Articles by Matt Bauer

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  Kae Sun

  Whoever Comes Knocking

  PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2018

  Kae Sun has reached a new plateau with his long-gestating, third full-length offering. The Ghanaian-Canadian vocalist showed great promise...

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  Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo Vice Versa

  Viajando Com O Som (The Lost '76 Vice-Versa Studio Session)

  PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2017

  Viajando Com O Som (Voyage With Sound) is a long-lost missing link in the sonic journey of Hermeto Pascoal. Known as "O Bruxo" (The Wizard)...

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  John Carpenter

  Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2017

  Like John Carpenter's unforgettable characters "Michael Myers," "Snake Plissken" and (for hardcore fans) "Sutter Cane," the legendary auteu...

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  Bootsy Collins

  World Wide Funk

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2017

  From 1997's Fresh Outta 'P' University onward, each successive Bootsy Collins offering has seen the funk legend playing an ever more periph...

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  Patrick Cowley

  Afternooners

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2017

  Recorded in 1982, just a few months before he sadly succumbed to a then-unknown disease that would later be identified as AIDS, Afternooner...

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  John Lee Hooker

  King of the Boogie

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2017

  At a hundred songs and five discs, box set King of the Boogie cuts right to the essence of John Lee Hooker.   The blues icon's hypnotic and...

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  Will Downing

  Soul Survivor

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2017

  Soul Survivor is a fitting title for the 20th record from Will Downing, who boasts a 30-year (and counting) career. Indeed, the Downing for...

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  The Souljazz Orchestra

  Under Burning Skies

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

  Just like the audience during their concerts, the Souljazz Orchestra can't stand still. The Ottawa-based Afrobeat collective's sound has fl...