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Patty Griffin: 1000 Kisses
by Ashley King
In today’s digitalized culture, where we have become so accustomed to sensory overload, an artist like Patty Griffin is a rare treasure. Griffin first displayed her unique gift for simplistic beauty on 1996’s Living With Ghosts, an album sparse in its instrumentation (the record featured only guitar and vocal and was intended to be “demo style”), ...
Soundtrack: I Am Sam
by Ashley King
If I Am Sam falters upon its recent release, it has something to fall back on: superb music. And a “sound” soundtrack is a bragging right that not every film can claim. As if a collection of Beatles covers was not enough, the record features some of the most dynamic bands and singer-songwriters on the current ...
Rickie Lee Jones: Live At Red Rocks
by Ashley King
Live records are perhaps the most precarious of balancing acts. For too many artists, ventures into unplugged territory prove to be nothing more than overproduced exercises in self-indulgence. On the contrary, Live At Red Rocks, the most recent release from Rickie Lee Jones, is a refreshingly satisfying jaunt into this well-traveled arena. In contrast to her ...
Dan Bern: New American Language
by Ashley King
Dan Bern is a folkie at heart. At times too much hype and persona, he might have had us believing otherwise in the past. But his latest release, New American Language, reveals him to be the witty, highly literate singer-songwriter that he is. Absent this time around are the jejune antics that plagued previous releases, leaving ...
Natalie Merchant: Motherland
by Ashley King
People have been expecting big things from Natalie Merchant. While her latest release, Motherland, may not make many “Best of" lists for 2001, it most definitely made some “Most Anticipated" lists prior to its November release. On the heels of an American Folk Music tour and out of a collaboration with renowned roots-rock producer T-Bone Burnett ...
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