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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KAMIZAKE PALM TREE DISHES OUT ‘MINT CHIP,’ KICKS OFF WILCO DATES IN COOPERSTOWN
Kamikaze Palm Tree might be the perfect name for a band that blends disparate musical pieces and absurdist lyrics and somehow ends up with something that makes perfect sense in a nonsensical way. If t...
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WILCO GOES STRAIGHT TO THE HEART ON ‘CRUEL COUNTRY’
On “Cruel Country,” the sprawling 12th album by Wilco, the band sweeps aside Nels Cline’s dizzying electric guitar forays and Glenn Kotche's progressive drumming, stripping away the protective layers ...
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NELS CLINE and YUKA C. HONDA EMBRACE THE RANDOMNESS OF CUP
CUP -- the musical partnership between husband and wife Nels Cline and Yuka C. Honda -- is an exercise in opposites. Cline, the experimental guitarist known for his longstanding membership in Wilco, "...
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JONATHAN WILSON’S SURREAL CALIFORNIA TRIP
By Michael Lello Some artists’ music is inextricably connected to a location. The Beatles and Liverpool. Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey. Willie Nelson and Texas. Jonathan Wilson’s sound has bee...
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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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COMPLETE LAST WALTZ SET FOR THE CAPITOL THEATRE
On Wednesday, November 27 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, a star-studded lineup of musicians will pay tribute to "The Last Waltz," the historic concert and legendary film by The Band. "Th...
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MUSIC, WORDS and PLAYING IN ‘THE BAND’ FOR BENEVENTO
By Michael Lello Of all the eclectic sounds on Marco Benevento’s albums, there was one thing you were guaranteed not to hear: vocals. That changed, however, the keyboardist said, when he was writin...
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YOKO ONO: IF I DO NOTHING, “I’LL GO CRAZY”
By Michael Lello Yoko Ono is your average 80-year-old. You know, if your average octagenarian works on EDM tracks, collaborates with her son Sean Lennon and releases a new Plastic Ono Band record. ...
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