Consumer Guide: January 2022
A 29 year old starts again, an 80 year old comes alive, and a "Marque Moon" cover from two guys separated by 37 years. Plus songs from Georgia, Timbuktu, Congo, Nashville, and the Velvet Underground.
BaianaSystem: Oxeaxeexu (Maquina de Louco) Twenty-one schematized Bahian grooves in one terse, lilting hour (“Rádio África,” “Nauliza,” “Reza Forte”) ***
Chuck Berry: Live From Blueberry Hill (Dualtone) This surprising album was culled from around when the man who invented teenagers was 80: the 2005-2006 run of the 209 monthly shows Berry played between …