Articles by Mick Gzowski

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  Lydia Loveless

  Cowpunks and Cleanses

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2014

  At 23, Lydia Loveless is already a veteran performer, preparing for her next America-by-minivan tour to promote her third album, Somewhere...

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  Lydia Loveless

  Somewhere Else

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2014

  Lydia Loveless rocks this, her barnburner of a third full album. While there's a Stevie Nicks-ish vulnerability to her voice that beckons f...

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  Various Artists

  Divided and United: The Songs of the Civil War

  PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2013

  This is the record that should have been made for Ken Burns' Civil War series, since it includes more than just tub-thumpers like "Battle H...

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  Loves It

  All We Are

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013

  Vaughn Walters and Jenny Parrott make up this Austin duo, backed by some of their favourite local players from other acts. They claim to sp...

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  Dirt and the Skirt

  The Adventures of Captain Dirt and the Skirt

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2013

  This highly skilled duo of Kristin Sweetland and Lyndell Montgomery — with some fine guesting by the likes of Gary Craig on drums, Ke...

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  Fernande McNabb

  Fernande McNabb

  PUBLISHED May 27, 2013

  This Calgary-born Manitoba resident has a lovely vibrato and a clear Shania Twain-style delivery, albeit without the playfulness. McNabb sa...