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Dori Freeman’s Charming Self-Titled Delight
Dori Freeman | In concert at Jammin Java; Vienna, Virginia; April 4, 2016 Dori Freeman | Dori Freeman (Free Dirt Records, 2016) Review by Alan Haber From Galax, Virginia, the gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains, comes a young singer-songwriter who exhibits the keen lyrical and musical vision of older souls. Dori Freeman, just 24, Continue reading
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The Song, the Voices, the Sheer Beauty of It All: Tricia Countryman’s “Goin’ On” is a Beautiful Thing
Tricia Countryman with John Hunter Phillips “Goin’ On” from the forthcoming album Sometimes When I’m Dreaming Review by Alan Haber First, there is the song, a nearly perfect expression of love, as Brian Wilson might put it, getting to the heart of it; a joyous celebration of melody and harmony and the ability that one or Continue reading
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Little Windows Shine On Day Three of Pure Pop Radio’s Springtime New Music Explosion
Day three of Pure Pop Radio’s Springtime New Music Explosion is here, and it’s another day to savor. It’s a special day, with a special record to talk about, from Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones. Alan’s review follows; more reviews of music added to our playlist will follow tomorrow. Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones Little Windows Continue reading
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Cliff Hillis Kicks Off Pure Pop Radio’s Week of New for You Delights
We’ve got a lot of new music to report to you this week–we’ve added a ton of new songs and artists to the Pure Pop Radio playlist. To kick off our bounty of delights, we present Alan’s feature review of a fantastic EP from one of pop music’s greatest talents. Cliff Hillis | Love Not Continue reading
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McPherson/Grant’s Nostalgic Sunflowers Bloom Big With Exclusive Pure Pop Radio World Radio Premiere
McPherson/Grant | “Waiting for the Sunflowers” (2016) A review by Alan Haber Looking back and assessing decades both prospering and fading in the rearview mirror is a familiar mode of expression for pop writers and performers seeking inspiration that can entertain and illuminate. Scott McPherson and Jamie Grant, working together as a five-star duo armed Continue reading
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Emitt Rhodes’ Triumphant Return
Emitt Rhodes | Rainbow Ends (Omnivore, 2016) A review by Alan Haber Emitt Rhodes released three tremendous and influential solo albums during the first four years of the 1970s and then, as quick as that, withdrew from the pop music scene he helped to create and grow after the pressures of writing and recording more Continue reading
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This Week’s Song of the Week from Timmy Sean? Wear Protective Head Gear While Listening!
For the 46th entry in his ongoing Songs of the Week project, Timmy Sean has stuffed Jellyfish’s classic “Bye, Bye, Bye” into an amped-up blender, set the dial to mondo puree, and lined his studio walls with protective sheets to catch his crazy clown-car-of-a-cover before it makes its way out into the world. For one thing, Continue reading
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An Old Tune Is Reborn as the Latest Song of the Week from Timmy Sean
As Timmy Sean mentions in his notes for this week’s entry in his ongoing Songs of the Week project, his first offering after “a month of Beatles covers, a live track, and an acoustic version of a Sir Video [song]” is “a brand new original…well, brand new for anyone outside of the members of my Continue reading
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A Beautiful Noise
Magical new albums from Brandon Schott, Pop 4 and Vanilla make beautiful noise Review by Alan Haber “It’s a beautiful noise/And it’s a sound that I love/And it fits me as well/As a hand in a glove/Yes it does, yes it does,” Neil Diamond sings on the title song from his 1976 album. These are Continue reading
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