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Cowboy Junkies: Demons -

The second installment of Cowboy Junkies’ Nomad series, Demons delves into the catalog of the late singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt. The resulting 11 tracks are intense, soulful, joyous, uplifting and heartbreakingly sad. The band excels here, pulling out the nuance in Chesnutt’s often dark writing and capturing his spirit while simultaneously...

Music Review: Indigo Girls - Poseidon and The Bitter Bug -

» Music Review: Marco Benevento - Me Not Me

» Vinyl Tap: Don Dixon - Most of the Girls Like to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Do

It has been fifteen years since I was first introduced to the Indigo Girls through their Rites of...

Music Review: Eleven Songs - Luka Bloom -

» Music Review: Luka Bloom - Eleven Songs

» Music Review: John Carrozza - Defining Moment EP

» The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream

A few years ago I was introduced to Luka Bloom's music from his Acoustic Motorbike album. He has an interesting style...

Bruce Cockburn: Small Sources of Comfort -

This mixed collection of instrumentals, political/topical commentary and personal singer/songwriting is what we’ve come to expect from Canada’s perennial folk-hero Bruce Cockburn. He doesn’t like corporations and sees the contradictions that come with living in the modern world (“The Iris of the World”). He went to Afghanistan to witness the...

Alejandro Escovedo: Street Songs of Love -

Alejandro Escovedo kicks up some serious rock and roll dust on Street Songs of Love, a set that reaffirms that this Texan is one of the most underrated singer/songwriters of his time. As with 2008’s Real Animal, Street Songs of Love was produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, U2), co-written...

Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep -

Though it’s possibly a bit mean to suggest that Natalie Merchant has the hallmarks of a reformed junkie, it’s true to say that while strident-bordering-on preachy in her 10,000 Maniacs years, these days she seems to have gone cold turkey from her own words.

Her last solo release was 2003’s...

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