Six-song EP from former Creeper Lagoon frontman, Ian Sefchick. (Creeper Lagoon was a hot San Francisco band, with lots of promise, a major-label release, and the much-coveted Spin's "New Artist of the Year" in 1998. But all that hubbub led to inner-band troubles, and eventually, Ian left the band.) Like Creeper Lagoon at its best, On the Speakers makes the kind of pop that you can listen to and listen to and listen to. Great vocals (Ian sounds a bit like a mainstream version of Hamilton Leithauser from the...   [ read more ]

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Ian Siegal doesn't sound like the name of a blues singer; his name doesn't have the stereotypically bluesy ring of names like Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Maceo Merriweather or John Lee Hooker. Perhaps someone who is seeking to combine Celtic music and klezmer could be named Ian Siegal (Ian is a very Scottish name, Siegal very Jewish). But this Ian Siegal (who is from England) doesn't play either Celtic music or klezmer...   [ read more ]

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Licensed from Universal Music Special Markets, this CD combines the contents of Ian & Sylvia's seventh (Lovin' Sound; 1967) and ninth (Full Circle; 1968) albums. Why, one may wonder, not combine, say, the duo's seventh and eighth (Nashville; 1968) albums or, even more logically, their eighth and ninth (both of which were recorded in Nashville, TN, in 1968) instead? The answer lies in the vagaries of Ian & Sylvia's record label affiliations. They recorded six albums for the small independe...   [ read more ]

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