Tag Archives: Alternative

U2’s Songs of Surrender: Another Creative Reinvention

U2’s Songs of Surrender give us an opportunity to love music without hype, volume, and crowds. Let it do that for you.

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Frontwomen in Rock

I just created an iTunes playlist titled “Frontwomen in Rock” inspired by Samantha Fish’s recent live performance in Ft. Lauderdale, where she was opening for Kenny Wayne Shepherd. But it’s a very small playlist because I have narrow criteria: So I’m not thinking of your usual frontwomen — singer only, or singer and rhythm orContinue reading “Frontwomen in Rock”

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A Reissue of a Historically Significant CD

NOTE: Revised and expanded 9-26-2014. Indie/alternative band Daniel Amos has just reissued Doppelganger in remastered and expanded form, re-presenting DA’s music with a cleaner, bigger, fuller sound. Originally released in 1983, just as the religious right was rising to prominence as a power broker in US politics, Doppelganger serves as an incisive critique of materialism and power-seeking inContinue reading “A Reissue of a Historically Significant CD”

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