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CD Review: Laura Nyro, “Mother’s Spiritual” (reissue)

Ken Shane July 16, 2009 22

It’s not something that I’m particularly proud of, and in retrospect, it was remarkably short-sighted, but when Laura Nyro, unhappy with attempts to market her as a celebrity, announced her retirement from the music

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Listening Booth: Laura Nyro, “Season of Lights … Laura Nyro in Concert”

Ken Shane September 17, 2008 10

Christmas Eve, 1970. I was at the Fillmore East to see Laura Nyro. A month earlier, Nyro had released her fourth album, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, and it had taken up more

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Lost MP3 of the Week: Laura Nyro, “Gonna Take a Miracle”

Taylor Long January 14, 2008 10

There’s something so beautifully painful about “Gonna Take a Miracle.” In a way, she sounds almost happy about the hurt that her lover’s leaving has caused her. It’s a jubilant, upbeat song, and yet,

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