Tag Archives: Josh Rosenthal
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Tompkins Square label announces eighth round of ‘Imaginational Anthem’ series
Bay Area label Tompkins Square recently announced the eighth installment in its “Imaginational Anthem” series. “Imaginational Anthem Vol. 8: The Private Press” is available Sept. 16 in multiple formats, including a limited-edition run of 500 double-LP sets. Compiled by former record store buyer Michael Klausman and collector Brooks Rice,…
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Southern sojourn: Cultural and race relations in the South through the lens of music
Josh Rosenthal’s daughters Emma (L) and Hazel with William Faulkner; not interested in ice cream. Oxford, Miss. In June, I took my daughters on a musical journey to New Orleans, all around Mississippi, Memphis and Nashville. We ate praline bacon, went to Preservation Hall, saw Degas’ house, Fats Domino’s Katrina-waterlogged piano,…
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SF label Tompkins Square marks decade of crate-digging for lost masterpieces
Josh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square Records, Courtesy. Robert Johnson is well-known as a seminal bluesman now, but the musician, who lived from 1911 to 1938, was just another forgotten master until Columbia Records reissued a compilation of his work in 1990. The album was certified Gold, unheard of for…
