MICHAEL NAU ON MUSICAL TAPESTRIES AND SONGS AS JUMPING-OFF POINTS
Whether fronting beloved indie-folk groups Page France and Cotton Jones or working under his own name, sometimes with his band The Mighty Thread, Michael Nau has blended the familiar with the surprisi...
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COLD WAR KIDS: ‘MAINTAINING SUCCESS IS A THING’
Consistent isn't the sexiest adjective you could pick to describe a band. But it's a valuable and hard-earned one that suits Cold War Kids, the alt rock band that has been churning out memorable anthe...
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MATT POND PA ON THE VAGARIES OF GEOGRAPHY, THE INDIE SLOG AND NIKKI GLASER
"Everything is backwards and opposite to me," says Matt Pond. It's a generalization that comes when he's discussing geography during our recent interview, and it's an apt one: His long-time band is na...
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SCOTT GUILD’S DEBUT NOVEL HAS ALBUM TO MATCH
Scott Guild, whose debut novel, "Plastic," is out Feb. 13, has created a literary and sonic universe where his characters have sprung to life, leaping off the page and out of speakers, too. The compan...
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SARAH JAROSZ: SOMETIMES IF YOU’RE SCARED, IT’S A GOOD THING
Four-time Grammy winner Sarah Jarosz is getting the star treatment as she launches her seventh album, "Polaroid Lovers." A New York Times spread. A feature on "CBS Saturday Morning." Fifteen sold-out ...
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BROKE PINES TALK BAND ORIGINS, DEBUT NEW SONG
Broke Pines are a new band of musicians with a lot of experience playing in Northeast Pennsylvania: Sean Flynn of Those Clever Foxes and American Buffalo Ghost, Jeremy Burke and Dave Connors of Jung B...
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DAN KLUG PUTS HIS OWN MUSIC FORWARD ON NEWEST FUNDAMENTAL SOUND RELEASE
The first two releases for The Fundamental Sound, Dan Klug's lo-fi instrumental project, focused on the familiar: a collection of Christmas songs in 2021, and his take on Grateful Dead tunes in 2022. ...
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THE ALARM’S MIKE PETERS MOVES ‘FORWARDS’ WITH ALBUM WRITTEN IN CANCER WARD
For more than 40 years, Mike Peters has been churning out anthems with The Alarm, the Welsh band with punk roots that grew to arena rock stardom on the back of big songs like "Sixty Eight Guns" in 198...
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RICKY SKAGGS STILL BRINGING THE BLUEGRASS THUNDER AT 68
Ricky Skaggs has been a master of the mandolin for nearly 50 years, rising to fame in bluegrass circles in his early 20s, living up to the promise he showed as a mere 7-year-old on the Flatt & Scr...
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NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE UNEXPECTED
You know that sense of anticipation you have before pressing play on a favorite band's new album? At least one member of the tuneful Canadian indie-rock veterans The New Pornographers feels the same w...
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