Reuters - Sep 27, 2006
You could say Americana, that indefinable roots music, is the new punk rock. But the punks in question are older and make a lot of money. Last week, a record 1,200 people turned up in Nashville for...
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Los Angeles film buffs are probably best acquainted with Chris Desjardins in his capacity as a programmer at the American Cinematheque, a movie preservation group that runs the historic Egyptian Theater...
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An album of cover versions can sometimes be a window into a musician s roots. So it is with Los Angeles rocker Dave Alvin s West of the West, which gathers 13 tunes by California songwriters. The Yep...
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Singer-guitarist Little Milton Campbell, whose career as a soul-blues star spanned five decades, died Thursday in Memphis. He was 70. Campbell was hospitalized after suffering two strokes in late July...
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Radio has become a restaurant with horrible food and great service, says Doc Holiday, host of the weekly Watusi Rodeo on Indie 103.1 (KDLD-FM). Here, sometimes the service isn t so good, but the steak...
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