Pages tagged “issue 5”

Jay Farrar

By John Schacht on 12:00 AM on August 14, 2003

Not since the mid 1970s, when Bruce Springsteen roared through the streets and into the nation’s imagination, has a songwriter written about life on the road and the American landscape with more insight, honesty... read more

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Claire Holley

By Clay Steakley on 12:00 AM on July 25, 2003

Mississippi-born Claire Holley has a firm grip on the musical vocabulary and storytelling obsession of the South. And, like any great Southern character, she’s as complicated as the recipe for sour mash whiskey... read more

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Gillian Welch

By Melanie Haiken on 12:00 AM on July 23, 2003

The final encore at Gillian Welch’s San Francisco show in May was the kind you don’t forget... read more

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John Hiatt

By Tim Porter on 12:00 AM on July 17, 2003

“So, tell me why you deserve this job?” John Hiatt jokes as I sit down across a borrowed desk in his manager’s Nashville office... read more

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Metaphorically Yours

By Brian Quincy Newcomb on 12:00 AM on July 17, 2003

Although Ed Harcourt’s international major label full-length in 2001 didn’t have a wide audience, those who did hear Here Be Monsters were quick to praise... read more

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Pete Yorn

By Brian Baker on 12:00 AM on June 30, 2003

Pete Yorn speaks with a laconic deliberation that makes Steven Wright sound like Robin Williams, but his languor masks a number of definite passions... read more

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Bruce Cockburn

By Andy Whitman on 12:00 AM on June 30, 2003

Like the rest of the world, Bruce Cockburn is pensive these days. Confronted with the sight of tanks rolling through the streets of Baghdad... read more

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