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James Blunt, 'Some Kind of Trouble': review

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/16/11

RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) James Blunt Pop How will James Blunt ever top "You're Beautiful," the plonking ballad that has played at just about every wedding reception in the world since it broke free from his 12-million-selling debut album, 2005's "Back to...

Simone Dinnerstein review: Bach CD is magnificent

Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/16/11

RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Bach Classical The title of pianist Simone Dinnerstein's magnificent new Bach CD, due for release this week, seems a little odd at first glance (the phrase is taken from a nice maxim by Sir Francis Bacon). But it turns out to be...

CD Reviews - Gloria Coates

Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 12/26/10

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) New music Best known as a prolific symphonist, the American composer Gloria Coates is also the creator of a wealth of distinctive and darkly beautiful chamber music. Her String Quartet No. 9, which has its premiere recording here...

Gewandhaus Orchestra's Bach 'Christmas Oratorio'

Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/02/11

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Classical Almost, but not quite, in time for the yuletide season comes a bold new recording of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" from Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. This is a physical and expansive treatment of a...

'Best Night of My Life' by Jamie Foxx review

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 12/26/10

RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Pop Should Jamie Foxx stick with his day job? The release of the Oscar-winning actor and singer's fourth studio album was delayed for nearly a year as the first single, the runny Justin Timberlake collaboration "Winner," withered...

CD review: Lisa Bielawa

Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/09/11

RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) New Music The wealth of beautiful and inventive music on this double CD is the outgrowth of a three-year residency by composer Lisa Bielawa with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. It's a wonderful document, not only for the works...

INXS 'Original Sin' review

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/09/11

RATING: (EMPTY CHAIR) Pop No one is going to begrudge the surviving members of INXS for trying to make an honest living. They are experienced musicians, were once great songwriters, and have funny accents. But there surely has to be a better way than this...

'III/IV' by Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: review

Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 01/02/11

RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Rock Ryan Adams has described his band's latest double-length opus as a rock opera about the '80s, ninjas, cigarettes, sex and pizza. Hey, anything has to be better than the plodding Grateful Dead-obsessed releases that rushed...

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