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Rob Smith
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Rob Smith reviews the new Shelby Lynne album, a slice of southern country/soul deserving of a large audience.
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Dw. Dunphy
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With an exceptional group of collaborators, Riki Michele brings the album of her solo career.
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Dw. Dunphy
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A record born of obligation turns into a career-defining effort.
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Dw. Dunphy
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The new CD from independent rock band And How should make any indie musician a little envious.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Hand Cannot Erase has chops to spare and grand ambitions, but what it has most is a soul.
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Dw. Dunphy
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The band invites you to a soiree in West Germany tonight at 1979.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Justification for the validity of the album format has arrived…from New Jersey.
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Dave Lifton
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With ”Then Came the Morning,” the Lone Bellow have successfully avoided the sophomore jinx, and it establishes them firmly at the top of the class of modern harmony-rich folk-rock acts.
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Dw. Dunphy
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What should be a victory lap gets slightly sidelined by being out of breath.
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Dw. Dunphy
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You should not have to wait a quarter century for one of the best albums of the year.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Aigner presents a sophisticated side of folk that traps you with her voice, but keeps you with her wordplay.
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Rob Ross
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As I did with the recent re-issues of Big Star’s #1 Record and Radio City, I went into listening and watching Live In Memphis with open mind and fresh ears, especially since…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Songs you know by heart performed (often) in a brand new way.
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Dw. Dunphy
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IPO produces yet another intriguing, packed Various Artists collection, and yet the set causes the reviewer a case of “feels.”
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Dw. Dunphy
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After an 11-year hiatus, Enchant return with “The Great Divide”
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Dw. Dunphy
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The New Pornographers return with evidence of pop’s past glories in very modern settings.
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Rob Smith
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Americana gets a great new voice in the debut record by Hook & Anchor
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Dw. Dunphy
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Oh, Heaven and Earth, what sleepy, emasculated fresh hell is this?
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Dave Lifton
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”No one plays Gershwin anymore,” laments Julian Velard in ”That Old Manhattan,” the penultimate and one of the standout tracks from his exceptional new album, If You Don’t Like It, You…
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Dw. Dunphy
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Fresh, bizarre, intricate, yet not afraid to be a little rude, Life In A Blender’s “We Already Have Birds That Sing” is a short, but punchy trip.
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Dw. Dunphy
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Can an album be reflective, thought-provoking, and kick your butt at the same time?
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Dw. Dunphy
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It’s not cartoon music. It’s not jazz music. It’s Charlie Brown music.
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Rob Ross
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This low-voltage, high energy, coolly warm collection of stellar acoustic-based songs comes from the co-author of the timeless classic, “Summer In The City”. For those not familiar, Mark Sebastian is…