Released in Holland by BR Music, the 21-track collection The Singles has a novel approach not too familiar in the countless Jim Croce collections flooding the major & budget-line label catalogs. Instead of haphazardly selecting tracks like so many budget collections, it purportedly takes the A- & B-sides of Croce's key ABC singles (including one song, Roller Derby Queen, without its companion A-side), & then gives catalog numbers for each of the singles within the liner notes. This does ...

Personnel include: Jim Kweskin (vocals, various instruments, guitar); Fritz Richmond (vocals, various instruments, bass instrument); Geoff Muldaur (vocals, guitar, mandolin, clarinet, washboard); Maria Muldaur (vocals, kazoo, tambourine); Bill Keith (banjo); Richard Greene (violin, viola); Mel Lyman (harmonica); Gary Chester (drums). ...

Jim Wilson. Personnel: Dillon O' Brian, Marilyn Martin (vocals); Davey Johnstone, Heitor Pereira, Ricardo Silveira, Ty Stevens (guitar); Marvin Etzioni (mandolin); Lili Hayden, Kristen Autry (violin); Briana Bandy (viola); Sharon Rizzo (cello); Eric Rigler (flute); Chris Botti (trumpet); Robbie Buchanan, Marcel Portmann, Quinn Johnson, Brad Cole (synthesizer); Neil Stubenhaus, David Schwartz (bass instrument); Vinnie Caliota (drums); Alex Acuna, Charlie Morgan, Debra Dobkin (percussion). Rec ...

There have been a large number of tributes to the great Jimi Hendrix, generally ranging from spotty to awful, but here's one that actually works. Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix is the first to appear under the auspices of Experience Hendrix, the Hendrix family's umbrella company for all things Jimi Hendrix, & despite a couple misfires & hints of nepotism, it's very well done. Many of the artists stick pretty close to the originals with success, like Chaka Khan's reading of " Little ...

The 2003 Deluxe Edition of THE HARDER THEY COME

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In the years leading up to 2001's self-titled release, Jimmy Eat World racked up a sizable fan base through many of the normal routes for indie-rock bands (constant touring, split singles with popular scene bands, a few full-lengths & EPs on both indie & major labels). However, what propels Jimmy Eat World to another level is their uncanny knack for appealing to a wide audience by cobbling together the jagged guitar sincerity of bands like Fugazi & Jawbox with the hooks bands like Green Da ...