Articles by Derek Nawrot

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  Southerly

  Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

  Southerly is Portland-based multi-instrumentalist Krist Krueger’s project of orch pop mixed with a kind of rootsy Americana. Like fellow Po...

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  Various

  A Tribute to Polnareff

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

  Although arguably never achieving the fame of contemporaries like Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Dutronic, Michel Polnareff still remains one...

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  Various

  Le Pop 4

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

  Various Currently the French music scene is undergoing a refreshing and unique renaissance that is witnessing a number of small labels pop...

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  Alsace Lorraine

  Dark One

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Naming your band after two regions in France is usually an open ticket to writing lovely little Euro pop ditties about summer love on the s...

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  Ray Barbee/Tommy Guerrero/ Matt Rodriguez/ Doug Scharin/ Chuck Treece

  Blktop Project

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Anyone who thinks skateboard music isn’t refined should give this a listen. The project originally started as a soundtrack for the free jam...

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  Bebel Gilberto

  Momento

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  In 2001, Bebel Gilberto released her acclaimed fusion of mellow Braziltronica and firmly cemented herself as the queen of said genre. The a...

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  Stephen Marley

  Mind Control

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Long one of the tightest families in music, the Marley sons could have easily joined the ranks of the Wailers in playing the same familiar...

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  Nouvelle Vague

  LateNight Tales

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  While the novelty of doing ’80s covers in bossa nova has not yet worn off (although it’s highly up for debate), France’s Nouvelle Vague sho...