Music: Folk
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Music Review: Johnnie Allan - Memories— Take your mind off the stormy weather with music from the bayou.
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Music Review: Amy MacDonald - This is the Life— "Let's start a band!"
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Retro Redux: Hoyt Axton - Modern Renaissance Man— His music was difficult to label but impossible to resist.
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Music Review: Jefferson Starship - Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty— The Jefferson Starship returns with a classic folk album.
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Music Review: Shannon - Psychofolk— Traditional Irish music with a twist - it's from Poland.
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Music Review – J. Matthew Gerken, Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher - Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies— This concept album about U.S. presidents isn't just for the history dweebs out there.
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Popa Chubby, Gina Fox To Headline Benefit For Peter Karp's Ailing Wife— Friends will unite Sept. 23 to raise money for medical bills mounting after bluesman's wife diagnosed with ovarian cancer...
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Interview: Richie Havens— My few Precious moments with Richie Havens.
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Music Review: Karen Dalton - Green Rocky Road— Some recently discovered tapes give a glimpse into the musical mind of a talented but forgotten folk artist.
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Music Review: Damien Dempsey - The Rocky Road— Award winning Damien Dempsey explores his rich heritage and producing a gem.
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DVD Review: Pete Seeger: The Power of Song— A tribute film to the architect of the "folk revival," a man whose life has been dedicated to using music to better the world.
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Music Review: The Band - The Band— The Band: Chapter 2.
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Music Review: Blackmore's Night - Secret Voyage— He's happy, he's playing and he's just released the best Blackmores Night album by a long way.
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Music Review: Julie Fowlis - Cuilidh— If you can't recognize that as magic then I feel sorry for you.
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Music Review – The Baseball Project - Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails— Both baseball fans and music fans will enjoy Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey's baseball-themed release.
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Music Review: Jake La Botz - Sing This To Yourself And Other Suggestions For A Personal Apocalypse— Jake La Botz's blues are the best medicine that money can buy.
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Music Review: Raine Maida - The Hunters Lullaby— Raine Maida tries so hard that it comes across as a fraught manoeuvre to prove his street cred.
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Music Review: Richie Havens - Nobody Left To Crown
— As a performer and a composer he continues to be a musical force to be reckoned with.
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An Interview With Priscilla Ahn— "When something strikes me, I pick up the guitar and a pen and paper...and see how far I can go with it."
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Concert Review: Virgin Mobile Festival, Pimlico Race Track, Baltimore, MD, 8/9/08 and 8/10/08— Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 turns out to be the best one yet with Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails headlining.
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Music Review: Dale Watson - From The Cradle To The Grave— A man who sings songs that are rooted in the concerns of real people.
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Retro Redux: Musical Memories Of — Snakes?— A song can sometimes trigger unusual remembrances of times past.
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Retro Redux: Whippoorwills And Whippersnappers— Hank Williams and Johnny Cash — masters of a special kind of country music song.
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Music Review: Janis Ian - Best Of Janis Ian: The Autobiography Collection— Janis Ian returns with a stunning retrospective of her career.
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Music Review: Jim Moray - Low Culture— It's folk music, Jim, but not as we know it: Jim Moray delivers his finest album yet with Low Culture.
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Quickies: Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis, Dr. John, John Mellencamp, Left Lane Cruisers— Unlike some prior Quickies, you've heard of these guys before.
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Music Review: Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons- Cabin Ghosts EP— Cory does amazing Colin Hay impersonations while other times he reveals his inner Bruce Springsteen on his debut EP "Cabin Ghosts."
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Liner Notables: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks— "He's as personal and as universal as Yeats or Blake; speaking for himself, risking that dangerous opening of the veins, he speaks for us all."
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Music Review: Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child— Over the Rhine doles out their fifteenth installment of genius with The Trumpet Child.
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Music Review: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In the Light— A review of Will Oldham's latest.
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Music Review: Amelia - A Long Lovely List of Repairs— Amelia's latest album, A Long Lovely List of Repairs, delivers more of their beautiful signature amalgamation.
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Retro Redux: Amping It Up With Johnny and The Hurricanes— They had a specialty — and it led to a lot of record sales.
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up - Anya Singleton, Emory Joseph, Parlour Steps, Kalliopi— Anya Singleton rocks with soul, while Emory Joseph applies a youthful bounce to the Garcia-Hunter canon.
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Satire: Engaged Couple’s Musical Differences Threaten to Derail Wedding— Musical differences threaten to wreck one couple's wedding
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Music Review: Creaking Tree String Quartet - The Soundtrack— Beautiful music blending jazz, folk, and bluegrass to create a unique sound only known to Creaking Tree.
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Music Review: John Mellencamp - Life Death Love and Freedom — One of the most compelling of his storied career and a rewarding listen.
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Music Review: John Mellencamp - Life Death Love & Freedom
— Although, this isn't quite Mellencamp's Nebraska, the songs here still cut right to the bone.
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Music Review: Ron Sexsmith – Exit Strategy of the Soul— Sexsmith offers an endearing batch of songs, underscoring a wellspring of emotional depth and craft.
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Concert Review: Bonnaroo 2008, Part 3— All good things must come to end, but what condition will we be in?
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Retro Redux: Banned From Radio Play - Nervous Norvus — Being prohibited by many radio stations probably helped make his song a best-seller.
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Music Review: Amos Lee - Last Days At The Lodge— Dylanesque or not, Last Days At The Lodge is a good because it's different vocally from Amos Lee other albums.
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Music Review: John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love, and Freedom
— Life, Death, Love, and Freedom is a country blues and back to American roots sound from John Mellencamp.
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The Rockologist Puts Together A 4th Of July 2008 Mixtape— In porn terms, Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" is what you would call the "money shot" of a July 4th mixtape.
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Music Review: Dennis Stroughmatt - Cadet Rouselle— Music from Upper Louisiana — which is NOT located in the state of the same name.
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Music Review: Scrapomatic - Sidewalk Caesars — When it comes to what it takes to present old roots music to modern audiences, Scrapomatic understands.
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Music Review: Band of the Week - Crosby Loggins— Let's be kind and not mention Lisa-Marie Presley...
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Music DVD Review: Down The Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan— A documentary of the music and artists that have influenced Bob Dylan.
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Concert Review: Tom Waits at the Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO, June 26, 2008— Tom Waits plays St. Louis. Damn right.
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Music Review: Jaymay - Autumn Fallin'— Layers of sound topped with delicate vocals, all sure to please anti-folk and indie pop fans.
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Music Review: Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge
— A perfect companion to a sinking sun on a summer evening.
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Interview: Band of the Week - Crosby Loggins
— He may have begun life as the privileged son of an internationally acclaimed rock star, but Crosby is no spoiled wannabe.
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Music Review: Jay Brannan - Goddamned— A flawless album of universal songs that anyone, gay or straight, can relate to.
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Music Review: Feufollet - Cow Island Hop— The best thing about Cow Island Hop is just how much fun it is to listen to.
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Music Review: Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too— Martha's second album features the best Wainwright ready to victimize or be victimized.
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Music Review: Indie Round-Up - J.J. Appleton, Gandalf Murphy, Gary Morgan and PanAmericana!— Womblike melodies and lush yet elemental arrangements trick out Gandalf Murphy's excellent new disc.
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Always Something New At The Vintage Continental Club— There are bars with music, in the corner, part of the background. At the Continental Club, music is front and center.
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