Articles by Chris Wodskou

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  Medeski Martin and Wood

  The Dropper

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000

  With their emergence several years ago on the club and festival circuits, Medeski Martin and Wood awakened an appetite, largely amongst whi...

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  R.L. Burnside

  Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  R.L. Burnside is among the last of a dying breed, namely a rough and tumble blues shouter with an unruly guitar out of the Mississippi hill...

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  Scott Dunbar

  From Lake Mary

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Fortunately, there are no such monkeyshines with Scott Dunbar, one of the original hill country bluesmen. The son of an ex-slave who learne...

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  Various

  New Beats From The Delta

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Continuing in the current Fat Possum gangsta' tip, the album graphics of New Beats From the Delta suggest some kind of New Jack Delta, and...

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  Pram

  The Museum of Imaginary Animals

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Pram is a veritable factory of whimsy, almost a musical equivalent of discovering a miscellany from centuries back whose pages overflow wit...

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  Mocean Worker

  Aural and Hearty

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  With last year's Mixed Emotional Features, it was clear that Mocean Worker didn't do drum & bass by numbers - the album was darker, moodier...

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  Buffalo Tom

  Asides from Buffalo Tom

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  Everybody loves the boy next door, except in the music industry. Or rather, nobody in the music industry loves the boys next door when they...

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  Pinetop Seven

  Bringing Home the Last Great Strike

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000

  Record reviews often end with a recommendation; this one begins with an exhortation. Please buy this album and support Pinetop Seven, a ban...