Articles by Eric Thom

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  Maura O'Connell

  Walls And Windows

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Maura O'Connell does what few other Irish vocalists do: she lives in Nashville. At first glance a seemingly odd choice, given her deep root...

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  Bill Perry

  Fire It Up

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Bill Perry comes screaming out of the gate with searing blues guitar, gruff vocals and a sound that is a slightly swampy cross between Litt...

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  Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen

  Running Wild

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  The liner notes sum up the infectious chemistry that exists between these four superheroes of the bluegrass community in just two simple wo...

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  Roomful Of Blues

  The Blues'll Make You Happy, Too

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Roomful of Blues remains, after more than 30 years, a well-respected blues institution. And, despite its revolving door of players, its her...

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  Kim Simmonds

  Blues Like Midnight

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Long before Simmond's Savoy Brown ruled the English blues and boogie scene that took America by storm, he was fascinated by the raw blues o...

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  Mary Simon

  Before I Fall

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Too late, Mary, I've fallen, too. This little indie disc, hailing from the Burlington area, comes as a sweet, sugar coated surprise. Its ta...

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  IIIrd Tyme Out

  Back To The Mac

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  Checking my records, IIIrd Tyme Out has already gone the live route (1998's Live At The Mac) but despite the "our fans demanded it" rationa...

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  Various

  Cool Blue Rocks: Rock & Roll in the Bluegrass Tradition

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2001

  This novel collection of "rock" songs as played by a "who's who" of bluegrass session masters scores points for its bravado, if not for its...