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Jottings from a pop culture junkie

Anyone who was a music fan in NYC between February 12, 1974 and January 22, 2004 has their own Bottom Line stories. I get to share a few of mine in “Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club” (Backbeat Books), an oral history by Bottom Line co-founder (and already …

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When most music artists produce boxed sets the collections are typically their own greatest hits, deeper-cut retrospectives, re-mastered reissues, alternate takes, unreleased tracks, and so on. The sets are often elaborately packaged, with book or other items. Christine Lavin’s “The Seasons Project” reflects her career not so much as the wonderful songwriter and performer she …

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BROOKLYN, NY; Feb.26, 2020—I can’t tell you what a joy it was — and continues to be  days later — to have hosted Christine Lavin performing a house concert in our home last Saturday night. We’ve had professional jazz musicians play in the past, typically as background for parties. And a young classical pianist played …

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