Articles by Rachel Sanders

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  Watson Twins

  Fire Songs

  PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

  The Watson Twins turned heads in 2006 as the enigmatic, blue-eyeshadowed lovelies flanking Jenny Lewis on the cover of her divine solo debu...

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  Ndidi Onukwulu

  The Contradictor

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2008

  The smooth, velvety blues of Ndidi Onukwulu’s 2006 debut disc, No I Never, have been whisked away on her second album by a whirl of bombast...

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  Tim Fite

  Fair Ain't Fair

  PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2008

  Brooklyn artist Tim Fite starts off in your face and then gets right under your skin on his latest release. From the very first line ("Fair...

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  The Slaters

  Fresh Pint

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2008

  Celtic fiddle joins Tex-Mex accordion for a lively dust-up on this debut album from Montreal trio the Slaters. And when the banjo and steel...

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  Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

  Let's Frolic Again

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007

  Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden and Tom Wilson spent seven days at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, NY in January of 2006 recording such an e...

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  Cara Luft

  The Light Fantastic

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Cara Luft finally follows up her 2000 solo debut, Tempting the Storm, with The Light Fantastic. Yes, it’s been a while between solo records...

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  Meg Baird

  Dear Companion

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Guitar player/vocalist for Philadelphia-based psych-folk collective Espers, Meg Baird has gone solo with a perfect summer porch album, a ha...

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  Jim Bryson

  Where the Bungalows Roam

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  Jim Bryson says he’s sick of stamping his feet in the same old puddle. Hooray for that because his restless urge to stretch his musical lim...