Articles by Travis Richey

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  Ghostrain

  The 7th & Carolina Tapes

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Ghostrain is Luke Gustafson, whose songs emerge from his bedroom studio on the four tracks of a Yamaha MT150. Some of these tunes date back...

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  David Chenery & the Lonesome Valley Singers

  Memorial

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  A time comes when aging punks pour whiskey over their wounds and cast off their chains. In such times it is a special breed that picks up t...

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  Ditty Bops

  The Ditty Bops

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Although there’s something decidedly whimsical about California’s the Ditty Bops, their debut is a spellbinding synthesis of strings, percu...

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  Old School Freight Train

  Speak Out: Pickin' On Ben Harper

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Old School Freight Train (OSFT) is a five-piece string band that combines bluegrass, jazz, Celtic, afro-Cuban, and more. They released a se...

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  Ox/Kid Lightning

  Intercontinental Pop Exchange No.6

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  It’s not intercontinental, but the Vancouver and Sudbury collective known as Ox, and Los Angeles lone bolt Kid Lightning split nationalitie...

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  Devlins

  Waves

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005

  The Devlins return with a fourth studio album on the heels of their successful 2002 release, Consent. The Irish poppers seem set for a lucr...

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  Kim Barlow

  Lucky Burden

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Kim Barlow has that rare ability to tell the stories of others in a way that is convincing and unpretentious. Born in Quebec but raised in...

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  Franklin Delano

  Like a Smoking Gun in Front of Me

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005

  Not one to soothe the traditional sensibility, the latest from Italy’s Franklin Delano veers on and off of the genre highway with off road...