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CD Review: Punch Brothers
Punch Brothers Who’s Feeling Young Now (Nonesuch) By Brian Arsenault Punch Brothers’ new album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, starts so strong. Poetic intelligent lyrics, deeply felt but restrained...
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CD Review: Martha’s Trouble “A Little Heart Like You”
Martha’s Trouble A Little Heart Like You (Aisling Records) By Brian Arsenault Martha’s Trouble, for the uninitiated ‘til now like me, is a husband and wife folk duo — Rob and Jen Slocumb — who had...
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Short Takes: New CDs featuring Randy Sharp, Sharon Rays, Jack Routh and Maia...
By Brian Arsenault Randy Sharp, Sharon Rays, Jack Routh and Maia Sharp Dreams of the San Joaquin (Blix St. Records) It seems to me that Dreams of the San Joaquin should be the birth of a band. They...
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Short Takes: Of My Favorites in Twenty-Twelve
By Brian Arsenault I really don’t feel comfortable calling a column like this “The Best of 2012.” It’s not that I’m not opinionated enough to do so, it’s that integrity would require me to have...
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Brian Arsenault’s Short Takes: CDs by Lunasa and Olivia Foschi
Of Music Beyond Ireland and Back to Italy By Brian Arsenault LÚNASA Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (Lúnasa Records) Up the Irish. Up the rebels. I always used to like my cousin’s husband...
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Record Rack: The Rolling Stones and the Animals (Reissues)
Not Fade Away After Half a Century By Brian Arsenault Vinylphiles rejoice. If you still have a vinyl player that turns at 45 revolutions per minute, ABKCO has a very special treat indeed for you in...
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Record Rack: Cheryl Bentyne & Mark Winkler, Ry Cooder
Of What Amazes and What Might Have Been By Brian Arsenault Cheryl Bentyne & Mark Winkler West Coast Cool (Summit Records) The only thing that disappoints me about West Coast Cool is that I’ll...
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CD Review: TriBeCaStan’s “New Songs From the Old Country”
TriBeCaStan New Songs From the Old Country (Evergreene Music) By Brian Arsenault I’m a bit late getting to this gem and it is one. A rare gem that perhaps could only come out of New York — especially...
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Christmas CDs: Tim Warfield, New York Voices, Jonathan Butler, Karrin Allyson
Of Spirits Bright By Brian Arsenault The feast of Holiday music this year is as abundant as Tiny Tim’s Christmas table. After Scrooge woke up and saw the light, of course. Here are four shining stars...
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CD Review of the Day: Carlene Carter’s “Carter Girl”
CARLENE CARTER Carter Girl (Rounder Records) By Brian Arsenault The connection between blues and rock has long been established and celebrated, bemoaned and argued about. Even the connection between...
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