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Album Review: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)”
Beth Winchester November 12, 2020

Although Sharon Jones may have passed away four years ago, her collaboration with the Dap-Kings lives on in another posthumous release. The latest collection of songs, Just Dropped In (To See Wha…

Beth Winchester November 12, 2020
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Album Review: Laura Veirs Balances Anxiety and Comfort on “My Echo”
Beth Winchester November 2, 2020

Like the best folk singers, Laura Veirs is appealing in her consistency and reliability. Her latest album, My Echo, is a concise album with plenty of lyrics illustrating feelings of anxiety and b…

Beth Winchester November 2, 2020
8
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Album Review: Sylvan Esso craft subtle treasures on “Free Love”
Beth Winchester October 7, 2020

On Amelia Meath and Nick Sandborn’s third album as Sylvan Esso, Free Love, the group pares down their sound even further while expanding their emotional reach. The precise electronic-pop beats of…

Beth Winchester October 7, 2020
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Album Review: Imelda May trades rockabilly for spoken word on “Slip of the Tongue”
Beth Winchester September 29, 2020

Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May’s latest outing, Slip of the Tongue, is a far cry from her early rockabilly output. However, this isn’t such a huge leap from her last album way back in 2017, Life L…

Beth Winchester September 29, 2020
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Album Review: Katy Perry – “Smile”
Beth Winchester September 6, 2020

On Katy Perry’s latest, long-teased album Smile, Perry remains resolutely pop. While her peers and successors are increasingly genre-hopping and dropping surprise records and EPs, Perry’s Smile feels …

Beth Winchester September 6, 2020
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Album Review: Bully – “SUGAREGG”
Beth Winchester August 30, 2020

On Bully’s third release, SUGAREGG, now-official band mastermind Alicia Bognanno continues to channel her every feeling into intense rock howls. The sound of SUGAREGG is not markedly different fr…

Beth Winchester August 30, 2020
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Album Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter – “The Dirt and the Stars”
Beth Winchester August 16, 2020

Mary Chapin Carpenter’s latest studio album, The Dirt and the Stars, can join the list of 2020 records that accidentally work perfectly for our communal mental crisis. Carpenter’s record works pa…

Beth Winchester August 16, 2020

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