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Author: Chris Parker

Music Journalism 

Everybody’s an Ethnomusicologist

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments Alan Lomax, Bible and Tire Recording Company, Ethnomusicology, Fat Possum Records, Junior Kimbrough, Omnivore Recordings, R.L. Burnside, Rounder Records, Smog Veil Records

The practice of saving music before its lost

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Art Pop 

A Genius In Prayer

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2020, Alexandra Palace, Elton John, film, Higgs Boson Blues, Idiot Prayer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Ship Song

In this haunting cinematic experience, its just Nick Cave, the piano, his microphone and a growing pile of sheet music at his feet

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Indie Rock New Wave Pop Post-Punk 

The Soft Boys: This Was Us

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1980, I Wanna Destroy You, Insanely Jealous, Kemberley Rew, Robyn Hitchcock, The Soft Boys, The Stranglers, Underwater Moonlight, Wire

Underwater Moonlight offers the mentally unbalanced view of love

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Pop 

ALBUMS: A Prodigal Son’s Return? Heartbreaker, Please!

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2020, Heartbreaker Please, Jeff Hill, Linda Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson solves his influences and finally makes a great album

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Pub Rock Punk 

Little Did We Know About Kursaal Flyers

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Chris Parker 0 Comments Cherry Red Records, Kursaal Flyers, Lone Justice, Rank & File, The Bangles, The Blasters, The Go-Gos, The Knack, The Plimsouls, X

A new box set shines a light a most underappreciated English band

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