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Feature: Interview: Emmylou Harris
Artists mentioned:Emmylou Harris has kept up an incredible track record for more than 30 years, since the death of Gram Parsons dissolved their historic partnership and Harris set out on a solo career, stretching all the way up to her latest, All I Intended to Be. Of course, with that voice...(read full post)
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News: Quart Festival 2008 Cancelled
Artists mentioned:Well, dang. This year's Quart Festival-- set to take place July 2-5 in Kristiansand, Norway-- has been cancelled. Organizers for the long-running fest have opted to declare bankruptcy following "ticket sales being weaker than expected and budgetary concerns," according to a press release. Certainly this year's formidable lineup wasn't to...(read full post)
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News: Coldplay Add Dates, "Magic Balls" to Tour
Artists mentioned:The Coldplay assault on the planet continues. Chris Martin and co. have lined up a month or so of European dates in September and early October. Of course, their new album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, comes out much sooner. The disc is due June 16...(read full post)
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News: Photos: The Roots Picnic [Philadelphia, PA; 06/07/08]
Artists mentioned:Photos by Matt Ziegler The very first Roots Picnic turned an already scorching Illadelph Saturday even hotter over the weekend, as those not afraid to break a little sweat turned out at Festival Pier to catch a cache of top-tier acts big up'd by the Roots, as well as no...(read full post)
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Review: My Morning Jacket : Evil Urges
Artists mentioned:My Morning Jacket have refused to remain creatively static, a decision that's helped them map a clear and wonderful upward trajectory over their first decade, but does them few favors on their baffling new album....(read full post)
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Feature: Interview: Spiritualized
Artists mentioned:Songs in A&E, Jason Pierce's sixth studio album as Spiritualized, is a full-volume, ultra-dynamic return to glory-- and here he talks at length about it....(read full post)
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News: Sufjan Reviews the New Cryptacize Record
Artists mentioned:Photo by Richard Sharman All's been rather quiet on the Sufjan front for too long now, so of course our favorite soft-spoken songwriting history buff had to be cooking something up. Late last week he made a return to the Asthmatic Kitty website Sidebar, posting yet another review of one...(read full post)
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News: Kid Sister, Flosstradamus Rock for Chicago Schools
Artists mentioned:School's nearly out for summer for most public school kids in Chicago, but tomorrow (June 10), at alien docking stationBears HQ Soldier Field, class is definitely gonna be in session. Your lessons for the day? Well, there will be a seminar in verbal gymnastics from Kid Sister, and some home...(read full post)
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News: T.V. Eye: June 9-15, 2008
Artists mentioned:Monday, June 9: CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Gnarls Barkley NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Moby NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Aimee Mann CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson: MGMT ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Death Cab for Cutie (rerun) Tuesday, June 10: NBC: Late Night...(read full post)
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Review: Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War
Artists mentioned:The first in a series of pointedly social records from Erykah Badu, this fascinating, sonically adventurous album finds her exploring a post-Civil Rights landscape in which African-Americans have been left to sort out how to have a cultural identity as part of a nation that had, up until very recently,...(read full post)
