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From the Stacks: Curtis Mayfield – Sweet Exorcist
Talk about sweet — voices don’t come much sweeter than the great Curtis Mayfield.
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Why It Matters to Motel Mirrors
Motel Mirrors is the brainchild of singer/bassist Amy Lavere and musician John Paul Keith. Their self-titled debut EP, released August 27, is catnip for fans of good songs and sweet harmonies. Comprised of three originals and covers from Mickey & Sylvia, Buck Owens and Susan Raye, and Red Foley, Motel Mirrors is one for your…
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Mother’s Finest Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Georgia Music Hall of Famers, personal favorites, and friends of Why It Matters Mother’s Finest have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their first studio album in a decade.
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Ten Things Every Polite Guy Should Do
This week’s piece in The Good Men Project Magazine seems to have hit the mark: It’s been up for about 12 hours and already has been shared almost 3,000 times. Who knew manners would be a hot topic? Anyway, take it for a spin around the dance floor, and if you like it let your…
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138. Lifestyles of the Fresh and Fly
When I was a preschooler I passed hours with my father’s stacks of 45’s, playing with them as much as playing them. I loved the exotic labels — Swan, Roulette, Dot, obscure names that many years later didn’t exist in my mall record store hellscape. Out in the provinces we were pretty much limited to…
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From the Stacks: Jane’s Addiction – The Shocking EP
This is an official release rather than a bootleg, and believe it or not “limited edition” actually means something here.
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In St. Louis Tonight? Everclear’s Art Alexakis Needs Your Help
Everclear is in St. Louis tonight, July 27, and front man Art Alexakis is looking for volunteers. Art is a believer in fathers stepping up and behaving like dads, and he’s turned that advocacy into a movement named Stand Up Man Up. He’s looking for volunteers to work the petition table at tonight’s gig. Can…
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From the Stacks: Nazareth – No Mean City
First of all, that’s just one bad ass seventies Heavy Metal black light poster of an album cover. Artist Rodney Matthews really captured a sort of Ralph Bakshi meets Rob’t Williams vibe with this one. But I have other reasons for digging this album:
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Why It Matters to Rodney Matthews
Rodney Matthews is a legend in the world of fantasy art. His work graces books, posters, calendars, puzzles. But music geeks like me prefer to claim him as our own, as Mr. Matthews is on of the all-time great album cover artists My first encounter with Matthews was via Nazareth’s No Mean City, the cover…
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