Dirty Linen (10-11/99, p.88) - "...a remarkably diverse collection....this is the first record that truly shows the full breadth of his talent."24.53464
$13.33
Living Blues (3-4/02, p.78) - "...Compiling a 'best of' of Lightnin' Hopkins is both impossible and easy - there's so much good stuff you can never get it all, but you can't go wrong, either..."22.76435
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Sing Out! (8-10/95, p.140) - "...presents some great material for Hopkins' association with Arhoolie and reveals much of the genius that marked his best work..."10.64529
$14.27
Down Beat (5/98, p.67) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...this CD stands as the best of Arhoolie's latest series of sacred steel guitar session..."10.64529
$15.52
Living Blues (Jan/Feb 93, pp.70-71) - "...consistently excellent....a splendid mix of guitar-led blues from Lil' Son Jackson and L.C. Williams, sprinkled with tremendous Texas piano..."10.46457
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Dirty Linen (8-9/99, pp.52-3) - "...delivers a souped-up, good-time, danceable set of authentic French Creole music..."10.37234
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Option - Highly Recommended - "...lots of honest feeling and energy..."10.37234
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Dirty Linen (2-3/96, p.77) - "This disc helps define the boogie woogie sound....reflect[s] decades of experience and synthesis....Soaked in the early jazz, blues and jugband sounds, Duskin offers more than an hour's worth of terrific pounding that harks back to the 1940's."10.37234
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Sing Out! (11-12/94-1/95, p.144) - "...This is the first collection that has actually produced a travelogue....Images of small towns along the Pan-American Highway..."10.37234
$15.52
Option (9-10/95, pp.113-114) - "...12-string guitar and gutsy vocals. The music does not vary a great deal through the 26 songs on this album so it's the Spanish lyrics that carry the listener through the emotion-packed ride..."10.37234
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Q (9/01, p.135) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Splendid..."10.37234
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Option (3-4/96, p.131) - "...Wilson is a fierce and imaginative harmonica player...Wilson's blowing has lost some of its edge over the years, but his rich baritone voice sounds deeper now and much more assured..."10.37234
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Dirty Linen (2-3/96, p.83) - "the California family group that was called America's most colorful hillbilly band when it operated from the late 30s to the mid-50s....The instrumental mix of one of the most raucous country bands features fiddle, bass, mandolin, electric and steel guitar..."10.37234
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Dirty Linen (6-7/00, p.91) - "...It's easy to recommend this release even to those who have the old vinyl....this is prime stuff....a package that's bound to please blues fans."10.37234
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JazzTimes (5/96, p.78) - "...the funky, contemporary title cut is the one that puts this album over the top, but the band also turns in some traditional styles, reflecting the make-up of the assembled group with ages that range over four decades....A `live' feel...is captured...allowing the spirit of the music to dance off the disc."Sing Out! (5-6-7/96, p.149) - "...The Treme band plays in the new, rhythm-heavy street style, but its repertoire is a classic New Orleans blend....designed for serious, long-term dancing..."10.37234
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Living Blues (9-10/95, pp.86-87) - "...Campbell's music was meant for entertainment not deep contemplation. The rhythms are strong and well suited for dancing, and both the arrangements and the vocals have a swinging brightness that makes them hard to resist. This roots string band music, some of the best of the post-war era, comes heartily recommended."The Fader (magazine) (p.153) - "Their repertoire blended jazz, hillbilly, blues, early R&B and string band music into a high-energy swing that could refocus at a moment's notice."10.37234
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Living Blues (Jan/Feb 93, p.61) - "...comprised of sessions cut nearly two decades apart, THE RAVEN offers a complex portrait of Bay Area pianist Omar Shariff...both sessions mark Shariff as a bluesman with an identity of his own--a rare commodity these days..."10.37234
$15.52