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CD Review: Lucinda Williams, “Blessed”

Ken Shane March 4, 2011 5

The great American songwriter Lucinda Williams has returned with her 10th studio album. Ken Shane thinks it's one of the best of her storied career

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CD Review: Was (Not Was), “Pick of the Litter: 1980 – 2010″

Ken Shane February 24, 2010 9

Don Was (born Don Fagenson) and David Was (born David Weiss) grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, and met in junior high school in the 1960s. It was a heady time for the

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Remembering Doug Fieger

Will Harris February 16, 2010 21

The late Doug Fieger was the frontman for The Knack, but while many know him solely for "My Sharona," Will Harris reminds us how much more he gave us

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CD Review: Ringo Starr, “Y Not”

Ken Shane January 13, 2010 13

I know that I have a tendency to dwell on the past, but it seems somehow sad to me that the release of a new album by a member of the Beatles no longer

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CD Review: Maia Sharp, “Echo”

Rob Smith July 13, 2009 11

Maia Sharp, Echo (2009, Crooked Crown Records) Purchase this album (Amazon) I distinctly recall the first time I heard Maia Sharp sing. It was the summer of 1997, and I was driving down a

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Listening Booth: Was (Not Was), “Boo!”

Ken Shane April 16, 2008 4

Don’t look now, but there appears to be something of a soul revival going on these days, and I’m not talking about that so-called “neosoul,” with its programmed beats, overly autotuned vocals, and lavish

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