by Jason's Jukebox | Nov 5, 2013 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Seems like it was just over a year ago that I was enjoying the Big Sky of Montana and Idaho in the company of loved ones. Actually, it has been just over a year now that I think about it. Nostalgia can be a double-edged sword – every moment thinking about the...
by Jason's Jukebox | Nov 2, 2013 | Adventures in Record Reviews
The press for Paul McCartney’s 16th album, New, indicates that it is his 1st record of new material (not cover versions) since 2007’s Memory Almost Full. To view that as an accurate accounting would be akin to viewing the past through rose-colored lenses...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 23, 2013 | Adventures in Record Reviews
The Cunic Ensemble came together in 2011 after multi instrumentalist John Clarke had written a batch of songs that had themes in common. Although Clarke had experience in writing and producing instrumental music for films, these songs begged for interaction with other...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 17, 2013 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Every album released after 2002’s The Eminem Show has featured Eminem rapping in different styles, rarely returning to the carefree freestyle form of his earlier records. Don’t get me wrong, I liked most of the...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 1, 2013 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In Washington State the Autumnal rainy season strikes almost immediately, summer becoming a distant memory overnight. The summer just passed becomes a topic approached in waves of nostalgia as kids bury their noses in homework and the big people go about their big...
by Jason's Jukebox | Sep 25, 2013 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In my early years of driving, I’d roam the streets of suburban Philadelphia with my favorite cassette tapes blasting as loud as possible. I wasn’t a very good driver, but I felt like the King of the World (say it in Leo’s voice) when my music was...
