Articles by Claire Marie Blaustein

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  Deana Carter

  The Chain

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2008

  Deana Carter is the daughter of famed guitarist Fred Carter Jr., who, it seems, had his finger in every great musical pie of the last sever...

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  Dave Gunning

  House For Sale

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2008

  From the opening twang of this album, it seems easy to describe Dave Gunning; he’s good-time, old-town country. Lost dog country. Truck bro...

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  Matty Powell & The Resonance

  The Ness Creek Sessions

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2008

  A bunch of musicians wander off into the woods of Saskatoon, SK, stay there for a few days and wander back out with an album, The Ness Cree...

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  Green TaRA

  Global Baby

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Green TaRA, the funk/soul/R&B/social activist alter ego for Tara Nicole Donald, explodes fully formed on Global Baby, the second album for...

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  Various

  Gypsy Caravan: Music in and Inspired by the Film

  PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2007

  Soundtracks from musical documentaries usually suffer under their own labels — they’re just bits and pieces, excerpts from a lovingly craft...

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  Lori McKenna

  Unglamorous

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  Straight out of The Coal Miners Daughter, mother of five Lori McKenna suddenly finds her home-written songs being performed by Faith Hill a...

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  Pam Tillis

  Rhinestoned

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

  Pam Tillis’s latest album, Rhinestoned, is her first release on her label Stellar Cat Records, and is a delightful and fun bit of sparkle....

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  Toufic Farroukh

  Tootya

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2007

  Jazz saxophonist Toufic Farroukh shows his compositional skills with his newest album, Tootya. It’s a mix of Arabic instruments with pop so...