Tag archive for ‘January/February 2007’
Leiber and Stoller: Second Generation Standards
To this day, Leiber, the lyricist, and Stoller, the melodist, yearn to be known as more than writers of simple rock and roll.
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN: COUNTRY MUSIC IN AMERICA > Paul Kingsbury & Alanna Nash
Never has there been a country music encyclopedia as visually lavish and likely to induce readers to dip into it again and again just for the looking as this new 360-page treasure-trove.
COLD WAR KIDS > Robbers and Cowards
Cold Wars Kids are the first to admit that, for them, style is almost as important as sound.
JOANNA NEWSOM > Ys
Joanna Newsom’s fanciful gothic folk sound has no real contemporary musical parallel.
DIANE WARREN: Real Songs for Real People
“By the time I was seven, I knew I wanted to be a songwriter…”
TOM WAITS > Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, & Bastards
Orphans succeeds in being the sketchbook of a master craftsman…
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