Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys: Arlo Guthrie at 75
Looking back on the long career of a legendary American son
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Woody Guthrie
Where are Our War Beatles?
How current events highlight the utter impotency of Rock and Pop
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ALBUMS: A Better Built Dog and Pony Show
With The Horses and The Hounds, James McMurtry asserts his everyman attitude
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Seven Crosses and a Horse
Bruce Springsteen, Jeep and the death of the lie-dream of Liberalism in American rock and pop
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ALBUMS: Strawberry Letter ’21
Langhorne Slim shares resolve and reassurance from the sweet environs of his Strawberry Mansion
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This Song is a Con, But It Can Still Change the World
Tim Sommer reckons with the power of the protest song in post-election 2020
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When You Mistake The Beatles For Ché, You Get What You Deserve
By believing that singing about working for the clampdown was the same as working against the clampdown, we worked for the clampdown
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ALBUMS: Colter Wall Makes Cowboy Music From Canada
It’s all holstein sofas, wagon wheel chandeliers and Louis L’Amour novels on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
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Hard Times Ain’t Nothin’ New
The Alan Lomax Archives releases an album of songs to lift spirits in troubling times
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David Dondero: Living In The Material World
The unsung indie pop icon dissects our modern age
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CONCERTS: Arlo Guthrie, Queen Latifah and More Celebrate The Fourth of July in Boston
The Boston Pops Orchestra’s annual fireworks extravaganza offered a jolt of proper patriotism on a most divisive Independence Day
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