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Julu 31 Molly Malone's (Covington) Most of Freedy Johnston's songs are populated with characters that either seem blithely unaware of their terminal shortcomings or are keenly aware of them and lack the conviction or strength to do anything about them. His patently brilliant new album, 'Rain on the City,' offers up plenty of twangy Americana/Folk that shimmers with Power Pop melodicism.
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When Christopher Monfort was arrested last November on suspicion of assassinating a Seattle police officer, detectives scoured his background, searching for a telltale record of violence.
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Accused Seattle cop killer Christopher Monfort: loner, obsessed by ideology
It's hard to know how to feel about watching young love unfurl. Gross or giddy? For Bethany Cosentino and Nathan Williams, it's happening publicly and, if not under a microscope, then over an ever-updating RSS feed. Poking and prodding each other via Twitter about such issues as the Disney progra...
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Pick Hits Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman Dual Identity | Clean Feed Two alto saxmen, rising stars at least according to Downbeat 's critics, in a free-jazz quintet mediated by guitarist Liberty Ellman. Mahanthappa has sopped up Coltrane and the Karna...
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Jazz Consumer Guide: Mocking Traditions, or Joining Them
Joe Lovano hit the trifecta at the Jazz Awards, with wins for tenor saxophonist, small ensemble and record of the year, but pianist-composer Vijay Iyer walked off with musician of the year honors.
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Marisa Miller finally makes her 'Guitar Hero'' debut.
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Faith in culture trumps traditionalism for one of the city's leading lights
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STAFF Benda Bilili went from busking and living on the street to star in an award winning film.
Joni Mitchell once said, At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar. By little coincidence, this notion also carries a strong resonance for an up-and-coming English songbird named Laura Marling. I didnt want to be a singer, Marling admits over the phone from her home in London. Originally, I wanted to be a writer. Despite growing up as the ...
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