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krj
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The Music Press
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Jul 30 17:02 UTC 1991 |
This item is for discussing which music magazines you find most useful,
and why. It's probably not a lot of benefit to spend a lot of time
trashing ROLLING STONE or other periodicals...
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krj
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response 1 of 9:
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Jul 30 17:09 UTC 1991 |
Back in item 1, Mary Ellen mentioned that she had just discovered
DIRTY LINEN. DL began life quite some time ago as a really amateurish
fanzine called FAIRPORT FANATICS; it was so sloppy and poorly-written that
I didn't get another copy for about 16 issues. But now it has grown up
into a very nice semi-professional magazine covering a wide variety of
folk music, but with a special interest in Fairport Convention, Richard
Thompson, and other British Isles artists. My main complaint is that
their reviews tend not to be critical enough; one has to learn to read
past the occasional overflows of gushing praise.
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mew
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response 2 of 9:
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Jul 31 20:59 UTC 1991 |
Actually I had heard of Dirty Linen for years. Guess I wasn't missing
much in the early issues eh? Well haven't gotten an issure yet
to comment on. I'll let ya know what I think.
I am a subscriber to Sing Out. This is a really good folk song magazine
that comes out 4 times a year. (guess I could've said quartetly eh?)
It has lots of articles and several songs each issue. Also covers
festivals quite thouroughly each summer.
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krj
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response 3 of 9:
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Aug 5 06:51 UTC 1991 |
Well, when your subscription issue shows up, let me know if it's missing
pages 42-50... :-(
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krj
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response 4 of 9:
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Dec 17 07:27 UTC 1991 |
The principal music journal I read these days is FOLK ROOTS, from England.
It's wonderfully chatty, in the style of Melody Maker or NME -- in fact,
staff hack Colin Irwin used to write for the MM, back when they had
folk music pages in the 1970's. FR is prone to being terribly trendy,
just like the rest of the UK music press, and they take a lot of criticism
in their letters pages for downplaying traditional British Isles performers.
(You will find about two traditional performers profiled every three issues,
which is better than you'll find just about anywhere else....)
But for keeping up with the folk rock and world-music releases, I don't
think there is a better source.
One big drawback to FR is that much of the material they write about does
not get released in America; be prepared for lots of frustration unless you
are willing to order a good number of British imports.
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arabella
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response 5 of 9:
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Jun 26 22:32 UTC 1992 |
Opera News is a basic necessity of life around here. I also
regularly read Opera Now (a british opera magazine), Opera (another
british import), Opera Monthly, and the New York Opera Newsletter.
In the non-opera musical press, I occasionally read Rolling
Stone, although they hardly talk about music anymore, and I've
bought Musician from time to time. Ken encourages me to read
Folk Roots and Dirty Linen, but I read so *many* magazines, it's
hard to fit a few more in.
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jonb
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response 6 of 9:
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Jul 1 03:39 UTC 1992 |
Musical America recently ceased publication (I *think* they've
been reduced to an inset in a monthly record review magazine).
Pretty sad that this country can't support a monthly magazine
on classical music.
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krj
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response 7 of 9:
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Jul 2 05:01 UTC 1992 |
I guess everybody would rather just read Gramophone for the snob value.
:-)
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pphilipp
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response 8 of 9:
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Nov 18 22:08 UTC 1994 |
Well, I sucribe to _Cadence_ magazine. It's devoted to "creative
improvised music." It has a bit of blues, but concentrates mostly on
jazz. It's especially good (compared to most jazz journals) about
covering the more adventerous, challenging (for lack of a better de-
scription) forms of the music. It has one or two long inerviews each
issue (monthly), as well as lots and lots of short record reviews. The
rest of the magazine is a catalogue of records and cds (Cadence is
affiliated with North Country Distributors). I was, at first, skeptical
about the catalogue but, I have come to like it quite well. It includes
a very impressive collection of cds which are hard (or impossible) to
find in local stores. If you like jazz, I highly recomment this
magazine.
I also find myself reading _Coda_ magazine quite frequently. It's
similar in content to Cadence, though not quite so many reviews (those
they have tend to be a bit longer), no blues content to speak of, and
a bit more emphasis on jazz in Canada (it's published in Canada). I
recommend Coda as well.
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brighn
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response 9 of 9:
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Nov 18 23:02 UTC 1994 |
Spin is the only one I read, usually just to see what new albums I might have
missed.
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