Daily Newsletter, February 26, 2025

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
February 26, 2025

Jazzhole - Moonlight Mile (2025) | The Other Side Reviews

Brimming with smooth jazz and everything else, Jazzhole release their album 'Moonlight Mile'

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The song that defined the career of Roberta Flack

Having failed to find success with her earliest releases, the rediscovery of an early Roberta Flack hit would eventually propel her to becoming a soul icon.

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Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (February 17th - February 23rd) — POST-TRASH

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

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Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for February Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel | The Quietus

I do not think I have ever written about death in my column, but there is always a first. Recently I had the pleasure to revisit the book The Sound of Being Human, a personal favourite, by Jude Rogers, after I was commissioned to interview her by a festival I work for here in Ljubljana. […]

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The Bruce Springsteen songs Bruce Springsteen hated

Bruce Springsteen has written a lot of exciting music during his career, but there are some songs of his The Boss isn't a huge fan of.

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1975—The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums - Best Classic Bands

Don’t let anyone tell you 1975 was a dull period for classic rock albums—a simple survey of what we were listening to disproves that notion.

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Jeannie Piersol: The Secret's Out - Rock and Roll Globe

San Francisco in the ‘60s was positively teeming with budding singer-songwriters looking to join the ranks of the Summer of Love superstars of the day.

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The Beatles albums that all the Beatles hated

With so many iconic albums, it's hard to imagine The Beatles disliking any of their work. But each of the members have one they don't like.

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The best apps to find new books

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13 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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1970s Soul: Remembering Gwen McCrae & Jerry Butler

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