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ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Music Videos
We miss MTV, specifically an after-hours show called Amp. If one were to stay up late on a weekend (or set one’s VCR), week after week one would experience a cavalcade of amazing sights and sounds. Today music videos are
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Music Videos
We miss MTV, specifically an after-hours show called Amp. If one were to stay up late on a weekend (or set one’s VCR), week after week one would experience a cavalcade of amazing sights and sounds. Today music videos are
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers
How important are album covers? While no one has the time to listen to all the new music being released, everyone has time to look through the covers. In the old days, they would be on display at a music
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers
How important are album covers? While no one has the time to listen to all the new music being released, everyone has time to look through the covers. In the old days, they would be on display at a music
ACL 2023 ~ Label of the Year
Frances Castle’s Clay Pipe Music is our Label of the Year ~ an imprint so fantastic that every release is worth hearing and having. Not only is the music of high quality; it also occupies a distinctive niche in the
ACL 2023 ~ Label of the Year
Frances Castle’s Clay Pipe Music is our Label of the Year ~ an imprint so fantastic that every release is worth hearing and having. Not only is the music of high quality; it also occupies a distinctive niche in the
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Ukrainian Music
Nearly two years after the invasion, the Ukrainian music scene has continued to flourish, responding to war with creative fire. We continue to be astounded by the volume, variety and vitality of the new music released by Ukrainian musicians, which
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Ukrainian Music
Nearly two years after the invasion, the Ukrainian music scene has continued to flourish, responding to war with creative fire. We continue to be astounded by the volume, variety and vitality of the new music released by Ukrainian musicians, which
ACL 2023 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
There’s never a bad time for happy music. Happy music comes in a variety of intensities, from peaceful and comforting to joyful and ebullient to silly and fun. The type of happy music one listens to can be tailored to
ACL 2023 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
There’s never a bad time for happy music. Happy music comes in a variety of intensities, from peaceful and comforting to joyful and ebullient to silly and fun. The type of happy music one listens to can be tailored to
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter. Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence. The catch is that some
ACL 2023 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
At A Closer Listen, we make a clear distinction between winter music and music that is released in winter. Winter music is evocative of the season and latitudes in which snow and ice take up permanent residence. The catch is that some
ACL 2023 ~ The Year in Review
Music offers stability in unstable times, but in 2023, the ground beneath the music industry continued to shift. This year’s top stories: an explosion in musical releases, the sale of Bandcamp, the publication of an ACL-related book and a glimpse
ACL 2023 ~ The Year in Review
Music offers stability in unstable times, but in 2023, the ground beneath the music industry continued to shift. This year’s top stories: an explosion in musical releases, the sale of Bandcamp, the publication of an ACL-related book and a glimpse
Gil Sansón ~ con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas)
Note to recording artists: when you include a staffer’s name in the title of your release, someone is bound to notice and smile. con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas may have been written for another Richard, but I’d like
Gil Sansón ~ con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas)
Note to recording artists: when you include a staffer’s name in the title of your release, someone is bound to notice and smile. con richard (por la adversidad a las estrellas may have been written for another Richard, but I’d like
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