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Artist: Grant-Lee Phillips

Waxed - Record Review from Issue #68 Mar-Apr 2007

Grant-Lee Phillips – Strangelet

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As dreamers go, Grant-Lee Phillips is decidedly a product of his surroundings, a Los Angeles boy whose taut poetic visions are wrapped in a sun-streaked romanticism. Strangelet opens on a note of desperation, a love-torn soul craving escape. But it strives after hope, if not glory, building to a rare expression of life’s enriching possibilities [...]

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Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #51 May-June 2004

Grant-Lee Phillips – Echo Lounge (Atlanta, GA)

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Appearing self-effacingly bemused as ever, Grant Lee Phillips, the former leader of 1990s alt-pop cult band Grant Lee Buffalo, showcased his considerable talents as a songwriter and singer, keeping the guitar players in the crowd scratching their heads as he coaxed whispers and screams from his electrically-charged acoustic 12-string, all the while never seeming to [...]

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Waxed - Record Review from Issue #50 March-April 2004

Grant-Lee Phillips – Virginia Creeper

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In the years since the demise of his late, great trio Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Phillips has dabbled in acting (“Gilmore Girls”), film scoring (Easy) and haiku (don’t ask), releasing several pleasant, if increasingly aimless, solo records along the way. His latest, Virginia Creeper, is his best yet, an almost wholly acoustic offering that [...]

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The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001

Grant-Lee Phillips – A self-remade man

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“It’s not an insult to have a past, and to have some accountability to it,” says Grant-Lee Phillips, former frontman of the late and occasionally great Grant Lee Buffalo, and current solo artist. “From time to time I try to access my past, to take inventory of it. You’ll try to write a song and [...]

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Waxed - Record Review from Issue #29 Sept-Oct 2000

Grant-Lee Phillips – Ladies’ Love Oracle

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One of 1999′s most disappointing developments was the disappearance of L.A. drama-rock purveyors Grant Lee Buffalo, the missing link between Roxy Music’s romantic flights of fancy and The Band’s understated tone portraits. Singer/guitarist Grant Lee Phillips’ first solo outing possesses a miniaturized, stripped-down sound that could pass for a latter-day collection of GLB home demos. [...]

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Waxed - Record Review from Issue #28 July-Aug 2000

Grant-Lee Phillips – Ladies’ Love Oracle

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One of 1999′s most disappointing developments was the untimely demise of L.A. drama-rock purveyors Grant Lee Buffalo, the missing link between Roxy Music’s romantic flights of fancy and The Band’s understated tone portraits. Singer/guitarist Grant Lee Phillips’ first solo outing, available only via his website, has a miniaturized, stripped-down sound that could pass for a [...]

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  • CD Review - Hans Theessink "Wishing Well"
    Although Hans Theessink has made a name for himself with his acoustic blues guitar proficiency, he's the closest thing to Ry Cooder other than Cooder himself. On his last outing on Blue Groove, Theessink collaborated with long time Cooder vocalist Terry Evans for 2012's Delta Time, a soulful, gospel drenched electric blues excursion. This time out […]
  • A Tribute to The Doors Ray Manzarek 1939-2013
    "You don't make music for immortality, you make music for the moment, capturing the sheer joy of being alive on planet Earth... Everybody should live it that way."    Ray Manzarek   In the summer of 1967 The Doors played the Anaheim Convention Center. I was 12 years old. I was completely transfixed by the band. Having an older musician brother […]
  • CD Review: The Clinton Gregory Bluegrass Band - Roots of My Raising (Melody Roundup, 2013)
    Country artist's fine return to his bluegrass roots Clinton Gregory had a run of Top-100 country hits in the early '90s, but both his releases and commercial success became scarce by mid-decade. He returned last year with Too Much Ain't Enough, his first album in… […]
  • Ep#140 Beth Lee and the Breakups
    On episode 140 of the Americana Music Show, Beth Lee talks about Lucinda Williams' and Wanda Jackson's influence on Beth Lee and the Breakups and the pros and cons of working in Austin. Plus roots rock from The Del Lords, rockabilly from Wayne Hancock, stringband music from Steel Wheels, folk-rap from Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country Stars, south […]
  • These are a Few of My Favorite (Guitar) Tones: Electric Americana Edition
    On my guitar blog New.Old.Stock., I have a semi-regular column called "These are a Few of My Favorite Tones," highlighting my favorite recorded guitar sounds. Back in March I dedicated an edition of "My Favorite Tones" to acoustic Americana music. Time for the electric… […]

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