The ?uest For a Change: On Tour With The Roots

By Jay Sweet at 10:00 AM on September 21, 2010

For three days in 2004, Paste's Jay Sweet traveled with the groundbreaking hip-hop group throughout the Northeast...  read more

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Ray Charles

By Tiffany Stanley at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

With music, the cliché, “timing is everything,” oft applies, and perhaps timing is what’s most striking about Genius Loves Company...  read more

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Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama

By Katie Vesser at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

Ben Harper was scheduled to appear on the latest release from The Blind Boys of Alabama. But a simple guest spot grew into a 10-day studio session...  read more

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Buddy Miller

By Bud Scoppa at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

Buddy Miller is humble as the Wandre guitar (made by a long-defunct Italian company) that’s been his main axe for more than a quarter century...  read more

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? & A

By Jay Sweet at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

“I’m well versed in rock music, because when you’re 11 watching MTV, you gotta wade through five hours of ‘99 Luft Balloons’ or Thomas Dolby just to get a ‘Thriller'...  read more

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Joss Stone

By Cory Albertson at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

On this wet, cloudy summer day in Midtown Manhattan, Joss Stone provides her own sunshine. A blonde, bohemian beacon, she’s curled up in a white leather chair at EMI Records’ sterile offices...  read more

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Midlake

By Dave Sims at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

“Some people should be eating, if you don’t mind!” yells actor Jason Lee across the bar at Hailey’s in Denton, Texas. “Somebody eat some food! Ready … start eating!!”...  read more

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Mean Creek

By Jeffrey Overstreet at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

Near the beginning of Mean Creek, 13-year-old Sam (Rory Culkin) joins his girlfriend Millie (Carly Schroeder) for their idea of a date. Millie breaks the awkward silence...  read more

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Birth of a Nation

By Nick A. Zaino III at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

Like Huey Freeman, the central character in his Boondocks comic strip, Aaron McGruder is somewhat contrarian...  read more

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Neil Young Gets Behind the Camera

By Elvis Mitchell at 12:00 AM on October 1, 2004

Music legend Neil Young directed the feature film Greendale to coincide with his album of the same name. Now available on DVD, Greendale is a hybrid...  read more

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