Guardian entitled “Why do we hate modern classical music?”  In spite of the fact that I myself am more than a tad guilty[…]

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Lily & Madeleine - Fumes

Lily & Madeleine: Fumes

May 13, 2018 adminpop/rock

One great thing about new music is that there is so much out there just waiting to be discovered.  I am always amazed when I hear people stating that “there is no such thing as[…]

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Ahmad Jamal - At the Pershin

Sometimes You Find the Music, Sometimes the Music Finds You

April 29, 2018April 27, 2018 adminjazz

Most of the albums we’ve written about so far here have been ones that we have reacquired based on childhood memories, or the tastes of family members that we both somehow inherited.  However, part of[…]

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The Byrds Greatest Hits

How New Musical Discoveries Led to Music From the Past

April 22, 2018April 21, 2018 adminfolk

My last discussion here on “Rescued Vinyl” reminisced on the debut of the late Jeff Healey, and the introduction of non-mainstream North American music into the life of a young man on the verge of[…]

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Beethoven Cello Sonatas - Fournier/Schnabel

Hearing the Old as New Again

April 8, 2018 adminclassical

One of the main joys of rescuing vinyl is the discovery of artists from previous generations, who perhaps have been displaced in public view by their successors.  Although I don’t play it, I possess a[…]

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Dvorak Biblical Songs

“Gott ist meine Hirte” – Dvořák and Fischer-Dieskau for Easter

April 1, 2018 adminclassical

As I’ve written previously, I have a host of memories from undergraduate studies wrapped up in choral and sacred music.  One additional revelation that I took away from those years was the talent and phenomenal[…]

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Jeff Healey Band - See the Light

With Thanks to Casey Kasem

March 24, 2018March 23, 2018 adminpop/rock

My previous Rescued Vinyl musings have demonstrated that as a music loving teenager growing up in the UK, I quickly developed a craving for music found beyond the conventional mainstream.  Sure, we had plenty of[…]

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Dinah Washington

A Tremendous Voice, Silenced Too Soon: Dinah Washington

March 18, 2018 adminjazz

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Barry Manilow’s “2:00 AM Paradise Cafe” album and my consequent introduction to jazz musicians such as Sarah Vaughan and Gerry Mulligan.  As so often happens, those discoveries led[…]

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Buddy Holly

Remembering the Popular Music Pioneers

March 11, 2018 adminpop/rock

With this wonderful resurgence of vinyl, nothing beats time spent sifting through boxes and crates of records at our favorite independent music stores. Expanding the search to locate previously unknown stores when visiting new towns,[…]

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Barry Manilow - 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe

In Which Barry Brings Me to Gerry, Sarah, Stan, and Mel

March 4, 2018 adminjazz

Even from the few pieces posted here on RV so far, it’s probably obvious that both M and I are children of the 1970s, thoroughly steeped in its music from early childhood.  Even though it’s[…]

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