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Robert C. Gilbert
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Latest Issues

Dave Van Ronk Goes Electric!

One of the recurring themes at Listening Sessions is my fascination with musicians whose musical views were askew. Artists like Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Diana Marcovitz & Captain Beefheart and Lotti Golden. Dave Van Ronk to...

7 days ago
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Moments When Jazz Met Rock

I have long been fascinated by that period of time in the 1960s when jazz musicians, either willingly or unwillingly, began to incorporate rock songs and rock rhythms (sometimes both) into their music. There’s a feeling of discovery and cre...

17 days ago
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Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and the Hip Life

The music of Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross quenches the thirst for the authentic, hip life. Their records are joyous, fun and full of daring musicianship. Try to sing at their speed and fluency, and you may soon be gasping for...

a month ago
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Eight New and Upcoming Albums You Should Hear

Looking for some good, new music to hear? I’m here to help with another round-up of new and upcoming music that I think you will dig. These are all hidden gems—the kind of stuff the algorithm won’t feed you!

I hope you find something here...

a month ago
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Lotti Golden’s Extravagant New York Cabaret

During my annual visit to Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition, I went crate-digging at the booth run by Kops Records, the best vinyl seller in the city. Among the treasures I liberated from the stacks was a pristine copy of Motor-Cycle b...

2 months ago
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