Author: Pete Sargeant

Janis Ian – The Essential 2.0

Janis Ian – The Essential 2.0

Posted by | Sep 17, 2017 |

There’s always room for a Janis Ian compilation album and this double might be the strongest yet. It certainly has lots of highlights and for the newcomer to this stalwart artist’s work will be a revelation. Broadly chronological, this is a trip through a creative artist’s world and back again. Quite a trip from guesting on the very first Saturday Night Live TV show to filling concert halls worldwide today…

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Dixie Chicks – DCX MMXVI

Dixie Chicks – DCX MMXVI

Posted by | Sep 17, 2017 |

Sooner or later a great live act will be tempted to get the best of their stuff out on a CD / DVD set and here is the country-rock trio’s offering on three discs. These performances were recorded on a set of US and Canadian dates and it sounds as though they were fun. Selling 30 million albums must teach you something, in this case it was plainly how to entertain and put together a fine setlist.

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