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Black Dirt Blowout

It’s 2007 and there’s a war on. If you’re a teen or twenty-something with a brain, what do you want, The Cranberries?

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CD Review: Holland, Thompson, & Tooch

I doubt if anyone is better at making the kind of simple yet eloquent life statements that multi-instrumentalist John Martucci does with the folk-jazzy “Gratitude” and the sing-along, feel-good closer “Keep on Chippin’.”

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CD Review: Tugging at the Infinite

Rock ’n’ rollers have their own version of the American Dream: to quit their day jobs and write that symphony they’ve always wanted to write. Last year keyboardist Neil Alexander finally did so.

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CD Review: All the Tired Horses

Mojave 3 meets the Cocteau Twins with a dude up front.

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Sharp Shocked Show

1988’s Short, Sharp, Shocked, featured a controversial cover photo of the Michelle Shocked in the chokehold of a San Francisco Police officer.

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Peak Performances

Ensconced in a natural amphitheater framed by the Catskill Mountains, the festival’s two stages will again feature an accomplished, eclectic array of artists, including Gov’t Mule.

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Loaded Chamber

Famed songwriter and pianist Dave Frishberg is probably best known for 1973’s “I’m Just a Bill,” the first song he wrote for the TV show “Schoolhouse Rock.”

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Oh, Our Odetta

How far will you travel to touch the hem of the great Odetta?

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Q&A with Dave Frishberg

“I Have To Do My Homework”: An Interview with Dave Frishberg