Damien Rice's Wanderlust
Damien Rice likes to wander. The young Irishman has lived on a small farm in Tuscany, spent time alone in an abbey in the south of France with a monk who composed Gregorian chants... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Musical Mixing Pot of Calexico
Calexico co-founders Joey Burns and John Convertino hear the world differently than most people. ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
1. Rosie Thomas - When We Were Small
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Pedro the Lion - Control
4. Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses
5. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
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20 Signs of Life in 2002
When she sings, her smooth and soulful voice sounds like a pile of white goose feathers and satin sheets. You want to curl up atop that voice and find comfort and rest. ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
At a time when record companies and radio conglomerates have, for all intents and purposes, conspired to determine ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
For the second album in a row, Pedro the Lion’s Dave Bazan has given us a story of lies, murder and betrayal wrapped up in wonderful melodies. ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
In the voluminous roll call of artists wrung dry by a creatively indifferent and hit-obsessed music industry, no name looms any larger ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
Some were willing to chalk up the success of Coldplay’s 1999 debut, Parachutes, to the one-hit wonder ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
If ever there was an apparent prototype for one-hit wonderdom, the disheveled 23-year-old Beck Hansen ... read more
Found in: Music, Features20 Signs of Life in 2002
"Pick-up laundry. Check. Buy bread. Check. Drop dog at vet. Check. Get Joseph Arthur’s latest CD…." Some items seem to stay perpetually on my to-do list. ... read more
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