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CSNY 1974 works much better than it has any right to. It also makes you wonder what might have been.
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From Skid Row to Vashti Bunyan to Steve Aoki to Ted Nugent, there's big news from several generations of musical icons this week.
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'Passing Through' is a thoroughly engaging album of Celtic music.
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Peter Himmelman's new 'The Boat That Carries Us' is a thoughtful musical journey about both literal and metaphorical travels.
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DeMeyer's sixth album, co-written with Will Kimbrough, is one of the year's best Americana/roots-music releases.
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Passenger's new album 'Whispers' gets right to the heart of what meaningful, touching, and well played music can be.
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Stony Plain Records' compilation of choice cuts from Long John Baldry are an affordable introduction to the British blues legend's latter-day work.
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The final release by the long-running Texas all-acoustic band features live performances from their final shows of songs they'd never released.
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