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Memory Motel: Lee Hazlewood’s Longing Letters From L.A.

By Jim Allen

Excavating the archives of an American original.

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Music Review

Break It Yourself

Andrew Bird

Violin-infused folk strives for abject beauty.

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Music News

Johnny Cash museums to open, new releases to come

By Anna Graizbord

Celebrating 80 years of Johnny Cash in 2012.

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Music Review

Use Me

David Bromberg

Folk/blues vet’s duets album beats the odds.

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Music Review

A Treasure

Neil Young

Live document of Young’s 1985 country turn.

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Music Review

An American Trilogy

Mickey Newbury

Essential reappraisal of an underrated Nashville singer-songwriter.

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Music Review

From Memphis To Hollywood: Bootleg Volume 2

Johnny Cash

Fascinating time capsule of early rarities.

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Music List

Jim Allen’s Top 10 Albums of 2010

By Jim Allen

From the '70s stomp of Wolf People's first proper album… >>

Music Review

Broken Record

Lloyd Cole

Countrified, consistently tuneful self-loathing

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Music Review

National Ransom

Elvis Costello

A concept album for the Great Recession.

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Books List

Back to the Farm: A Farmer’s Life in Literature

By Damian Van Denburgh

These books examine the struggles that farmers face, be it… >>

Music Profile

Elizabeth LaPrelle

By Stewart Mason

Honest American folk without revivalist baggage.

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Music Review

Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72

Kris Kristofferson

One of country's greatest songwriters in the beginning.

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Music Review

Anthology of American Folk Music

Various Artists

The Defining Mixtape of The Mid-Century Folk Revival.

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Music Review

I Am What I Am

Merle Haggard

A winningly visceral, back-to-basics album.

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Music Review

Country Music

Willie Nelson

A winningly visceral, back-to-basics album.

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Music List

Critical ‘60s Country

By T. Cole Rachel

While pop was undergoing its psychedelic makeover, down in Nashville,… >>

Music List

Cover Lovers: 10 Great Covers Albums

By Jim Allen

Anyone devoid of original ideas can knock off new versions… >>

Music Profile

Neko Case

By Laura Leebove

A force of nature flowing effortlessly across genres.

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Music Profile

Mickey Newbury

By Stewart Mason

Often-underappreciated early Nashville rebel.

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Music Profile

Willie Nelson

By Jim Allen

The ponytailed philosopher king of outlaw country.

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Music Review

People Take Warning: Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913 - 1938

Various Artists

An American folk anthology for historians and newcomers alike.

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Music Review

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Elvis Costello

An acoustic, bluegrass-tinged affair benefiting from the picking of Jerry… >>

Music Profile

Merle Haggard

By Jim Allen

Ex-con becomes country icon.

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Music Profile

Hank Williams

By Stewart Mason

The man who personified country music.

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