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You Have Already Gone To The Other World

A gateway into Balkan music for the curious

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Critical 5 Concerts in NYC this week: get epic, March 21-28

Variety is the spice of life.

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Wilco's Solid Sound Festival is returning to MASS MoCA this summer

They're the band who loves you.

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Memory Motel: Richard Shindell's Bewitching World, Then and Now

The legacy of a master songsmith on tour now

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A Wonder Working Stone

A joyous modern take on vintage U.K. folk-rock

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Memory Motel: Farewell to Frank Christian

A Greenwich Village legend leaves us.

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Deer Creek Canyon

Rustic siren offers a shoulder to cry on.

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John Cale and Cass McCombs team up, reveal the most basic human emotion

Different means to the same heart-wrenching end.

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Critical 5 Concerts in NYC this week: gorge on music, Nov 20-25

Don't forget to give thanks for live music.

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Jeff Mangum to tour for orphans and our listening pleasure

Think, dwell, and do good with Neutral Milk Hotel frontman.

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The Kopecky Family Band debuts theatrical charm

Horns and whistles make for family fun.

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Memory Motel: Farewell to Terry Callier

Honoring a singer/songwriter supreme

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Terry Callier, 1945-2012

Jazz-folk singer-songwriter found dead

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Take a ride down the Twisted Road with Neil Young & Crazy Horse's new video

Nostalgia and rock & roll pave the way.

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M. Ward goes all tweeny-bopper in new video

Mulholland Drive meets Tiger Beat.

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Spooky Sisters: Diana Darby and Sheila Mac Donald

Ghostly tunes from two haunted songsmiths.

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Critical Questions: Dusted's Brian Borcherdt

Embarking on new musical journey.

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New animated Wilco video captures a Maurice Sendak essence

Where the wild things went.

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Trailer for new Jeff Buckley film, not the biopic you're looking for

A bit more Gossip Girl than deep exploration.

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Critical 5 concerts in NYC this week: atmospheric escapism, Sept 17 - 23

Toward the subdued and sometimes subtle.

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Tempest

An inconsistent but worthwhile work from the master songsmith.

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Laura Marling to embark on intimate U.S. tour

Carnival of old soul.

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Critical 5 concerts in NYC this week: autumn in revolt, Sept. 10-15

Gypsy-punk, cabaret, and indie soundtracks.

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Critical 5 things to do in L.A.: rockin’ out, September 7-9

Rockin' and rollin' and whatnot.

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I Know What Love Isn't

Sentimental Swede offers a shoulder to cry on.

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Critical 5 concerts in NYC this week: beer gardens galore, August 27-Sept. 2

Plus, some '80s college rockers worth seeing a second time.

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Live Review: a little rain can't stop Lollapalooza

2012 Lollapalooza was nothing short of epic.

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Critical 5 concerts in NYC: free shows, nostalgia, indie buzz, August 6-12

90s throwbacks, the buzziest of buzzbands, and a bit of… >>

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Delta Rae's Bottom of the River hypnotizes

Living (and singing) in perfect harmony.

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Newport Folk Festival continues to thrive on respect, sells out in record time

More folk & folk-friendly artists than you can shake a… >>

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Stretch out with Quilt on the back porch

Plus, catch the psych-folkies on tour.

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The Mountain Goats release new track via Twitter

John Darnielle rewards followers with an unreleased demo.

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Neil Halstead releases new track

"Fool Moon Rising" off new solo LP.

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Dead Oceans to offer subscription service

Future of the indie record industry?

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Hear new Woods single, Cali in a Cup

Lo-fi troubadours return.

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Leaving Eden

Solid follow-up to their Grammy-winning breakthrough.

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Track of the day: The Mynabirds, "Body of Work"

Upbeat, folksy singalong from Saddle Creek

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Dawn of the Dead: The Grateful Dead and the Rise of the San Francisco Underground

Documenting psychedelia’s first flowering

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Critical 10: Songs On The Street Map

10 great songs named after streets.

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Critical 10: Dylan Knockoffs

From homage to parody to blatant rip-off.

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Critical 10: Dylan's Deep Cuts

The master craftsman's hidden treasures

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Cass McCombs releases "Bradley Manning" single, video

Limited 7" press out via Domino

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Video of the Day: Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Album of campfire standards out June 5

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

Excavating the archives of an American original.

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Help Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold score LOLcats film

A great day for the internet

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Memory Motel: Looking Back at Lightfoot Live

The Canadian troubadour captured live.

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Urstan

Traditional Gaelic music brought alive.

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Neil Young reveals details of new Crazy Horse LP

Oddball covers album set for June 5

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Memory Motel: The Secret Folkie Pasts of New Wave Heroes

The acoustic-strumming past of New Wave pioneers.

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Critical 10: Overlooked Irish Artists

10 bands well-suited for your St. Paddy playlist.

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Break It Yourself

Violin-infused folk strives for abject beauty.

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Woodsist Festival 2012 lineup announced

Psych-folk gathering in Big Sur

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Tramp

Erstwhile folkie finally finds her voice.

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Are you ready for the summer? Delta Spirit tour annnounced

Delta Spirit kicks off new tour.

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Use Me

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

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Poet and the Dreamer

British swinger’s Coral-assisted turn towards pop.

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I Am Very Far

Dark, schizophrenic, but ultimately rewarding.

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S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey of Shinju TNT

As eclectic and inventive as ever.

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Genuine Negro Jig

Modern string trio get the balance right.

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Castings

Sepulchral neo-psych-folk

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964

No clunkers, but no revelations.

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Broken Record

Countrified, consistently tuneful self-loathing

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The Wild Hunt

Dylan-channeling American folk, from Sweden.

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Made the Harbor

Nearly a cappella harmonies for post-modern folkies.

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Music Profile

Elizabeth LaPrelle

Honest American folk without revivalist baggage.

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Mark Eitzel

A putative sad sack with a switchblade sense of humor.

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Welcome Joy

Lovely, albeit somewhat forgettable, alt-country musings.

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Anthology of American Folk Music

The Defining Mixtape of The Mid-Century Folk Revival.

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Crazy Heart

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

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The Black Dirt Sessions

Some serious dark night of the soul stuff.

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The Open Road

Hiatt is all about the subtleties.

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Hadestown

Folk opera utilizes some of the scene’s most recognizable voices

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The Courage of Others

Ornate British-style folk full of flutes and gently-plucked string instruments

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Hunter, Hunter

Poetic flourishes, black humor and masterful, poker-faced irony

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Sigh No More

Cries of heartbreak and glorious choruses.

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Cover Lovers: 10 Great Covers Albums

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

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Lost Channels

Toronto band’s fourth LP is a sad but hopeful breath… >>

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Time Stands Still

His well-worn voice sounds like it’s rising straight up from… >>

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Larry Jon Wilson

That greasy, funky, Southern outlaw sound.

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I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day

Canadian singer-songwriter turns heartbreak into optimism

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Spoils

Foreign, fantastical, and forward-looking

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Neko Case

A force of nature flowing effortlessly across genres.

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Monsters of Folk

Indie-folk supergroup debuts.

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The 10 Worst Leonard Cohen Covers

For every worthy interpreter who ever tackled Leonard Cohen's legendary… >>

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The 10 Best Leonard Cohen Covers

When you're covering Cohen, you either hit it out of… >>

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

An American folk anthology for historians and newcomers alike.

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Declaration of Dependence

Tasteful, if overly restrained, acoustic songs to quietly sing along… >>

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Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)

Solo acoustic Fahey writ large.

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Dark Was The Night

Covers and collaborations joining some of the era’s finest voices… >>

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Set 'Em Wild Set 'Em Free

Moving forward after founder's departure.

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Fink

British chill-out DJ turned Nick Drake-influenced singer/songwriter

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Bert Jansch

Godfather of U.K. folk and fingerstyle master.

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Bob Dylan

Creator of the mutable rock persona.

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Neil Young

Willing to fail interestingly.

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