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Meredith Bragg: Silver Sonya

By Stephen Deusner on 12:48 PM on December 11, 2007

Meredith Bragg imposes some very strict rules on Silver Sonya, his second release and first without backing band The Terminals...  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Lashonda Katrice Barnett

By Valerie Boyd on 5:43 PM on December 5, 2007

In a country where celebrity obsession seems incapable of bottoming out...  read more

Found in: Books, Reviews

J.J. Cale: Rewind: Unreleased Recordings

By Jon Young on 5:26 PM on December 5, 2007

Outtakes are often outtakes for a good reason, though they can still be fascinating. In the case of J.J. Cale, whose sleepy rock has remained essentially the same for nearly four decades...  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Starting Out in the Evening

By Jesse Jarnow on 5:17 PM on December 5, 2007

Heather Wolfe (Lauren Ambrose) isn’t a very good grad student in Starting Out in the Evening, the sophomore effort from Andrew Wagner (The Talent Given Us)...  read more

Found in: Movies, Reviews

War/Dance

By Andy Beta on 5:10 PM on December 5, 2007

“In our daily life, there must be music,” says Dominic, a 14-year-old Patongo School student in northern Uganda, about to compete in the National Music Competition...  read more

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By Jesse Jarnow on 5:02 PM on December 5, 2007

“Ain’t gonna study war no more,” runs the civil-rights/peacenik refrain of “Down By the Riverside.”...  read more

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Michael Hurley: Ancestral Swamp

By Andy Beta on 3:01 PM on December 5, 2007

“I’ve never encountered anybody in less of a hurry than Michael Hurley”...  read more

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The 1900s: Cold & Kind

By Brian Howe on 2:54 PM on December 5, 2007

2007 has seen the emergence of two very different bands with very similar names...  read more

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The Greatest Riffs of the 21st Century (So Far)

By Jeff Leven on 2:03 PM on December 5, 2007

A great rock riff does more than rattle your spine—it creeps deep into your head. To make its way into the canon of great riffs alongside, say, “Purple Haze” or “Smoke on the Water,” a riff has to be more than just acrobatic, fierce or played at high volume...  read more

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Van Hunt: The Soul Man Returneth

By Hal Bienstock on 4:34 PM on December 4, 2007

For some people, it’s quitting smoking. For others, it’s losing weight. Everybody has a New Year’s resolution. Preparing to release his third album, Popular, a slab of Prince—style funk and acoustic soul, Van Hunt discusses his resolutions for 2008...  read more

Found in: Music, Features