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August 30, 2010, 9:57 am

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Richard Thompson albums come in two basic varieties. On the one hand, you’ve got your albums that show, in one …

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August 10, 2010, 9:00 am

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You’re probably familiar with the work of Rocky Maivia; you just might know him by a different name. He was …

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June 23, 2010, 9:52 am

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Upon its release, the debut album from The Mynabirds received a rave review from Christianity Today — not just a …

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June 22, 2010, 11:17 am

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I’m not sure you can talk about David Eugene Edwards’ music without talking about his theology. It’s not because he …

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June 21, 2010, 9:11 am

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There are many reasons to appreciate 21st century jazz provacateurs like Robert Glasper and Trombone Shorty, not the least of …

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June 3, 2010, 10:08 am

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For as long as she’s been making music, Mary Gauthier has been a storyteller; her records take song seriously, but …

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May 26, 2010, 9:53 am

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Sometimes, the mentor becomes the mentoree. It isn’t blasphemous to say that Dylan copped a lot of his blues chops …

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April 28, 2010, 9:33 am

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It’s probably fair to say that the seeds of complacency have been there from the very beginning for Marco Benevento. …

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April 27, 2010, 10:30 am

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“Careful what you say/ Careful who might hear,” goes the first line of Letting Go, the first new Jennifer Knapp …

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April 21, 2010, 9:25 am

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What Thomas Bartlett lacks in musical imagination, he very nearly makes up for in his dogged commitment to a very …

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