This disc is just about as close to flawless as today's mainstream bluegrass gets.
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Working in an earlier decade, Tim Mahoney would be a star, and his uncomplicated but sophisticated heartland pop did get him onto TV's The Voice.
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This cogently written, well-acted period piece is flawed but well worth seeing – especially if you're interested in the milieu of Les Misérables.
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The Dave Douglas Quintet's jazz improvisation coordinated surprisingly well with O'Donovan's studied folk stylings on the "sublime" 2012 album Be Still.
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A dominating performance by Ugly Betty's America Ferrera centers this incisive and gutsy new play.
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A charismatic young psychopath wins over impressionable fellow students in this powerful work staged by the never-shy Amoralists.
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A climactic run through the streets of Edinburgh caps this witty musical journey through the minds of a mismatched pair of thirty-somethings.
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Jacob Blazer heads in a minimalist direction with his new EP.
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A series of vignettes on the theme of love include dance and song but don't add up to much in the end.
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Director Tom Hooper had his cast sing live on camera, and the gamble pays off in this immersive adaptation of the stage musical.
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