Articles by Dylan Barnabe

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  Camera Obscura Find a Way Forward on 'Look to the East, Look to the West'

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2024

  On 'Look to the East, Look to the West,' Camera Obscura's first new material in over a decade, the Scottish quintet recapture the melodic...

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  'COWBOY CARTER' Ain't Beyoncé's First Rodeo

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2024

  Nobody puts Beyoncé in a corner — It's a lesson the gatekeepers of country music learned the hard way this past weekend. Inspired by the...

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  Chastity Belt Embrace Sincerity on 'Live Laugh Love'

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2024

  Live, Laugh, Love — a throwaway joke that became real somewhere along the line. The trite saying has long been the subject...

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  Five Must-See Acts at Boots and Hearts 2024

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2024

  Every August, scores of fans dust off their cowboy boots and bolo ties to make the pilgrimage to Burl's Creek, ON, for the Boots and Hearts...

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  ​Sade's Best 15 Songs Ranked

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2023

  Few artists have managed to achieve stardom with a single name: Prince, Madonna, Adele, Cher, Bono. And then there is the original smooth o...

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  Chris Stapleton Is for Everyone on 'Higher'

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2023

  Chris Stapleton was writing music in Nashville decades before he ventured out on his own in 2015 with Traveller. Since then, Stapleton has...

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  Blonde Redhead Are Inquisitive and Inviting on 'Sit Down for Dinner'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023

  Blonde Redhead invite you to share a meal on Sit Down for Dinner. Kazu Makino and twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace return with the band...

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  The xx's Romy Is Enjoying Life — and She's Here to Help You Do the Same

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023

  Romy Madley Croft wants you to enjoy your life and know that she's enjoying hers. The typically private member of the xx, whose presence ha...