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Seventh Avenue – Heads Up Featuring Mike Stephans on drums (leader); Tom Garvin, piano; John Patitucci, bass; Bob Ojeda, cornet; Bob Sheppard, saxes.
The Sculpted Sounds of Fran and Jay My friends Fran and Jay shot this cute little music video with the web cam on their macbook.
Jazz After Hours with George Benson Recorded on a Sunday afternoon in 1973 at the New Jersey Club Casa Caribe.
The Library Café WKVR radio: A great source for Americana, field recordings, music, and more.
Gil Scott Heron – I’m New Here A new record from Gil Scott-Heron is something that the world needs now more than ever.
Lost and Found: Catherine Lara 2 LP’s from Catherine Lara’s 1972 Columbia/CBS debut.
Fifths of Seven – Spry from Bitter Anise Folds An instrumental project (string, piano, accordian) based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan In Concert 1972 Re-posted in memory of Ali Akbar Khan [14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009].
Lost and Found: Kenny Dorham iPod click-wheel got you down? Flip through your records and send us your favourite deep cut.
  • Concert

    Femi Kuti is playing a free show at Harbourfront Centre on 4 July 2009

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  • Bluegrass

    Gary Adams & The Bluegrass Gentlemen – New Freedom Bell

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    The Dead Weather

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    Country Gazette – American and Clean

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    Bent Creek Jazz

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    What’s Under That Kilt Wonder Woman?

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    Musings from Bent Creek Pass

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    The Road Trip Blues

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    Nelson Riddle – Volcano’s Daughter

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    Hunting for a Hungry Hoyt Axton

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    Playing for Change

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  • Blues

    The Krueger Family Picnic

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  • Dance

    Belly Dancing with George Abdo

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  • World

    Mahotella Queens – Putting on the Light

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    March Madness = Basketball Jones

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  • Garage

    The Sin-Tones – Surf-o-Ghetti!

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  • Compilation

    The Monday Morning Tape

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  • Blues

    John Lee Hooker – Free Beer and Chicken

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  • Comedy

    Rubber Bands and Bits of String

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  • Jazz

    The Brazilliance of Laurindo Almeida

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  • Experimental

    Horn – On The Peoples Side

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  • Folk

    A Belorussian Cure for Bellicose Bullshit

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  • Funk

    Hunter’s Point Riot

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    Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966

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  • Latin

    Father of the Latin Boogaloo dead at 78

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  • Concert

    One From the Vaults of KRE Radio

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  • Memorial

    Estelle Bennett of The Ronettes dead at 67

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  • Jazz

    Last of the Big Three Jazz Drummers: Louie Bellson dies at 84

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    Django Reinhardt – Le Jazz Hot

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    Django Reinhardt – 1949 Bluebird Djangology

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  • General

    The Only Band That Ever Mattered

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  • Compilation

    The Music Never Stopped

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  • Memorial

    The Day the Music Died

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  • Compilation

    Bring Out Your Dead 2008 – Volume 2

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  • Classical

    Of Cats and Kuerti

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  • Bluegrass

    Glen Campbell – Big Bluegrass Special

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  • Bluegrass

    Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole – 5 Strings Attached With No Backing

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  • Jazz

    John Colianni Trio – Blues-o-matic

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  • Rock

    Travis Wammack – Not For Sale

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  • Classical

    Paul Winter Consort – Road

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  • Jazz

    Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin’ Songs

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  • General

    The new format begins on Saturday

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  • Compilation

    Bring Out Your Dead 2008 – Volume 1

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  • Compilation

    The Emptiness of Time and Space

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  • Compilation

    Best of the Basement Rug 2008 – Volume 3

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  • Compilation

    Best of the Basement Rug 2008 – Volume 2

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  • Compilation

    Best of the Basement Rug 2008 – Volume 1

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  • Compilation

    Voyage to the Great Attractor

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  • Electronica

    A Nice Toy for the Electronica Geeks

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  • Memorial

    Gone But Not Forgotten 2008

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  • General

    Another Year Gone

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  • Jazz

    Count Basie – Basie Meets Bond

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  • General

    We interrupt this blog…

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  • Jazz

    Annie Ross / Zoot Sims – A Gasser

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  • Jazz

    Eric Dolphy – Wherever I Go

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  • Country

    Eddy Arnold – Anytime

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  • World

    Babatunde Olatunji – Drums of Passion

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  • Folk

    Jim Croce – Facets

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  • Country

    The Patsy Cline Collection

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  • Metal/Hardcore

    System of a Down – Snowblind

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  • Classical

    Joan Baez – Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time

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  • Comedy

    The Ballad of Irving

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  • Memorial

    Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77

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  • Classical

    8-fingered Piano Wonder

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  • Country

    Roger Miller – Rockin’ Rollin’

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  • Folk

    Charles Manson – LIE: The Love and Terror Cult

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  • Classical

    Bela Bartok – Sonata No.1, Hungarian Folks Songs, Sonatina on Folks Songs from Transylvania

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  • Classical

    Bela Bartok – Violin Concerto No.2

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  • Experimental

    ABBC – Tête à Tête

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