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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Justin Rice Jumps Between Bishop Allen and The Last Names
posted: October 10, 2012
First you hear the hazy, languid tones of a young woman whose voice falls somewhere in the ethereal zone between Mazzy Star‘s Hope Sandoval and Cat Power. At times, a male vocal partner’s warm pipes…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Jann Klose Shadowboxes the Ghosts of Tim & Jeff Buckley
posted: October 3, 2012
There’s Al Pacino on my left and Gary Lucas on my right. I was just like, ˜This is so surreal.’ I’m hearing myself sing and I’m going, ˜How did I get…
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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 & Rumours: The Strawbs Story – From Prog Rockers to Acoustic Alchemists
posted: September 19, 2012
There we were with the two most successful producers of the 1970s working together, says Strawbs leader Dave Cousins, recalling the initial sessions for his band’s first proper album. The producers in question are Gus…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Murder By Death's Dark Dreams
posted: September 12, 2012
We’ve always been outsiders, it seems, says Adam Turla, frontman for Bloomington, Ind. band Murder By Death. Though he’s talking specifically about the band’s history with record labels, the idea could easily be expanded to…
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Riffs, Rants, And Rumors: Los Lobos Look Back On 'Kiko'
posted: August 29, 2012
It was 1991 and Los Lobos were pissed. We had recorded The Neighborhood and toured that record nonstop, remembers saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin. The Neighborhood took us about a year to make, for no…
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