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CD Review: Indigo Girls, “Staring Down the Brilliant Dream”

Jason Hare June 29, 2010 6

As the story goes, the initial scene backstage at Lilith Fair in 1997 was a somewhat lonely one: many of the featured artists stayed in their individual dressing rooms with their respective bands until

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CD Review: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall”

Jeff Giles February 4, 2010 6

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has always been rooted in tradition, and at this point, the group is a tradition itself — to the point that quite a few of its albums are compilations

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Basement Songs: Brandi Carlile, “The Story”

Scott Malchus February 12, 2009 15

My father was admitted into the hospital this week complaining of chest pains; because he’d had bypass surgery in 1992, the doctors were very concerned about the condition of his heart. Let me tell

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