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Judy Collins and Neko Case Set to Headline RootsFest 2010

Denver’s RootsFest will celebrate its fourth anniversary this year with a bill of trans-genre and generation artists. Folk veteran Judy Collins and alt.country cover girl Neko Case are set to headline the roots-music merrymaking....  read more

Rickie Lee Jones: Balm in Gilead

Wild girl returns with headphone album “It’s hard to be older and poor, I don’t dig it that much anymore,” Rickie Lee Jones sings on “Wild Girl,” the opening track of her 13th album. Although she’s in character, it’s odd to hear her sing that line; 30 years into an unpredictable career, she still sounds like the wild girl she once was. The largely self-produced Balm in Gilead plies a folksy yet soulful jazz-country sound that showcases both her inimitable voice—with its playful meter and peculiar grain—and her studio prowess....  read more