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(Bramblewood Music, CD)... Read more

The Will Patton Ensemble returns with 6th St. Runaround, the eagerly awaited followup to 2005’s decidedly worldly — and widely acclaimed — collaboration with legendary Gypsy-jazz guitarist Ninine Garcia, String Theory. The quintet’s latest effort retains and refines the smooth Latin influence and Gypsy-jazz sensibilities that bore them to prominence as one of Vermont’s preeminent jazz groups.... Read more

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(Delta Groove Productions, CD)

Too many modern musicians are seemingly devoted to fighting even the merest suggestion of genre classification. So it's refreshing to come across an album that the most acoustically challenged record-store employee could properly file on the retail shelf. On their self-titled debut, longtime friends and collaborators Bill Sims Jr. and Mark LaVoie never stray far from time-tested Delta blues. But that suits them — and the record — just fine.... Read more

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(On Entertainment, CD)

For their first label-backed offering, Portland, Maine-based Paranoid Social Club cull songs from their 2002 and 2004 independent releases. While light on new material, the self-titled disc boasts 13 tunes that ably demonstrate what they stand for: good times and great music.... Read more

(SELF-RELEASED, CD)

While "eclectic" is an overused term, it would be difficult to describe the jazzy-jam sound of Vermont's Silo in any other way. The trio's debut effort, Prequel, which features four studio jams and two live cuts, isn't quite an instant classic. Still, it's a solid introduction to a band brimming with enthusiasm.... Read more