Auguste Patino: Simply In Clover (DK Records) – Album Review
Reviewed by Harry Kaplan
Anyone who has read a few of my reviews knows that I gravitate toward the unconventional. That doesn’t mean I like weird for weird’s sake; there still has to be something that hooks me. And “Simply In Clover” plants that hook deep into my palate. There is no squirming out of it, no escaping it. The hook is set.
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Robyn Hitchcock ‘n’ The Eqyptians: Queen Elvis (A&M Records) Album Review
Reviewed by Harry Kaplan
There is at least one exception to every rule, or so the saying goes. I am officially exercising my option on my own rule to only review albums within a year of release. So what am I doing reviewing an album that is 37 years old? I will tell you. It is so darn good and still holds up in today’s musical spider web. I heard this quite a bit in 1989 when it was released, but lost touch with it over the years. A few years ago, we reconnected and I gave it an earnest listen and was completely gobsmacked by how incredible it still sounded after all these years.
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