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  • Issue 4

    Issue 11: August

    Features Include

    • Artist Interview with Randy Newman
    • Essential Music: Weather Report
    • 13 movie reviews plus the five greatest westerns ever made
    • 33 music reviews covering all genres
    • Rock: Michael Franti, Sigur Ros, Calexico, more
    • Jazz: Paul Bley, Roy Hargrove, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, more
    • Classical: Stravinsky, Brahms, Debussy, more
    • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
    • Issue 4

      Issue 10: July

      Features Include

      • Artist Interview with Alejandro Escovedo
      • Essential Music: Radiohead
      • 48 music reviews covering all genres
      • Rock: Coldplay, Fleet Foxes, Lil' Wayne, more
      • Jazz: Bill Frisell, Cassandra Wilson, Sonny Clark, more
      • Classical: Rautavaara, Bach, Prokofiev, more
      • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
      • Issue 4

        Issue 9: June

        Features Include

        • Artist Interview with Judas Priest
        • Music Roots: Sonic Youth
        • 41 music reviews covering all genres
        • Rock: My Morning Jacket, Al Green, The Roots, more
        • Jazz: Brad Mehldau Trio, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Dexter Gordon, more
        • Classical: Schubert, Wagner, Handel, more
        • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
        • Issue 4

          Issue 8: May

          Features Include

          • Artist Interview with Rhymefest
          • Liner Notes: Harmonia Mundi turns 50
          • 33 music reviews covering all genres
          • Rock: The Raconteurs, Boris, Gnarls Barkley, more
          • Jazz: Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Avery Sharpe, Bill Stewart, more
          • Classical: Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, more
          • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
            • Issue 4

              Issue 7: April

              Features Include

              • Artist Interview with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys
              • Liner Notes: great & great-sounding rock LPs
              • 36 music reviews covering all genres
              • Pop/Rock: Erykah Badu, Punch Brothers, Destroyer, more
              • Jazz: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Nat "King" Cole, Marian McPartland, more
              • Classical: Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Maconchy, more
              • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
              • Issue 4

                Issue 6: March

                Features Include

                • Artist Interview with Oscar Peterson
                • Liner Notes: charting the origins of Bluegrass
                • 28 music reviews covering all genres
                • Pop/Rock: Willie Nelson, Nick Cave, Black Mountain, more
                • Jazz: Victor Wooten, Maceo Parker, Lizz Wright, more
                • Classical: Philip Glass, Jonny Greenwood, Respighi, more
                • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
                • Issue 4

                  Issue 5: February

                  Features Include

                  • Artist Interview with Patterson Hood
                  • Artists Leonard Cohen like and artists who like him
                  • Liner Notes: charting the origins of Bluegrass
                  • 35+ music reviews covering all genres
                  • Pop/Rock: Shelby Lynne, Cat Power, Vampire Weekend, more
                  • Jazz: Pat Metheny, Horace Silver, Ari Brown, more
                  • Classical: Brahms, Bantock, Handel, more
                  • Reviews of Affordable Audio & Video Gear
                  • Issue 4

                    Issue 4: January

                    Features Include

                    • Artist Interview with Bob Mould
                    • Bands Public Enemy like and bands who like them.
                    • Liner Notes: Music Matters' stunning Blue Note vinyl reissues
                    • 60+ music reviews covering all genres and the best of 2007
                    • Pop/Rock: Jay-Z, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sigur Ros, more
                    • Jazz: Stanley Clarke, Trio M, Paul Bollenback, more
                    • Classical: Vivaldi, Dvorak, Beethoven, more
                    • Reviews of Affordable Audio Gear
                    • Issue 3

                      Issue 3: December

                      Features Include

                      • Artist Interview with Serj Tankian
                      • Bands The Pixies like and bands who like them.
                      • Liner Notes: top 100 20th century classical works
                      • 55+ music reviews covering all genres
                      • Pop/Rock: Band of Horses, LCD Soundsystem, more
                      • Jazz: McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, more
                      • Classical: Beethoven, Bach, Mahler, more
                      • Reissues: Joy Division, Nirvana, James Taylor, more
                      • Reviews of Affordable Audio Gear
                    • Issue 2

                      Issue 2: November

                      Features Include

                      • Artist Interview with Keith Jarrett
                      • Essential Music: six definitive Led Zeppelin albums
                      • Liner Notes: top 100 20th century classical works
                      • 80+ music reviews covering all genres
                      • Pop/Rock: Neil Young, Radiohead, more
                      • Jazz: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Clark Terry, more
                      • Classical: Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, more
                      • Reissues: Pink Floyd, Ryan Adams, more
                      • Reviews of Affordable Audio Gear
                    • Issue 1

                      Issue 1: October

                      Features Include

                      • Artist Interview with Bettye LaVette
                      • Music Roots maps the influence of jazz guitarist Bill Frisell
                      • Liner Notes looks at 23-year-old violin virtuoso Julia Fischer
                      • 70+ music reviews covering all genres
                      • Pop/Rock: The New Pornographers, Mary Gauthier, more
                      • Jazz: David Murray Black Saint Quartet, Dave Brubeck, more
                      • Classical: Phillip Herreweghe, Golijov, more
                      • Reissues: Built to Spill, Genesis, more
                      • Reviews of Affordable Audio Gear