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Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Craig Jackson, the Iveys, Bobby Long
With raw vocal power and smart, evocative lyrics, Bobby Long is a folksinger with a spirited intensity.
Read More »Music Review: J B Beverley & The Wayward Drifters – Watching America Roll By
Country music that speaks to everybody, not just pretend cowboys who've never had to get their boots dirty.
Read More »Music Review: Wilco – Wilco (the album)
Wilco: the album...to beat for best so far this year.
Read More »Book Review: Off the Beaten Path: A Travel Guide to More Than 1,000 Scenic and Interesting Places…
If you think there’s no place left that is unspoiled and worth a trip in the U.S., you haven’t read this book.
Read More »Music Review: Various Performers – Take Me To The Water: Immersion Baptism In Vintage Music And Photography 1890 -1950
An opportunity to appreciate just what a wonderful thing faith can be, and the joy and pleasure it can bring.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Trevor Alguire, Stillhouse Hollow, Hot Monkey Love
Trevor Alguire's music is rooted in the traditions and commonplaces of country music, but it has a modern sensibility.
Read More »Music Review: Ice Palace – Wonder Subtly Crushing Us
Ice Palace could have gone more in either the happy hardcore or the folksy Americana direction, but instead trod down both for a very 'is that it?' experience.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Izzy & Chris, Like Bells, Angie Stevens, M Shanghai String Band
Izzy & Chris tap into the fundamentals of country blues and mine that vein for all it's worth.
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