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The Weekly Mixtape: 4/15/11 (Wedding Songs)
Yes, yes, June is the traditional month of the year associated with weddings, but your brother isn’t getting married this Sunday is he? I didn’t think so. As an alternative to putting together a
Read More »The Weekly Mixtape: 1/21/11 (Blue Period)
When it hurts so bad, you need a soundtrack of songs that that put your pain to music. This week's Weekly Mixtape is a deeply blue playlist for just such an occasion
Read More »CD Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter, “The Age of Miracles”
Mary Chapin Carpenter makes sadness sound good. This is a gross oversimplification of her appeal, one which I hope to correct later on in this review, but at their best, Carpenter’s songs fill you
Read More »Cratedigger: Various Artists, “The Village” (Win a Copy!)
Want to win a vinyl copy of 429 Records' tribute to the Greenwich Village scene of the '60s? Of course you do. Enter our contest here!
Read More »Basement Songs: Shawn Colvin with Mary Chapin Carpenter, “One Cool Remove”
In this week's edition of Basement Songs, Scott Malchus remembers the cash-poor early days of his marriage -- and says goodbye to an old friend
Read More »Song-Off Jr.: Songs About Someone Named Mary by Bands That Are Named After Medieval Torture Devices
“A fatal stone there was which, cunningly made, could be raised from below the step of the altar in the little Christian temple we discerned from the gallery; beneath that stone one behld a
Read More »The Twenty-Fourth Day of Mellowmas: Mellowmas Eve
Smash Mouth – Zat You, Santa Claus? (download) From The Gift of Rock Amazon Jason: Oh, no. Who asked for this? Jeff: Izzat you, Sanna Claus? Jason: Who asked Smash Mouth to make a
Read More »The Popdose Guide to Mary Chapin Carpenter
She’s been steadily releasing well-crafted albums on a more-or-less consistent basis for nearly 20 years, and her music defies easy pigeonholing. Consequently, since her early ’90s breakthrough, Mary Chapin Carpenter has found herself on
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