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Big Inner

Matthew E. White

2012 blue-eyed soul debut gets a big-league reissue

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Music News

Critical 5 concerts in NYC this week: take refuge, Nov. 6 - 10

By Siobhan McBride

Have your music and eat, too.

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Music News

Live Review: Wilco rolls into Prospect Park

By Stephen Cedars

Touring juggernaut nails it in Brooklyn.

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Books Review

Girlchild

Tupelo Hassman

It ain’t easy being a girlchild.

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Music Feature

Critical 10: Americana Icons

By Jim Allen

The artists who made Americana what it is

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Music News

Watch Lana Del Rey's JFK-inspired video

By Chris Payne

Co-starring A$AP Rocky

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Music Review

The Grifter's Hymnal

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Stunning, blues-soaked imagery from veteran TX songsmith

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Music News

RIP Levon Helm

By Stewart Mason

May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012

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Music News

Levon Helm "in final stages" of cancer battle

By Stewart Mason

Band singer-drummer gravely ill

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Music Feature

Classic Video of the Week: Beat Farmers

By Stewart Mason

The oddest things stick with you.

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Music Review

Break It Yourself

Andrew Bird

Violin-infused folk strives for abject beauty.

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Culture News

Annie Leibovitz debuts new show at Smithsonian

By Anna Graizbord

Annie Leibovitz refocuses.

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Music Review

I Want What You Want

Jennifer O’Connor

Jangly folk-pop sounds almost too effortless.

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Music Review

Wolfroy Goes To Town

Bonnie Prince Billy

Will Oldham's most compelling record in years.

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Music Review

Bad As Me

Tom Waits

More ballads and bruisers from the sultan of strange.

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Music Review

American Goldwing

Blitzen Trapper

There’s blood on these tracks.

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Music Review

The Harrow and the Harvest

Gillian Welch

Has it really been eight years?

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Books Review

Gryphon

Charles Baxter

Baxter brings the mythic to the Midwest with Gryphon.

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Music Review

Kiss Each Other Clean

Iron and Wine

Alt-folk’s crown prince learns to dance.

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Music Review

The Shine

Tony Joe White

Louisiana swamp rocker back where he belongs.

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Music Review

National Ransom

Elvis Costello

A concept album for the Great Recession.

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Music Review

Band of Joy

Robert Plant

Dirty, psych-tinged roots rock.

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Books List

Summer Reading List: Dreams and Diversions

By Damian Van Denburgh

The dog days of summer are here, which means it's… >>

Music Review

Made the Harbor

Mountain Man

Nearly a cappella harmonies for post-modern folkies.

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Music Profile

Elizabeth LaPrelle

By Stewart Mason

Honest American folk without revivalist baggage.

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Music Review

The Ghost Who Walks

Karen Elson

British supermodel makes surprisingly assured pop debut.

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Music Review

Welcome Joy

The Cave Singers

Lovely, albeit somewhat forgettable, alt-country musings.

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Music Review

Crazy Heart

Various Artists

Classic ‘70s-style outlaw country meets contemporary alt-country.

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Music Review

The Black Dirt Sessions

Deer Tick

Some serious dark night of the soul stuff.

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Music Review

The Open Road

John Hiatt

Hiatt is all about the subtleties.

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Music Review

July Flame

Laura Veirs

13 finger-picked acoustic tracks of wide-eyed, lovestruck wonder

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Music Review

Honey Moon

The Handsome Family

Warmer, fuzzier, but still reassuringly weird

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Music Review

Middle Cyclone

Neko Case

Former alt-country siren fully delivers on her promise.

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Books Profile

Chris Ware

By Damian Van Denburgh

Ware chronicles distinctly American lives.

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Books Review

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

This American classic deserves its legendary status.

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Books Review

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

A broken-hearted deaf mute becomes the confidante of loners.

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Music Review

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Elvis Costello

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

Books Profile

Raymond Carver

By Tracy O’Neill

A master of economical word usage.

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Books Review

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

A brilliantly maximalist tour de force that delves deep into… >>