Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 5

By Tim Sheridan at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

There are periods of Bob Dylan’s career that captured his true power as a performer. An early example was documented in the Royal Albert Hall concert, released previously in the official Bootleg series. A fire of creative passion seemed to burn within him then...  read more

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Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain

By Brian Baker at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

For her sixth studio album, Tracy Chapman has taken the bold step of stripping down her already spartan presentation to even leaner proportions. The effect is bleak and beautiful...  read more

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Franklin Bruno - A Cat May Look at a Queen

By j. poet at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

Franklin Bruno is teaching and finishing a Ph.D. in philosophy at UCLA. He’s also pursuing a career in pop music with two solo albums and three discs with his band Nothing Painted Blue to his credit...  read more

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Beaver Nelson - Legends of the Super Heroes

By Nick A. Zaino III at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

When I heard Beaver Nelson’s The Last Hurrah, a debut album ten years in the making I hoped that Nelson would last. He’d already been through the mill, having at least two potential releases dropped by labels...  read more

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Kathleen Edwards - Failer

By John Schacht at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

“A year or two from now, I’ll be opening for her,” Richard Buckner said of Kathleen Edwards, a 24-year-old Canadian who—on his 2002 tour, anyway—is opening for the veteran songwriter. “Whatever it is, she’s got it.”...  read more

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Alison Krauss + Union Station - Live

By Kerry Dexter at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

You might not think of Alison Krauss and her Union Station compatriots as a power band, but the lively energy and sheer fun they have playing together certainly comes through on their studio recordings...  read more

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Diana Krall - Live In Paris

By Jeff Cebulski at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

Jazz’s living doll Diana Krall has always seemed a reluctant diva more at home onstage experimenting with classic songs, swinging rhythms and throaty deliveries...  read more

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Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

By Philip Christman at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

The ’80s are known as the period when artifice smothered musical soul like so much lip gloss. Interpol’s post-punk-derived atmospherics belie that notion. Turn on the Bright Lights revels in minor keys and clear, wiry bass/guitar tones...  read more

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Sigur Rós: Sigur Rós - ( )

By Jeff Elbel at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2003

Some bands meticulously include lyrics and commentary with all of their albums. Sigur Rós hasn’t given so much as song titles on its punctuationally-titled latest ablum...  read more

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