Articles by Eric Thom

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  Harrison Kennedy

  Voice + Story

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  This aptly-titled release by the now Canadian, ex-pat American, Harrison Kennedy might ring a bell, as his sumptuously warm and inviting vo...

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  Carole King

  The Living Room Tour

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  King’s Tapestry is still considered one of the best folk albums of all time and many of the songs from this multiple Grammy-winning disc co...

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  Joni Mitchell

  Songs of a Prairie Girl

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  I admit to a lifelong lusting after Joni Mitchell, so this third in a series of thematic compilations is honey to the bee. Created as her p...

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  Chely Wright

  The Metropolitan Hotel

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Six albums into her career, Chely Wright has survived Nashville’s stereotypical sex kitten makeovers, emerging from the country-pop gristmi...

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  Al Kooper

  Black Coffee

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  Al Kooper is an acquired taste for some but few can be unaware of his historical and musical importance over the years. From his timeless ’...

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  John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

  Road Dogs

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2005

  With 72 years and some 54 records behind him, John Mayall remains the Headmaster of British Blues. More often than not, his own staggering...

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  Robert Cray

  Twenty

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Is it safe for Robert Cray to come out yet? Heralded as the Great Black Hope for revitalising the blues with his 1986 Grammy newsmaker Stro...

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  Eric Johnson

  Bloom

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  It’s been nine years since Eric Johnson’s last studio release but one listen to Bloom turns it to a heartbeat. Perfectionists are funny tha...