Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Dave Stringer

  Brink

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  Brink is a spiritual world/folk bonanza. With tightly woven, word-packed songs similar to something Cockburn or Fearing might write, String...

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  Väsen

  Live at the Nordic Roots Festival

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  How many bands can boast having a riksspelman in their fold? Väsen's leader, Olov Johansson, is just that: a master musician. A world champ...

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  David Celia

  Organica

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  Organica can't decide what it wants to be - Raffi or the Allman Bros. This schizophrenic release will woo ears with its inspired Southern r...

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  Corwin Fox

  Compassionate Relay

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  At first listen, Corwin Fox appears to be a happy-go-lucky, church camp folk song group. Then the dancehall toasting starts and the song ab...

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  Pigeon-Hole

  And The One They Call Lightening

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  This is the debut album from Montreal's teenage organic dynamic folksters, produced by Garth Futcher (Be Good Tanyas). Assisted at times by...

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  Soul Patch

  Believe In Love

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  Soul Patch says their music is all about "groove, groove, groove and then solo your ass off." Believe In Love lives up to this mandate with...

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  Various

  Punk Rock is Your Friend

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  Kung Fu Records gives us what could aptly be called "quality control for punk." Seventeen tracks on Punk Rock is Your Friend and not a stin...

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  Chris Whitley

  Rocket House

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  This is a producer's album. Or more like an over-producer's album. Rocket House isn't so much an album of songs as it is arranged electroni...