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Artist: Plácido Domingo
Wave Twisters, Episode 7 Million: Sonic Wars Within the Protons
Artist: DJ Q-Bert
Community Score: 9.11
Hope & Wait
Artist: My Friend Steve

Fans of Counting Crows will find this band's radio-ready licks and lead singer Steven Burry's plaintive vocals immediately pleasing. Unfortunately, the rather forced tremble in his voice comes off as a bit insincere after a few tracks. But the band does have a strong sound and the album is solid overall, especially rockers like "The Schooling"... Read More

Blue Light Rain
Artist: Jazz Is Dead

Even in their dreams, the Grateful Dead never sounded this good. With a rhythm section made up of two electric jazz legends, bassist Alphonso Johnson and drum god Bill Cobham, this quartet uses the Dead's music as a starting point, then takes off to places unimagined by the great unwashed mass of Deadheads. Dixie Dregs founder T Lavitz sits in... Read More

Bring It On
Artist: Gomez
Community Score: 7.86

On their debut album, Bring It On, England's Gomez introduce their original take on bluesy roots rock. Unlike Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, this isn't amphetamine-fueled freak-out music but similar at times to Beck's acoustic-based work (One Foot in the Grave), with more going on vocally. The band has a total of three strong vocalists, who can... Read More

The Space Between Us
Artist: Craig Armstrong
Community Score: 9.00

Craig Armstrong's long history of string arrangements and composing (for U2, Massive Attack, the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack) helps him out on his solo debut album. The Space Between Us is impeccably produced, from the redos of Massive Attack's "Weather Storm" and the music from the balcony scene of Romeo + Juliet to the new ballad "This Love,"... Read More

Her Greatest Hits
Artist: Evelyn Glennie

Her Greatest Hits is a double-disc collection that contains highlights from Evelyn Glennie's recordings for BMG Classics. Not only are her original compositions and interpretations of contemporary classical numbers featured, but so are her versions of pop songs, as well as "Osygen" and "My Spine," her two collaborations with Björk. The result is... Read More

Door to Door Maniac
Artist: Ray Condo

The great technical ability and musical interaction between steel player Jimmy Roy and lead guitarist Stephen Nikleva make this Western Swing record consistently interesting from track to track. Lead vocalist and sax-man Condo brings his mature and expressive vocals, including rockabilly, swing and country feeling. The album includes rocking... Read More