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Tachyon - Teleportation
Review by Gary Hill
I like this a lot. Not everything is perfect, but everything has definite positive qualities.

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John Taglieri - Days Like These
Review by Gary Hill
Although I suppose you could best describe this as “rock music,” that’s a pretty wide header.

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John Taglieri - True Believer
Review by Gary Hill
Great guitar work is the one consistent factor here. Musically, this has some real variety from power-pop stylings, to metal and proggy things.

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TagYerit - Heavy Construction
Review by Gary Hill

This album is a wonderfully entertaining piece of work. Essentially, the entire disc is catchy pop tunes, but all of them are done in a very left of field manner.


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TagYerit - Tubeman
Review by Gary Hill
The second album by Tag Yerit, this one is a bit less humorous than the last one. It still has some definite funny stuff, though, and carries on with the musical themes of the band; sort of a quirky combo of sounds as diverse as '60's and '50's rock, The B-52's and Blondie.

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Take Me to the Pilot - What Makes You
Review by Gary Hill
There’s nothing Earth shattering or groundbreaking here. What’s here, though is very catchy and accessible.

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Talia - Bastards of the Young (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
This digital single is a cover of a song originally done by the Replacements. I have to admit that while I've heard the Replacements in the past, I don't think I've heard this song.

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Eleanor Tallie - No Turning Back
Review by Gary Hill
This is a very classy EP. The music here is soulful and vital.

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Miriam Tamar - Firedance
Review by Gary Hill
This EP is probably best described as "dance music."

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Tapebenders - Chasing Ghosts
Review by Gary Hill
This group started out as “Elusive Parallelograms.”

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Geoff Tate - Geoff Tate
Review by Gary Hill
Geoff Tate (the man) is probably best known as the lead singer of Queensryche. "Geoff Tate" (the album) is not likely to be confused with an album by Queensryche. However, why should it be?
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Lara Taubman - Revelation
Review by Gary Hill
To me this set feels like it could have been released in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Comparisons to a lot of the folk music based stuff from that era work for most of this.
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Joanne Shaw Taylor - The Blues Album
Review by Gary Hill
Joanne Shaw Taylor is known as the Queen of Blues Guitar.

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Julian Taylor - The Ridge
Review by Gary Hill
This is the 2020 release of a Canadian singer/songwriter. I dig the roots, Americana vibe of the music on this set.

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Vince Taylor & The Playboys - Brand New Cadillac - The Brits Are Rocking Vol.8
Review by Gary Hill
Vince Taylor may not have invented old school rock and roll, but he sure did a great job of creating his version of it.

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King Size Taylor - Dr. Feelgood - The Brits Are Rocking Vol.3
Review by Gary Hill
This set from Bear Family Records is classy, but then again, that can be said about pretty much everything they release.
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King Size Taylor - Taylor Made (10-inch EP and CD)
Review by Gary Hill
This is a cool new release from Bear Family Records. Pretty much everything they do is classy, and this is no exception.

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Fely Tchaco - Yita
Review by Gary Hill
In some ways just knowing the background of Fly Tchaco (born Leye Felicite Martin) prepares you for what you are about to hear.

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The Tea Party - Seven Circles
Review by Bruce Stringer
According to Stuart Chatwood (The Tea Party's bassist / keyboardist), this CD contains a more palatable sound as opposed to "..all the weird stuff that no-one likes to hear".
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The Tea Set - Back in Time for Tea
Review by Gary Hill
This is an unusual album. It has a lot of varied elements and leanings that come together to create something cohesive and unique.

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Les Techno - Closer Look (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed a previous single from this act and landed that one under progressive rock.

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Les Techno - Guilty Pleasure (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
Here we have a new single from Les Techno. His style of music is always hard to pin down, and this cut is no exception to that rule.

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Les Techno - Edge of the World (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
The latest single from Les Techno, this is cool, and a good continuation and expansion of his catalog. It's dance music, but there is a lot more than that to it.

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Les Techno - Flowers For Dystopia (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill

This a brand new release from Les Techno. I guess the mask on the cover probably tells you that it's new, though.


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Les Techno - Flowers for Dystopia
Review by Gary Hill

Let Techno is artist who is always hard to categorize. He seems to take parts of various musical styles and merge them all into something that's both unique and captivating.


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TectonicBeats - Nightingale
Review by Gary Hill
If you are a fan of electronic dance music, this EP might be something you'll enjoy. There are six songs here, but really it's only three.

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Ted and Majella - Better Together
Review by Gary Hill
This is an intriguing set of music. The "Ted" in this duo is Ted Turner, best known for his work in Wishbone Ash.

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Jessi Teich - Twisted Soul
Review by Gary Hill
There is quite a range of music here.

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Telamor - Outside the Lines
Review by Larry Toering
Telamor is a good guitar-driven pop act, but at first I had no idea who this was.

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Telamor - Good Bad Love
Review by Gary Hill
There is a movement in music toward what is called "indie" or "DIY" music. This falls into that zone.

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Telamor - Playlist 2014-2016: 12 Tracks Remixed/Remastered
Review by Gary Hill
This new CD (as the title suggests) includes a number of previously released tunes with new mixes.

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Temporary Hero - Chet
Review by Gary Hill
The vocals are the main thing here. In fact, there is a lot of acapella music on this album.

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10,000 Maniacs - Twice Told Tales
Review by Gary Hill
I haven’t heard 10,000 Maniacs in a long, long time.

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Ten Years After - A Space in Time: 50th Anniversary Two-CD Edition
Review by Gary Hill
This is an absolute classic album. This new double CD set was released, a little late, in honor of the 50th anniversary of its release. 

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Pete Teo - Rustic Living for Urbanites
Review by Bruce Stringer
This review was probably one of the hardest that I have ever had to write about. Pete is Malaysia's answer to Leonard Cohen or Suzanne Vega.

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Terraplane - Black and White – Expanded Edition
Review by Gary Hill
I like this set quite a bit.

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Brandon Teskey - Screaming Into the Void
Review by Gary Hill
Brandon Teskey is probably best known as the guitarist in Until the Sun. This solo album showcases his sense of blues rocking sound outside of that group.

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Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti - Rakshasa
Review by Gary Hill
For the most part, being pure world music, the sounds here are quite organic and rather sedate.

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Thin Lear - Wooden Cave
Review by Gary Hill
Thin Lear is the brainchild and project of Matt Longo. This release has some exceptional music with a decent range, sometimes within each song. .

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Third World - Under the Magic Sun
Review by Gary Hill
Third World turns their attention to covering a lot of really classic songs.

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38 Special - A Wild Eyed Christmas Night
Review by Gary Hill
When you think of Christmas music 38 Special is not really a name that pops immediately to mind. It might after you hear this CD. The group has cut loose with their take on holiday music, and it is quite an effective collection.

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32 Below - Every Little Thing about You
Review by Gary Hill
I suppose if you are releasing an album for the youth crowd raised on modern pop music, it makes sense to lead it off with the song that lands closest to that principle. 

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Matt Thompson - Accelerate
Review by Gary Hill
I am very much not the demographic for this music. It's set in the modern sort of pop sound that is heavily over-produced and relies on sounds that don't exist in nature.

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The Thompson Twins - Remixes & Rarities: Collection of Classic 12
Review by Gary Hill
The Thompson Twins were always a cool act.

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Chris Thompson - Toys & Dishes
Review by Gary Hill
Chris Thompson is probably best known for his time as the singer in Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.

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David Thompson - the wall
Review by Gary Hill
Do you remember the electronic pop music of the 1980s? If you do, you'll find familiar elements here.

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Patsy Thompson - Fabulous Day
Review by Gary Hill
This is an interesting album. The range of sounds here is quite wide.
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3 Kisses - Wings
Review by Gary Hill
Texas based 3 Kisses describes their music as alternative pop, and that pretty well sums it up. This group has a lot in common with Blondie and the Go Go's in terms of their retro brand of pop rock, but they also have a more garage sound like the indie and alternative rockers of today. 
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3 Pairs of Boots - Gone South
Review by Gary Hill

This release is set in a style that has a lot of pure country music in the mix. You can probably get that from the cover, though.


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3 Years Hollow - The Cracks
Review by Gary Hill
This band hails from my home state of Illinois. This album shows that they are quite talented.

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Thunderbird - Heavyweight
Review by Gary Hill
There is definitely an old school vibe to this. The music here occupies the same kind of territory as AC/DC, early Kiss, early Aerosmith, Van Halen and more.

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Thunderbird - Thunderbird
Review by Gary Hill
The easiest description here would be "hard-edged rock music." That really isn't all that descriptive, though.

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Thunderbolt & Lightfoot - Songs for Mixed Company
Review by Gary Hill
This is the second album from this duo (Phil Barry and Sarah Fuerst) showcases a great modern folk style. There are part of this that call to mind Simon and Garfunkel to me.

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Tiebreaker - Nicotine (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
When Tiebreakers’s last disc came out, I loved it.

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Tiebreaker - Where Can Love Go Wrong? (Digital Single)
Review by Gary Hill
This is the new single from Tiebreaker, and it’s got a really classic rock sound. 

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Tiebreaker - We Come from the Mountains
Review by Gary Hill
I’ve reviewed some previous works from Tiebreaker.

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Brian Charles Tischleder - Momma Told Me So
Review by Gary Hill

I think this set does the best when it gets more energized, and less reflective. The mix of roots sounds seems to function best when it rocks more.


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Brian Charles Tischleder - This Town
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed a previous set from Brian Charles Tischleder and mentioned that his voice sounds a lot like Bruce Springsteen.

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Tishamingo - Wear N' Tear
Review by Gary Hill
Alright, so first off, it is a weird name. As it turns out the name is taken from the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
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The Title Trackers - The Lost Title Tracks
Review by Gary Hill
The concept here is a bit gimmicky.

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The Toadies - The Lower Side Of Uptown
Review by Eric Meli
Toadies have been playing for more than 25 years.

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Rob Tognoni - Catfish Cake
Review by Gary Hill
If you like blues based rock with killer guitar work, this album might just be the prescription you need.

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Tokyo Dragons - Give Me The Fear
Review by Greg Olma

This CD is the second gem I have been asked to review for this issue. I read a little blurb in Classic Rock Magazine but I really did not have a clue to what Tokyo Dragons is all about. 


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Tokyo Tramps - Fearless Heart
Review by Gary Hill
There is a dichotomy to this. The music has a real old school rock vibe to it.

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Tony C & The Truth - Demonophic Blues
Review by Gary Hill

This is the debut for this outfit, and I have a hunch these guys may make some serious movement in the music business - at least if talent, chops and just plain coolness will still get you anywhere.


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The Torn Images - Reviver
Review by Gary Hill
Alternative rock, punk, Goth and more meet here.

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Xiomara Torres - La Voz Del Mar
Review by Gary Hill
With healthy helpings of Latin music, jazz and more, this is an entertaining set that works reasonably well from start to finish.

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The Tosspints - The Privateer
Review by Gary Hill
There are some really fun moments here.

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Touch The Buffalo - Bodhicitta
Review by Gary Hill
This four track EP is interesting. The band has a real artsy quality to their stuff. .

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Tower of Power - The Oakland Zone
Review by Gary Hill
In the day Tower of Power were one of the biggies in funk and soul music. This group nearly ruled supreme over the style.

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Matt Townsend - The Drifter and the Dream (Part I)
Review by Gary Hill
I like folk music. This EP really fits the bill for me exceptionally well.

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Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World - Matt Townsend and the Wonder of the World
Review by Gary Hill
This album feels like it could have been released in the 1960s.

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Michael Tracy - Still Got Soul
Review by Gary Hill
If you are looking for outside of the box, super-creative music, you probably will want to steer clear of this.

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Mike Tramp - Cobblestone Street
Review by Gary Hill
Mike Tramp is best known as the lead singer for the metal band White Lion.

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Trapeze - Midnight Flyers: Complete Recordings Volume Two 1974-1981
Review by Gary Hill
In the past I've always put Trapeze under progressive rock, in part because people generally land them there, and in part because the music often fit. 

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Travers & Appice - Pat Travers and Carmine Appice – The Balls Album
Review by Gary Hill
This hard rocking album really works pretty well. There is nothing here that’s entirely unique or original in terms of songwriting.

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Pat Travers - Hot Shot
Review by Gary Hill
You kind of know what you are going to get when you put on a Pat Travers CD.

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Pat Travers - Retro Rocket
Review by Gary Hill
This album finds Pat Travers leaning back toward his 1970s style.

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Pat Travers - Swing!
Review by Gary Hill
Pat Travers is best known for bluesy, guitar-based hard rock. We get some of that influence here.

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Pat Travers - The Art of Time Travel
Review by Gary Hill
Pat Travers was one of the rock gods of the 1970s. It's great to see him still making music in the 21st Century.

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Treasure Gnomes - and Lachi - Messages (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
This new single lands firmly in the zone of dance music. As such I'm not the target audience by any means.

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Tri Atma - Tri Atma
Review by Gary Hill
I thought about landing this under progressive rock. There are some songs that fit, but even those tracks land closer to an exploratory world music style.

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Trio of Awesuhm - cowboys&aliens
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite a varied and intriguing set. The music ranges from pure folk music all the way up to progressive rock based sounds.

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Joe Tripp and the Hops - Six Songs
Review by Gary Hill
I don’t know if the EP title is an example of over-stating the obvious or truth in advertising.

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The Tristones - Camaro
Review by Gary Hill

This new set is quite strong. It has a lot of retro texture built into it.


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Triumph - Classics 30th Anniversary Vinyl Edition
Review by Gary Hill

For the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Triumph's Classics album, this new double record vinyl set has been released.  The vinyl is heavy 180 gram and silver in color.


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Triumph - Just a Game
Review by John Pierpoint
Triumph were a very successful Canadian Trio, active from 1975 to 1993.

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Walter Trout - Luther's Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison
Review by Larry Toering
This is actually the first album of covers by Walter Trout, in what is a career catalog spanning 22 albums, thus far.

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Robin Trower - Coming Closer to the Day
Review by Gary Hill
I've been a fan of Robin Trower since the 70s. For my money, the classic album from him is Bridge of Sighs, and that era is his best.

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Robin Trower, Maxi Priest, Livingstone Brown - United State of Mind
Review by Gary Hill
I've been a fan of Robin Trower for years. His Bridge of Sighs album is still a frequent visitor to my turntable to this day.

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Robin Tucker - The Way Out
Review by Gary Hill
This new album from Atlanta based artist Robin Tucker has some strong music. It fits somewhere in the zone around modern pop rock, nu-metal and more.

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Dan Tuffy - Letters of Gold
Review by Gary Hill

This is an intriguing collection of tunes. The general concept is along the lines of roots based singer-songwriter music.


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Tumbler - You Said
Review by Gary Hill
The music here is very British in tone. It has a lot of range within that, though.

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Big Joe Turner - The Complete Boss Of The Blues
Review by Gary Hill

This is a new double CD reissue of a classic blues album from the 1950s. Don't expect guitar-based blues here.


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Ike and Tina Turner - The Complete Pompeii Recordings 1968-1969
Review by Gary Hill
This set encompasses three individual albums. That said, these albums are each rather on the short side, in the neighborhood of half an hour.

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Joe Lynn Turner - Street of Dreams - Boston 1985
Review by Gary Hill
Joe Lynn Turner is best known for his stint as the lead singer in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. This live recording of his solo band shows that he has plenty of chops beyond that.

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Twangdogs - Live from the Lost Artists Show
Review by Gary Hill
I had a little trouble reviewing this. It’s not that the performances are bad. In fact, that’s far from the truth. There is a real problem with the recording, though.

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Twelve Days in June - Anhedonia
Review by Gary Hill
The moniker "Twelve Days in June" is a pseudonym for singer-songwriter Dave Hulegaard. Here he's given us an intriguing album that is a little bit of a mixed bag.

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