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May 19, 2022 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

Kenny Rogers All In for the Gambler

On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, Kenny Rogers took the stage at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena for what was billed as a farewell concert celebration.  Rogers' final tour, The Gambler's Last Deal, would encompass further performances (including a run of Christmas shows in December 2017) before a halt was announced, on doctor's orders, of a planned 2018 leg.  But the all-star Nashville show was a symbolic last hurrah for the superstar who died in March 2020 at the age of 81.  The tribute concert,

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Categories: News Formats: CD, DVD Genre: Country Tags: Chris Stapleton, Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton, Idina Menzel, Kenny Rogers, Lady A, Lee Greenwood, The Oak Ridge Boys, Wynonna Judd

October 18, 2019 By The Second Disc 2 Comments

The Bakersfield Sound

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Jethro Tull, Stormwatch: 40th Anniversary Edition (Chrysalis) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Jethro Tull continues its long-running box set series with a new 4CD/2DVD expansion of 1979's Stormwatch, the final Tull album to feature the "classic" line-up of Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evan, David (now Dee) Palmer, and Barriemore Barlow.  The new edition features: The original album and associated recordings

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Country, Holiday, Jazz, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul Tags: a-ha, Buck Owens, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Fastball, Idina Menzel, Jason Danieley, Jethro Tull, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Julie Andrews, Marin Mazzie, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue, Roy Orbison, Stephen Bishop, Stone Temple Pilots, The Carter Family, The Muffs

January 28, 2019 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Wicked 15th Anniversary

"No one mourns the wicked," goes the opening song of Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked.  But the musical, which celebrated its 15th anniversary on Broadway in 2018 and was recently crowned the sixth longest-running Broadway musical of all time, won't have any need for mourners any time soon.  "The Untold Tale of the Witches of Oz" is still going strong and shows no signs of slowing down.  Its fresh perspective on The Wizard of Oz and intricate backstory of both The Land of Oz

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Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming Genre: Cast Recordings Tags: Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephen Schwartz

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