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Brian Culbertson - XX was released today, April 10, 2020 As chart-topping multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Brian Culbertson crafts his 20th album, the aptly titled "XX" - Roman numerals representing twenty - he revealed plans for the extensive US concert tour that will support the record release. Beginning April 1 in Louisville, Kentucky, Culbertson will take an elaborately designed concert production, The XX Tour, on the road for three consecutive months, playing more than 70 shows, an extremely rare feat for a contemporary jazz artist. You can read the rest of the review here... There is a Brian Culbertson release party on Youtube Live tonight at 7PM CDT.

Steve Pryor, Good Morning Mrs. Wildebeest was released on January 11, 2020. A new, posthumous album from Tulsa musician Steve Pryor is now available on major streaming platforms. “Good Morning Mrs. Wildebeest” features six songs recorded by Pryor in 2014 before his death in 2016.

Yours was The Moody Blues, Long Distance Voyager.

Too late Charlie

Next up: This one might be a little tougher.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out.

Another winner.

The Cars, Candy-O I am so tempted by the White Album or Back In Black But instead:

We have a winner! For bonus points, link the inside artwork.

Which album?

Casey Hensley - As Good As Gone was released on March 20, 2020. GOOD AS GONE is Casey’s first all original studio album, featuring tracks drawing from Rock 'n’ Roll, Blues, Soul, and Swing, all highlighting Casey’s jaw-dropping, dynamic vocals full of power, feeling, and finesse. Hailed as the Best Blues Act at the 2019 San Diego Music Awards and called “a Rising Star” by the L.A. Times, Casey is a young woman who does not play by the rules, and creates music with 100% heart. Casey is paving her own way and laying it all out for the world to hear. You can read the rest of the review here...

Watermelon Slim - Traveling Man was released on March 27, 2020. William “Watermelon Slim” Homans III serves up his blend of raspy vocals, harmonica, and old school electric slide guitar skills with this live double album coming out March 27. It’s not entirely a trip down Memory Lane, but it offers a nice mix of original and classic blues which include covers of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning,” Muddy Waters’ “Two Trains Running,” and Mississippi Fred McDowell’s “61 Highway Blues.” You can read the rest of the review here...

ThieveryCorporation, Symphonik was released today, April 3, 2020. Thievery Corporation, the brainchild of acclaimed artists Eric Hilton and Rob Garza, are pleased to announce the Friday, April 3 release of their brand new album, Symphonik . Hilton & Garza, in association with Mason Bate’s KC Jukebox, played a historic concert on May 15, 2017 accompanied by the orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The show saw Thievery Corporation live show staples reimagined with orchestral arrangements commissioned from some of today’s leading young classical composers. You can read the rest of the review here...

Deep Purple - Machine Head

Nautilus, The Mystery of Waterfalls was released on March 27, 2020. "The Mystery Of Waterfalls" is the seventh album by the band Nautilus..." You can read the rest of the review here, but you'll either need to be able to read German, or fire up your translator of choice.

Very good thinking! Thank you!

I held back--a lot. I didn't want to stray any further off topic. If you want to know how I really feel, I'll send you a copy of the letters I sent to my Congress critters.

My letter carrier hauls nothing on her back. The lazy so-and-so continuously lied about loose dogs in the neighborhood to the point where we all had to put up roadside mailboxes so she wouldn't have to walk her fat ass anymore. She drives one of the little white trucks. This is on a street so narrow that now it's impossible for two cars to meet on the street without one waiting for the other to pass a mailbox. Everyone on the street has to reset their mailboxes at least once per year because someone knocked one over. The USPS can go make themselves pregnant. Sorry Bryan, this ain't pointed at you.

So if I mark the unopened letter, "Refused, Return to Sender," and put it back in the mailbox, does the sender have to pay the return postage? I did that with much of the campaign mail that I got leading up to the primaries. I kinda wish I hadn't been quite so vigorous though. Those mailings would have made very satisfying toilet paper.

Donald Fagen, Kamakiriad

I am clearly stumped!

Dean Carrigan, The Taken was released on March 5, 2020. Original Instrumental Contemporary Jazz, Beautiful Bass Melodies, Soulful Sophisticated compositions by Veteran Composer/Multi-Instrumentalist Dean Carrigan "He plays with so much feel...sophistication…a direct result of the man that he is." -Bob Kimmel

Sam Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightning Strikes Next up:

In Search of the Lost Chord is what I first thought your's was Kevin.

Thanks Charlie. That gave me an idea for another sticker.