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Van Morrison - Pay The Devil

No rock singer to emerge in the 1960s displayed more intensity, depth and subtlety than Van Morrison. From his formative years with Them through his early solo work, he poured all of himself into a song, whether it was the orgasmic "Gloria", the terrifying "T.B. Sheets&

Everly Brothers - The Price Of Fame (7-CD box)

Through the first half of the '60s, the period covered in this new Bear Family completist set, the hyper-talented brothers Everly endured waves of career and personal frustration, as this set's title suggests. They generally struck teen pop audiences and radio programmers as artifacts of the '

Freddie King - Live At The Electric Ballroom, 1974

Freddie King's business card billed him as "The Texas Cannon Ball," a fitting moniker for the physically imposing blues guitarist and singer. King left an indelible stamp on the genre with both instrumental hits ("Hide Away", "San-Ho-Zay") and fiery vocal performances ("

Various Artists - Songs For Sixty Five Roses

Ask a young kid to say "cystic fibrosis," and what comes out is something like "65 roses"; thus the title of this disc. When longtime North Carolina music scene veteran John Plymale's daughter was diagnosed with the disease two years ago, he put together

Bruce Robison - Breakfast of champions

Bruce Robison came bustling through the door...and brother, when a guy who's six-foot-seven bustles, he really bustles. Robison was in mid-hue-and-cry as he entered the front room of his Premium Recording Service studio, lauding the performance of University of Texas quarterback Vince Young in UT's

Kris Kristofferson - To beat the devil: intimations of immortality

Call the world if you please "The vale of soul-making..." I say "Soul making," soul as distinguished from intelligence. There may be intelligences or sparks of the divinity in millions, but they are not souls till they acquire identities, till each one is personally itself. --

Robyn Ludwick - Making her own name

You don't want to trade on the family name, but you do want to take advantage of the talents of your older brothers, so you put out a CD under your married name, load up with players from your brothers' bands and your sister-in-law's band