Zac Brown Band: Uncaged

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Zac Brown Band Uncaged (Atlantic/Home Grown/Bigger Picture) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars At this point in their career, with a pair of platinum albums, a hit live record, and enough Top Five country hits to fill a best-of collection, the Zac Brown Band has grown accustomed to dealing with the weight of expectations — [...]

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Hard Travelin’: A Q&A With Jerry Douglas

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He’s played on more than 1600 albums and won a baker’s dozen worth of Grammy Awards, but master Dobro player Jerry Douglas is still capable of moving outside his comfort zone — and that’s exactly what he did during the sessions for his latest album, Traveler, which finds him playing alongside an eyebrow-raising array of [...]

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Eric Church, “Springsteen”

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It takes its title from Jersey’s favorite son, but Eric Church’s “Springsteen” isn’t about its namesake — not really, anyway. As Church put it himself, “The interesting part is it’s a love affair that takes place in an amphitheater between two people. It didn’t happen with Springsteen, ironically, it happened with another artist.” The “it” [...]

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