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Crooked Fingers ‘Breaks in the Armor’ (Merge)
Former Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann debuted this project, Crooked Fingers, about a dozen years ago, and since then he’s used the name...
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Dale Watson & The Texas Two ‘The Sun Sessions’ (Red House)
In a just world, Dale Watson would be a huge country star. His deep and wonderful voice lives somewhere between Cash and Waylon, and...
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John Doe ‘Keeper’ (Yeproc)
John Doe’s voice is so expansive, so open, and his ninth solo album, Keeper, is all about that wonderful, versatile voice of his, as...
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Classic Tracks: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
Charlie Rich had made the rounds. He’d joined and left several labels by the time he signed with Epic in 1967 on the recommendation...
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Tinariwen ‘Tassili’ (Anti)
The exotic and beautiful African/Middle Eastern sounds of Tinariwen, a band from the southern Sahara, overcome any language barrier. The group’s latest album, Tassili—their...
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‘I Love Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow’
REMAKE OF CLASSIC FAMILY ALBUM BRINGS OUT NASHVILLE'S FINEST
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Classic Tracks: The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed”
Nothing says 1980s L.A. like The Go-Go’s on the radio. Those sweet, bright, infectious songs were the perfect soundtrack for a sunny day
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On the Cover: Blade Studios
The week that we telephoned Blade Studios (Shreveport, La.), co-owner/producer/drummer Brady Blade and chief engineer Chris Bell were in Studio A with videogame developers...
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Thomas Dybdahl ‘Songs’ (Strange Cargo/Decca)
Norwegian singer and songwriter Thomas Dybdahl has a voice so sweet it almost hurts. On his latest release, Songs, his expressive, intimate vocal is...
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Stewart Francke ‘Heartless World’ (Blue Boundary Records)
Singer/songwriter Stewart Francke’s Heartless World album leads off with “Summer Soldier,” a track that would be almost too painful to listen to if it...
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Review: ‘I Love: Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow’ (Red Beat Records)
Musician/producers Peter Cooper and Eric Brace came up with the brainstorm to re-record Tom T. Hall’s classic children’s album Songs of Fox Hollow front...
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Review: The Wronglers With Jimmie Dale Gilmore ‘Heirloom Music’ (Neanderthal Records)
Wealthy financier Warren Hellman has made a second career of carrying the torch for old-time music. He’s the magnanimous man behind San Francisco’s annual...
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Review: The Smithereens ‘2011’ (eOne Music)
Bands that stand the test of time have their own sound, and there’s no mistaking The Smithereens. These guys—best known for songs such as...
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Ron Sexsmith ‘Long Player Late Bloomer’ (Thirty Tigers)
The pairing of gentle, soulful singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith with master metal producer Bob Rock seems fairly unlikely, but the results are beautiful, inspired. Sexsmith...
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David Wax Museum ‘Everything Is Saved’ (Self-Released)
Fans of the new crop of folk revivalists, such as Mumford & Sons or the Avett Brothers (with whom this duo have toured), will...
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Music: Miller Unites Guitar Masters for ‘The Majestic Silver Strings’
Musician/composer/producer/engineer Buddy Miller is celebrating a couple of deserved Grammy noms for producing Robert Plant’s Band of Joy album and Patty Griffin’s gospel record...
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On the Cover: Guilford Sound
Guilford Sound, Dave Snyder’s new studio in southern Vermont, is at once a blast from the past and the wave of the future. On...
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Music: You Hang Up in Off the Wall
Producer/engineer Robert Venable spent the month of January in his Off the Wall Studios (Nashville, co-owned by drummer/engineer Lester Estelle) tracking alternative rockers You...
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Music: Northern Lights Integrates Sound and Picture
Northern Lights is one of a new breed of multifaceted, creative companies that offer comprehensive graphics, video and audio services under one roof. Relatively...
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Studio Profile: Meadows Joins Mayfield
Glenn Meadows, the revered mastering engineer whose name was long synonymous with Masterfonics Studios, joined Mayfield Mastering several months ago and recently went online...
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Todd Snider Tour Profile
It takes an amusing singer/songwriter performer to command an audience’s undivided attention, armed with little but a guitar and his own songbook. But Todd...
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Scott Jacoby’s Eusonia Records
Grammy-winning composer/producer/engineer/label owner Scott Jacoby started the Eusonia Records label in 2007 after four of the R&B and pop artists he was working with—as...
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Design FX Captures Pinktober Fundraiser
Multi-Platinum artist and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge helped kick off breast cancer awareness month, “Pinktober,” this past fall with a benefit concert at...
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John Mellencamp ‘No Better Than This’ (Rounder)
John Mellencamp has had so many hit songs that people often forget what a soulful, powerful singer/songwriter he is. Whether or not there’s any...
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Music: Introducing Blade Studios
Veteran pop/rock/country drummer Brady Blade and business partner Scott Crompton are moments away from opening a new multistudio complex, Blade Studios, in Shreveport, La....
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Music: Fran Healy Masters ‘Wreckorder’ at The Lodge
Fran Healy, frontman for the band Travis, was at The Lodge (New York City) to master his latest solo album, Wreckorder, with mastering engineer...
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On the Cover: Abkco Records
For more than 50 years, the Abkco label(New York City) has been home to some of the most iconic recordings of the rock ’n’...
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CD Review: Elvis Costello ‘National Ransom’ (Hear Music)
Last week, Elvis Costello released his 25th studio album (give or take a few compilations and outtakes) in a flurry of TV appearances and...
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Music: Loudville Expands Studios, Services
Mark Keller’s Loudville Studios (formerly Boomtown) in Sausalito, Calif., has received a thoughtful makeover: The facility, which has been providing music recording and mixing...
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Q&A: Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney Kenny Chesney’s latest rock-infused country album debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. Again. Hemingway’s Whiskey (BNA Records) is his...
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Review: Los Cenzontles ‘Raza de Oro’ (Cenzontles)
I first heard members of Mexican-Californian group Los Cenzontles when they performed with The Chieftains at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco’s...
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Stephen Hart Q&A
VETERAN MIXER/SAN FRANCISCO RECORDING ACADEMY TRUSTEE JOINS LEGENDARY BAY AREA STUDIO THE SITE
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Ray LaMontagne’s Great Room Recordings
When singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne decided to self-produce an album at home, he asked around, looking for an experienced engineer with enough equipment to capture...
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Music: Taking Back Sunday in the Studio
The fifth album by tuneful rockers Taking Back Sunday is a work in progress. In June, the bandmembers were in Robert Lang Studios (Seattle),...