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The digital home of music journalist Nicholas Jennings, author of Lightfoot, the bestselling biography of Gordon Lightfoot. Includes a searchable database of current and archived work, including thousands of record reviews and feature articles.

Bryan Ferry - Avonmore

bryanferryThe suave singer can’t shirk his Roxy Music association—not that he’s trying. His last album gave a 1920s spin to Roxy classics and he rearranged “Love is the Drug” for The Great Gatsby. Bryan’s latest, whose title even hints at the group’s Avalon album, boasts guests like Nile Rodgers and Mark Knopfler and music that resembles Roxy’s lush sound, especially on “Driving Me Wild.”

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