Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  The Rizdales

  Another Payday Night

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  The Rizdales are what the Grand Ole Opry should be playing, and indeed once did. Singer Tom Dunphy could be Greg Keelor's brother with his...

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  Broadway Project

  The Vessel

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  White noise, record skips, lush sitars, jungle screams and vinyl pops make Broadway Project's second album, The Vessel, an intriguing liste...

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  Frames

  The Roads Outgrown

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

  If at first listen The Roads Outgrown doesn't sound like a cohesive album, you can take solace in the fact that it is not supposed to. Thin...

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  Contact

  Contact

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  There's a bunch of brave pioneers out there who have been struggling to get rid of the DJ and replace him with live musicians. Contact shar...

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  Ladysmith Black Mambazo

  The Chill Out Sessions

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  While they may forever be associated with Paul Simon's Graceland, or that Heinz commercial, Ladysmith Black Mambazo have been releasing alb...

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  Ben Sures

  Goodbye Pretty Girl

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  If Ben Sures was a beverage you can bet he'd have some stiff spirit to sneak up on you (gin perhaps) something aromatic and fortified (verm...

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  Boyd Tinsley

  True Reflections

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  If Tinsley had stuck to what he knows best — violin — the Dave Matthews sideman potentially could have made a fine album. But everybody wan...

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  Acoustic Syndicate

  Terra Firma

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  With a voice akin to King Apparatus's Chris Murray, Steve McMurry leads this vocal-driven acoustic quartet through what, at first glance, a...