MARGARET GLASPY CLIMBS THE TOWER OF SONG
Margaret Glaspy loves a great tune. She gets equal pleasure from building one from scratch or putting her own spin on someone else's creation, as she does on "The Golden Heart Protector." On the new 7...
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RACHEL BOBBITT EXAMINES THE EXTREMES OF LIFE
Rachel Bobbitt, the emerging Canadian singer-songwriter, could be seen as a study in contradictions. She gained a following as a teenager by performing other people's music on Vine, the since-shuttere...
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TWEEDY DEBUTS NEW SONG, ANNOUNCE ALBUM
Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy has announced the Sept. 16 release of "Sukierae," an album collaboration with his drummer son Spencer Tweedy. The group calls itself Tweedy. He has also shared "I'll Sing It...
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YUCK’S MAX BLOOM: ‘WE’VE NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD’
By Michael Lello The second album comes with its own inherent pressures. When you are coming off a critically buzzed-about debut record and the departure of your frontman, you’re dealing with even m...
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BOB DYLAN, WILCO AND MY MORNING JACKET IN CAMDEN
By Michael Lello CAMDEN, N.J. – It’s easy for music fans that missed the 1960s to feel they were shortchanged. Woodstock; the New York folk scene; Monterey Pop; The Allman Brothers, The Band and the...
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CONCERT REVIEW: WILCO IN COOPERSTOWN
Ivory rags hang from the stage like chains of clouds. A Belgian style farmhouse is visible through the strands of swaying rags at Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y. Tents dot the rolling hills li...
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