Roots Rock Rebel: Vinyl LP beach boys 5 ((home movie: btx))

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Miriam Margolyes

his career and musical legacy is celebrated on 2 LPs

Irish Folk (Imelda May

the band pay respect to a sprawling lineage of rap and punk iconoclasts from DJ Premier

Roots Rock Rebel: Vinyl LP beach boys 5 ((home movie: btx))When Jesse Ahern walks onstage, he looks like a regular guy albeit one with a Gretsch guitar strapped across his body and an anchor tattoo under his right eye. As he tears through his set, easily rousing brand new crowds to shout his choruses back in his face, its clear Jesse could be everybodys friend. Hailing from humble beginnings in Quincy, Mass., Aherns tunes hold high the clenched fists of the working class. Others put on full display the raw,