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You could say that Lisa Germano colors outside the lines of conventional pop music. Her songs are oftentimes brutally honest and jarr...

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Show #188 - Larry Carlton (5/13/13) Larry Carlton is one of the most recorded guitarists in all of popular music, playing on over 100 gold albums, including Joni Mitchell’s Court & Spark, Steely Dan’s the Royal Scam, and Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall. He won one of his four Grammy’s for the theme to "Hill Street... Read More...	Show #187 - Greg Lake (4/25/13) Greg Lake is one of the most recognized voices in all of rock. His vocals have adorned such classic rock staples as “Court of the Crimson King,” “Lucky Man,” “Still You Turn Me On,” and “From the Beginning." Lake’s latest project is called “Songs of a Lifetime," a document of... Read More...	Show #186 - Lisa Germano (4/11/13) You could say that Lisa Germano colors outside the lines of conventional pop music. Her songs are oftentimes brutally honest and jarringly unconventional, yet deeply personal - she plays the lion’s share of the instruments herself. Germano has just released her ninth album called No Elephants. Her use of everyday... Read More...
Show #185 - The Reivers (Kim Longacre) (3/... The Reivers came out of Austin Texas in 1985 with a critically-acclaimed album Translate Slowly. Boasting both a male & female vocalist, the band was part of what was known then as the New Sincerity movement. After three more records, two of them for a major label, the band called... Read More...	Show #184 - Devon Allman (3/21/13) With a last name like Allman, there’s going to be heightened expectations, but Devon Allman certainly delivers the goods. After spending several years in the band Honeytribe, and more recently the supergroup the Royal Southern Brotherhood, Devon has stuck out on his own for his first solo album, call Turquoise. ... Read More...	Show #183 - Kristine W (3/14/13) She is the queen of clubs - Kristine W has scored 16 number ones on the Billboard Club Play singles charts, beginning in 1994 with “Feel What You Want.” At one point she placed nine consecutive singles at the top spot. When Billboard magazine tallied their end of the decade... Read More...

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Endless Summer - The Music of the Beach Boys (concert review)

Endless Summer - the Music of the Beach Boys - Jeans ‘N Classics - Schuster Center - Dayton, OH - 4/27/13 - review

The 3rd year of the Dayton Philharmonic’s “Rockin’ Orchestra” series came to a close with a rousing performance from the Canadian ensemble Jeans ‘N Classics doing Endless Summer - the Music of the Beach Boys.

The dozen or so shows I’ve seen of this series have varied wildly from performance to performance - a few great, some good, and some, not so good. Yet, each time Jeans ‘N Classics takes the stage, they’ve hit the mark. The key for them is being able to strike the delicate balance between capturing the spirit of each band’s music, while adding enough originality to keep things interesting. The Music of the Beach Boys was no exception.

This Day in History

Wednesday, 18 May 1949
Happy Birthday To..

Keyboard virtuoso Rick Wakeman. who joined Yes for the album Fragile in 1972 and helped catapult them into stardom with their hit "Roundabout." His tenure in Yes only lasted two years, after which he went solo.

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Random LP of the Day

Various Artists - We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (Sony/Legacy) review If there is one thing that has become apparent since the death of Johnny Cash back in 2003, it’s that his influence stretches much farther than any genre or age group can contain. Case in point, We Walk the Line, a star-studded, multi-generational concert salute to Cash who would’ve turned 80 this year, released in a DVD/CD set.

Another thing that is made clear is that Cash is irreplaceable - a one-of-a-kind mix of honesty and magnetism, coupled with one of the most unique voices ever recorded. But, it’s this uniqueness that makes a tribute like this somewhat problematic - you’re never going to copy Johnny Cash, so what to do? You can take one of his songs and try and make it your own (something Ruthie Foster has done quite well with “Ring of Fire” on her latest album), or you can attempt to capture the spirit of the original performance.