Pages tagged “issue 10”

Bob Schneider

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Bob Schneider’s latest album, I’m Good Now, was supposed to be released last year, while he was still with Universal. But mega-label mathematicians decided projected sales of 250,000 units wasn’t enough...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Karrin Allyson

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Like all great jazz singers, Karrin Allyson makes it look easy. When she sings, she opens her heart, delivering lyrics as if they were secrets meant for your ears only...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Thax

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Revered Portland, Ore., folk-rock artist, M. Ward, is ready to begin his set. But first, a 46-year-old man with a wiry gray beard, baseball cap and khaki-colored jacket lumbers across the stage...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Grey De Lisle

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In a shimmering crystal-blue trill that conjures up visions of an antebellum Dolly Parton fanning herself on some plantation porch, SoCal songbird Grey De Lisle warbles gorgeous Gothic originals...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Mary Chapin Carpenter has her Grammys and CMA awards, but between tours she avoids the spotlight and keeps a low profile...  read more

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Carina Round

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She’s a diminutive, soft-spoken acoustic guitarist with a penchant for quirky thrift-shop clothes, and she hails from the seedy crime-ridden Low Hill area of the tiny British burg of Wolverhampton...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Michael McDermott

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McDermott had everything on his side: A powerful manager (Brian Koppelman, who signed Tracy Chapman), a Billboard hit in MTV’s buzz bin...  read more

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Jim White

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Talk about your Renaissance men. In his 47 years on Earth, quirky folk-rock raconteur Jim White has been a taxi driver, professional surfer, furniture craftsman, filmmaker and well-paid European fashion model...  read more

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Amy Farris

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Amy Farris’ large eyes and cropped ringlets evoke the sass of a young Bette Davis, while her fishnets and platform boots walk straight out of The Rocky Horror Picture Show...  read more

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Bonnie McKee

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Yes, Bonnie McKee confesses, it was a total no-brainer dubbing her Reprise Records debut, Trouble. Because for most of her early teens, that’s exactly what this hard-partying truant was in...  read more

Found in: Music, Features