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Album Reviews


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‘Who’s Feeling Young Now?’

On the title track to Punch Brothers third album, mandolinist Chris Thile sings, “Youth will not be wasted on this one.”

Even as its...
02/16/2012
2

‘Child of the King’

Jessica Presnell sings songs of praise on new album
02/16/2012
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Matt Flinner Trio

A good song can take days, months, sometimes years to write. For Matt Flinner, it takes only a matter of an hours, or even minutes.

The Matt...
02/09/2012
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It’s All Covers Now, Baby Blue

New Bob Dylan tribute: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
02/02/2012
5

Carter Brothers

Whether they’re considered a bluegrass band with a blues-rock guitar or a blues-rock band with a banjo, the Carter Brothers take a middle road...
01/26/2012
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The Meldavians

Many masterpieces have resulted from a theme; just take a listen to “Sgt. Pepper” or “Dark Side of the Moon.” Following a concept doesn’t...
01/12/2012
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Papa Juke

Some people make music because it’s fun. Others do it because they’re good at it. Papa Juke manages to do both.

The Colorado-based...
12/29/2011
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Keller Williams

“I am a hungry man, and this funk is my meal.”

If you really are what you eat, then Keller Williams is one funky man. The byproduct of the...
12/22/2011
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Starlight Girls

If Vincent Price and Andy Warhol threw a party together, Starlight Girls would be the appropriate band for the occasion.

The...
12/20/2011
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‘Christmas in the Mountains Vol. 5’

Tired of Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time?"
12/08/2011
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A Ghost Like Me

Whether you call them psychedelic, spacey, experimental or strange, A Ghost Like Me only has one priority: To make music that awakens one’s...
11/23/2011
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Sunspot: ‘The Slingshot Effect’

For Sunspot, it’s more about burning a lasting musical imprint rather than burning a hole in the music charts.
11/17/2011
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The Decemberists

After the bombastic, Baroque rock opera that was 2009’s “The Hazards of Love,” the Portland-based quintet, The Decemberists, threw everybody a...
11/10/2011
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I-Wayne: ‘Life Teachings’

When the religious take to music to preach their beliefs, the resulting product has the potential to be mighty, exquisite and commanding. 
11/03/2011
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Bruce Cockburn

Where are all the protest singers?

Every major social movement, as far as recent memory recalls, has activated artists to write anthems and...
10/27/2011
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Daria Dzurik

Sometimes a little deviation is good. Accustomed to the polished, packaged and produced, it’s always refreshing to be exposed to an artist who...
10/20/2011
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Back to the Shack

Singer Mark Bumgarner relies on Tomato Shack songwriter Jerry Cheek for material
10/20/2011
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Eliot Lipp and Jasia 10

There are many detractors of techno and electronic music.

A common complaint issued about the genre is that it’s headache-inducing and only...
10/13/2011
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‘Christmas in the Mountains Vol. 5’

Hunger & Health Coalition releases holiday benefit album
10/06/2011
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Kenny Vaughan

Versatile, veteran, venerable, vibrant, vintage, Vaughan.

The “V” on the cover of Kenny Vaughan’s debut album could represent any one,...
09/29/2011

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