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  • 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