Tom Moon

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First Listen: Chuck Berry, 'CHUCK'

Monday, June 05, 2017

Stream the rock and roll pioneer's final album, featuring appearances by Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr.

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Music Review: 'Pleasure,' Feist

Monday, May 01, 2017

Canadian singer and songwriter Feist has just released her first album in six years called Pleasure. Music reviewer Tom Moon says it is intimate, raw and rooted in her personal struggle over the past couple of years.

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First Listen: Juana Molina, 'Halo'

Thursday, April 27, 2017

On the Argentine singer's new album, she's reached a zen place where the very texture of a tone becomes its own language.

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First Listen: Bob Dylan, 'Triplicate'

Thursday, March 23, 2017

The Nobel Award winner digs into the Great American Songbook for a third time. Stream a selection of songs from the three-disc set.

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On 'Drunk,' Thundercat Weaves Major Pop Hooks Into Minor Life Vignettes

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Fans of the Los Angeles native's work with Kendrick Lamar may be surprised to hear the old-school pop sensibilities that define his latest album.

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Nate Smith's 'Kinfolk': A Study In Nomadic Jazz

Monday, March 06, 2017

The drummer and Virginia native's first solo project, Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere, introduces a restless musical spirit.

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First Listen: Chuck Prophet, 'Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins'

Thursday, February 02, 2017

Listening to Prophet's new album feels like riding shotgun down some mythic highway with a rock true believer.

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A Club Performance From 1960s Detroit Holds One Key To Motown's Success

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Though Motown's hits were recorded in a studio, newly discovered live recordings of session guitarist Dennis Coffey make the case that the label's iconic sound was forged in Detroit's nightclub scene.

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Childish Gambino's New Album Is A Funky Left Turn

Friday, December 09, 2016

While he was working on Atlanta, Donald Glover was also gathering musicians for soul jam sessions. "Awaken, My Love!" is an album of '70s throwback sounds that feels thrillingly alive.

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First Listen: Bob Dylan, 'The 1966 Live Recordings'

Thursday, November 03, 2016

During the months he spent on the road in 1966, Dylan refined a way of inhabiting and transforming his own songs that was different from anything he'd done before.

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From Slavic Soul Party!, A Match Made In High-Concept Heaven

Monday, October 17, 2016

The latest album from the Brooklyn-based Balkan party band is a rearrangement of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's Far East Suite.

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First Listen: Leonard Cohen, 'You Want It Darker'

Friday, October 14, 2016

The particular darkness that defines Cohen's 14th studio album is nearly inescapable, and found everywhere. It's a thick blanket of grim.

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Music Review: 'Day Breaks,' Norah Jones

Monday, October 10, 2016

Music critic Tom Moon says the new album from Norah Jones is more subtle than some of her recent releases and that's a good thing.

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Music Review: 'American Band,' Drive-By Truckers

Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Music critic Tom Moon reviews the latest release from the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers.

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In 'Acoustic Recordings,' Jack White Winks At Tradition

Monday, September 12, 2016

White's new retrospective compilation, Jack White Acoustic Recordings, 1998-2016, highlights his delightfully scrambled, playful approach to American roots music.

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First Listen: Daniel Lanois, 'Goodbye To Language'

Thursday, September 01, 2016

On his new solo album, the producer and multi-instrumentalist offers haunting instrumental meditations on the nature of present and future communication.

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Britney's Back: Spears Returns With Ninth Studio Album, 'Glory'

Friday, August 26, 2016

Tom Moon reviews the new album from Britney Spears, Glory. This is Spears' ninth studio album.

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Music Review: 'Lovers,' Nels Cline

Thursday, August 11, 2016

You might know Nels Cline from his epic solos as a guitarist for the band, Wilco. Now Cline is out with a solo project — a mood album called Lovers. It's a project he's been working on for over 25 years.

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Music Review: 'In My Room,' Jacob Collier

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Tom Moon reviews the debut album from Jacob Collier, In My Room.

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First Listen: Jacob Collier, 'In My Room'

Thursday, June 23, 2016

A 21-year-old YouTube star makes the leap from homemade music videos to an album stuffed with surprises and infectious exuberance.

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