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Live Music: 2010 Newport Folk Festival, Part One

Ken Shane August 16, 2010 0

George Wein started the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and though economic difficulties caused the festival to close down in 1971, it was revived in 1985, and it’s been running continuously ever since. One

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The Friday Mixtape: 5/15/09

Dw. Dunphy May 15, 2009 20

I said I wouldn’t do it. I was called out, however, and if there’s one thing I’m not, that’s a punk. All my neon green hair fell out a long time ago. —Dw. Ben

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Touch And Go Records: Certainly The Second Part

Dw. Dunphy February 18, 2009 5

In sudden and shocking fashion, it was announced today that Touch And Go Records, the venerable Chicago label, would be closing down its distribution wing and, at least for the moment, will no longer

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Dw. Dunphy On… New Releases

Dw. Dunphy October 9, 2008 13

We are now officially in the fourth quarter sales market. Department stores have begun to roll out the Christmas decorations, big summer movies are winding their way to the DVD department and some major

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Fall Music Preview: 21 New Releases to Listen For

Jeff Giles September 1, 2008 19

Ah, the fourth quarter. It isn’t as much of an event as it used to be, but even as the music industry crumbles to dust before our very eyes, artists and labels continue to

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