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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Steve Forbert Forges Ahead

posted: September 26, 2012

How much of this past stuff are we gonna talk about? asks Steve Forbert with a mixture of weariness and wariness after being debriefed about his early days as a singer/songwriter. It’s fun, but it…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Mark Eitzel Won't Be a Stranger

posted: August 15, 2012

Mark Eitzel is almost pathologically disinclined to talk shit. Even in situations where it might be in his best interest to offer up some sort of self-serving statement, he seems practically honor-bound to push a…
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Riffs, Rants and Rumors: Searching For Sugar Man With Rodriguez Documentary Director

posted: August 1, 2012

In the late ˜60s and early ˜70s, you could scarcely swing a Gibson acoustic without hitting a great singer/songwriter whose work went unappreciated by all but a tiny cult following. Some of them got a…
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Indie Rocker Brae Rocks His Way To Ernie Ball Grand Prize

posted: February 15, 2012

Ladies and Gentlemen, let us introduce Brae. This Michigan indie rocker spent the better part of twenty years honing his chops on the drums in various Detroit outfits and, in a most Dave Grohl – esque…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Sifting Through The Paul Simon Story

posted: November 9, 2011

There was a lot of action in the Paul Simon world in 2011. In and of itself, that statement might not automatically signify much, since Simon’s album releases tend to be few and far between,…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Paul Kelly Knows His ABC's

posted: October 5, 2011

In the US, Australian songsmith Paul Kelly‘s cult-hero status was cemented by a pair of late-˜80s A&M releases”Gossip and Under The Sun. Kelly’s concise, cutting lyrics and no-nonsense tunes suggested sort of an Aussie answer…
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