Rhino Handmade has produced lots of great specialty sets in the last few years, but the group that has benefited the most from their in-depth attention has got to be The Monkees. The latest 3-disc set focuses on their 7th album, Instant Replay. This was the first disc to feature the trio of Nesmith, Dolenz, [...]
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I was fortunate to get into Windham Hill records in the mid-1980′s. As a teenager, laid-back, mellow and slightly jazzy music was not what one was supposed to be into, but there it is. I discovered the greatest bass player alive – Michael Manring - through Windham Hill, along with the obvious greats like Michael Hedges, [...]
I wanted to make a brief entry this week based on a personal bit of rediscovery I experienced over the weekend. I’m sure all of us have an album that we really loved at some point in the past yet haven’t actually heard in ages. For some it will be something from high school, college, [...]
Welcome to the new and improved home of Hingham Public Library’s New Music Update! In the past, I have created an update once a month, but with this blog my intention is to publish a new post every Thursday, so I can feature one artist or CD at a time, bringing more focus and attention to both [...]
