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    • Rant: Beatles = Lightweights?
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    • Rant: Teenage Noise
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    • Rant: Consuming Music
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    • Reflection: Australian music from the sixties
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    • Rant: A Trans-Atlantic Question
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    • Reflection: A New Listening Paradigm
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    • Reflection: After The Basement
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  • Rear Views & Retrospectives
    • Rear View: San Francisco 1967-68
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    • Rear View: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Safe As Milk (Incomplete)
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    • Retrospective: Dr Strangely Strange
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    • Retrospective: Richard Thompson Part 1
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  • Reminiscences
    • Where I'm Coming From
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    • The Making of a Music Freak
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    • A Less Than Distinguished Musical Career
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    • The Underworld Years
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    • The Broadband/ iPod Years
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    • Concerts Over The (Townsville) Years
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  • Reviews
    • Albums
      • A-C
        • A
          • Afrocubism (4.5*)
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          • Mose Allison The Way of the World (3.5*)
          • Allman Brothers Band
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            • Partial Discography
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            • The Allman Brothers Band (4*)
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            • Idlewild South (4*)
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          • Gregg Allman Low Country Blues (4.5* if you're a Gregg fan, 4* otherwise)
          • Bob Andrews
            • Invisible Love (4.5*)
            • Shotgun (4.5*)
          • Arnaldo Antunes, Toumani Diabaté & Edgard Scandurra A Curva Da Cintura (4* for you, 4.5 for yours truly)
          • Arbouretum The Gathering (2.5*)
          • Kevin Ayers
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            • Bananamour (4*)
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            • The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories (4*)
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            • Joy of a Toy (4*)
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            • Shooting at the Moon (4*)
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            • Whatevershebringswesing (4*)
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          • BeauSoleil
          • Tab Benoit Voice of the Wetlands (4*)
          • Terence Blanchard A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (4*)
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          • Joe Bonamassa Driving Towards the Daylight (3*)
          • Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Pour l'Amour Des Chiens (3.5*)
          • David Bromberg Use Me (4*)
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          • Los Cenzontles Raza de Oro (4*)
          • Bobby Charles Timeless (4*)
          • The Chieftains San Patricio (4.5*)
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          • Eric Clapton
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            • Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues (4*)
          • The Clash
          • Leonard Cohen
            • Old Ideas (4.5*)
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            • Songs from the Road (4* for the Cohen fan, 3.5 otherwise)
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          • Shirley Collins
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            • Shirley & Dolly Collins The Harvest Years (Anthems in Eden, Love, Death and the Lady) (3.5*)
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            • Albion Country Band & Shirley Collins No Roses (4*)
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          • Ry Cooder
            • Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (4.5*)
            • Election Special (4.5*)
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          • Elvis Costello
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            • Momofuku (4.5*)
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            • Secret, Profane & Sugar Cane (4.5*)
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          • Stephen Cummings
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            • Happiest Man Alive (4*)
            • Reverse Psychology (4*)
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          • Devo Something For Everybody (3.5*)
          • Toumani Diabaté
            • The Mandé Variations (4.5*)
          • The Dingoes Tracks (3.5*)
          • Dr Feelgood
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              • Down by the Jetty (4*, 4.5 if you’re not lining up for Stupidity)
              • Sneakin' Suspicion (4*)
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          • Dr John
            • City That Care Forgot (4*)
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            • Tribal (4*)
          • Bob Dylan
            • In Concert (Brandeis University 1963) (3.5*)
            • Tempest (4*)
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        • E
          • Terry Evans Anthology (3.5*)
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          • John Fahey
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            • Requia (4*)
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            • The Yellow Princess (4.5*)
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            • Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You (The Fonotone Years 1958-1965) (4.5*)
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          • Fairport Convention House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour (4.5*)
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        • G
          • Galactic Ya-Ka-May (3.5*)
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          • J. Geils Band The J. Geils Band (4*)
          • JJ Grey And Mofro Georgia Warhorse (4*)
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          • Levon Helm Ramble at the Ryman (4.5*)
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          • Joe Henry Reverie (4*)
          • Mike Heron Smiling Men with Bad Reputations (3.5*)
          • John Hiatt
            • Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (4.5*)
            • Mystic Pinball (4.5*)
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            • The Open Road (4*)
          • Dan Hicks
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          • Hindu Love Gods Hindu Love Gods (3.5*, 4 if you're a Warren Zevon fan)
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          • Holton’s Opulent Oog Love In The Mist (3.5*)
          • Hot 8 Brass Band
            • The Life And Times Of… (4.5*)
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            • Rock with The Hot 8 (4.5*)
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          • The Izzys Keep Your Powder Dry (4*)
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          • Bert Jansch
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            • Bert Jansch & John Renbourn Bert & John (4*)
            • Bert Jansch (4*)
            • It Don’t Bother Me (4*)
            • Jack Orion (4.5*, assuming you're trad folk fingerpicking tolerant)
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          • Jenny & Johnny I’m Having Fun Now (4*)
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          • Kamerunga
            • The Push (3.5*)
            • Worlds Kaleid (4*)
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          • Jeff Lang
            • Carried In Mind (4.5*)
            • Chimeradour (4.5*)
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          • Chuck Leavell Back To the Woods: A Tribute To the Pioneers of Blues Piano (4*)
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          • Dylan LeBlanc
            • Cast The Same Old Shadow (4*)
            • Paupers Field (4*)
          • Chris Ligon Look At The Birdy (4*)
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          • Lil' Band O' Gold The Promised Land (4*)
          • Little Feat
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            • Barnstormin' Live Volume One, Barnstormin' Live Volume Two, Rocky Mountain Jam (all 4*)
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            • Rooster Rag (4.5*)
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          • Little Village Little Village (4*)
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          • Los Lobos
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            • ...And a Time to Dance (4*)
            • By the Light of the Moon
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            • How Will the Wolf Survive? (4.5*)
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            • The Neighborhood
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            • Tin Can Trust (4*)
          • Nick Lowe
            • Jesus of Cool (4*)
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            • Labour of Lust (4.5*)
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          • Alex McMurray
          • Manfred Mann The Ascent of Mann (3.5*)
          • Harry Manx
            • Bread and Buddha (4*)
          • Laura Marling
            • Laura Marling A Creature I Don't Know (4.5*)
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          • Frankie Miller Frankie Miller… That’s Who! (4*)
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          • Lisa Miller Car Tape 2 (4*)
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          • National Health National Health and Of Queues and Cures (Both 4*)
          • Randy Newman
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            • 12 Songs (4.5*)
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            • The Randy Newman Songbook (5* if you don’t already own the original albums)
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          • Steve Nieve Lazy Point (4*)
          • North Mississippi Allstars Keys to the Kingdom (3.5*)
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          • Edward O'Connell Our Little Secret (4*)
          • TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Cotonou Club (4*)
          • Anders Osborne
            • American Patchwork (4*)
            • Black Eye Galaxy (4*)
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          • Graham Parker
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            • Live at Rockpalast 1978 + 1980 (4*)
              • 23 January 1978
              • 18 October 1980
            • Three Chords Good (4.5*) (Graham Parker & The Rumour )
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            • The Up Escalator (4*)
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          • Dan Penn
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          • Robert Randolph & The Family Band We Walk This Road (4.5*)
          • John Renbourn Palermo Snow (4.5*)
          • Zachary Richard
            • Le Fou
          • Royal Fingerbowl
            • Greyhound Afternoons (4*)
            • Happy Birthday, Sabo! (4.5*)
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          • Todd Rundgren
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            • The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (3.5*)
            • Faithful (4*)
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            • Hermit of Mink Hollow (4.5*)
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            • Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (3*)
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          • Doug Sahm and the Tex-Mex Trip Groovers Paradise (4*)
          • Johnny Sansone The Lord Is Waiting the Devil Is Too (4*)
          • Scaffold At Abbey Road 1966 to 1971 (3.5*)
          • Scrapomatic
            • Alligator Love Cry (4.5*)
            • I'm a Stranger (And I Love The Night) (4*)
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            • Scrapomatic (4*)
            • Sidewalk Caesars (4.5*)
          • Ron Sexsmith
            • Forever Endeavour (4.5*)
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            • Long Player Late Bloomer (4.5*)
          • Small Faces
            • From the Beginning (3.5*)
            • Small Faces (4*)
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          • Southside Johnny
            • Men Without Women (3.5* for the general public)
          • Jeremy Spencer Precious Little (3.5*)
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          • Spirit of John Morgan Spirit of John Morgan (3.5*)
          • Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball (4.5*)
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          • Peter Stampfel
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            • Dook of the Beatniks (3.5*, 4 for those familiar with the Holy Modal Rounders)
            • The Sound of America (4*) (Peter Stampfel & The Ether Frolic Mob )
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          • Vivian Stanshall Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (4*, but approach with caution)
          • Steeleye Span A Parcel of Steeleye Span: Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975 (3.5*)
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          • C.W. Stoneking Jungle Blues (3.5*)
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          • Fred Tackett Silver Strings (3.5*)
          • Taj Mahal
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            • The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal (4*)
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            • Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabaté Kulanjan (3.5*)
          • Talking Heads
            • Little Creatures (4.5*)
          • Tamikrest Toumastin / Adagh (4*)
          • Texas Tornados ¡Esta Bueno! (3.5*)
          • Hans Theessink and Terry Evans Visions (4*)
          • Irma Thomas
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            • Simply Grand (4*)
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          • Richard Thompson
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            • Links
            • Dream Attic (4.5*)
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            • Electric (4.5*)
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            • Live Warrior (4.5*)
          • Teddy Thompson Bella (4*)
          • Tinariwen The Radio Tisdas Sessions (4*)
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          • Toots & The Maytals Flip & Twist (3.5*)
          • Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté Ali & Toumani (4.5*)
          • Allen Toussaint
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            • The Bright Mississippi (4.5*)
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          • Boubacar Traoré Mali Denhou (4*)
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          • Trombone Shorty a.k.a. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
            • Backatown (4.5*)
            • For True (4*)
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          • Derek Trucks and associates
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            • Derek Trucks Band The Derek Trucks Band (4.5*)
            • Derek Trucks Band Roadsongs (4.5*)
            • Tedeschi Trucks Band Everybody’s Talkin’ (5*)
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          • The Uniques Absolutely Rock Steady (4* for Reggae fans, 3.5 otherwise)
          • The Unthanks Last (4.5*)
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        • V
          • Valparaiso Men’s Chorus
            • Guano and Nitrates (4*)
          • Townes van Zandt
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            • Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (4.5*)
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        • Various Artists
          • The Amazing ZigZag Concert (3.5*)
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          • Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B Parts 1, 2 and 3; Heavy Sugar Second Spoonful: More Pure Essence of New Orleans R&B (all titles 4.5* for New Orleans fans, 3.5 otherwise)
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          • Jamaican Skarama (3.5*)