Vieux Farka Touré has served as my mental health counselor for the past ten days. It's my understanding that his new album Mon Pays addresses the horrors afflicting his native Mali, but the album has consoled me as I struggle with my decidedly less dramatic personal issues. The rapturously beautiful album lacks the startling "new thing" element that characterized his father Ali Farka Touré's crossover albums in the 1990s. Yet Mon Pays' sense of familiarity brings me comfort. Blessed relief is just a click away.
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Tim Finn wrote a remembrance of Abigail Henderson.
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Sathima Bea Benjamin has died.
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ReJoyce, a new Joyce DiDonato compilation, contains six previously-unreleased tracks.
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I reviewed Harold O'Neal's Man On the Street album at Plastic Sax.
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I recently stumbled across Dereck Higgins talking about the French label BYG Actuel on his YouTube channel. I love everything about this guy.
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Kentucky Knife Fight's Hush Hush is RIYL: The Hold Steady, Lucero, Vic Chesnutt.
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A$AP Ferg's Trap Lord is as harrowing as Mon Pays is comforting.
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The EPK for Linda Oh's Sun Pictures reflects the album's charms. RIYL: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Matt Wilson, Todd Clouser.
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Light In the Attic is releasing a massive box set of material originally released by Lee Hazelwood Industries.
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Here's footage of Steve Coleman's Five Elements tearing it up.
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Four Fists is a new collaboration between P.O.S and Astronautalis. RIYL: TV On the Radio, Nine Inch Nails, Beck.
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The trailer for Narco Cultura is fantastic.
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This week's new releases of interest to There Stands the Glass include Tamar Braxton, Richard Buckner, Neko Case, Joyce DiDonato, Dave Holland's Prism (here's a fusion-tastic sample), Jaheim, King Khan & The Shrines, Kreator, John Legend, Glenn Lewis, Nine Inch Nails, North Mississippi Allstars, Okkervil River, Raheem DeVaughn, a collaboration between Julian Lage and Fred Hersch, a new version of Verdi's Requiem and the Numero Group's Forte compilation.
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Kansas City Click: My official picks are published here.
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