Pages tagged “issue 4”

Dan Bern

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Since his self-titled major-label debut in 1997, Dan Bern has had to deal with the “new Dylan” hype that attached to him.  read more

Found in: Music, Features

The Be Good Tanyas

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The Be Good Tanyas have come this far in their career by the most serendipitous accidents imaginable...  read more

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Rosanne Cash

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“I’m not a militant female songwriter, and I wouldn’t want to be considered some kind of new age uber-feminist,”  read more

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Prison Radio

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At first glance, it could be the broadcasting booth of a college radio station. A poster advertising a recent film symposium hangs on the wall; people are mopping up after the rain, working on newly acquired equipment, queuing up CDs.  read more

Found in: Culture, Features

Lucinda Williams

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If we lived in a world without tears
How would misery know
Which back door to walk through
How would trouble know
Which mind to live inside of
How would sorrow find a home
—“World Without Tears”
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Richard Thompson

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It’s a typically English tableau: On a summer afternoon, on a green field under mackerel skies, a man in white swings a cricket bat at an oncoming ball.  read more

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The Heart Of The Jayhawks

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As much pride as we might want to take in the logic and rationality of our modern era...  read more

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Meet the Thorns

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With a sound for the ages and a name endorsed by the Rolling Stones, Shawn Mullins, Pete Droge and Matthew Sweet reintroduce themselves.  read more

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Damien Jurado - Where Shall You Take Me?

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On the heels of his first full-blown rock excursion, I Break Chairs, Damien Jurado returns with what might be his quietest album. But his strengths have always been subtlety and restraint.  read more

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Josh Joplin Group - The Future That Was

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Anyone who’s caught Josh Joplin’s live act knows he’s rarely at a loss for words. Speaking his mind like a street-corner preacher, the alt-folk bard uses the stage as a pulpit for his witty wordcraft...  read more

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