Lining alone can be empowering and liberating. You can come and go without checking in with anybody. You don’t have to ask anyone for permission when you change the decor or play loud music. There are no issues when you get a pet that barks or sheds a lot. But there can also be problems […]
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With his new LP, The Dreamin’ Kind, Langhorne Slim largely backburners the folkish and lo-fi sounds of earlier albums, including 2021’s Strawberry Mansion. Aided by producer Sam Kiszka, he embraces rock guitars, synths, and elaborate arrangements. While Slim has never sounded so polished, panoramic, or mainstream, his
Memphis Kee Dark Skies Recent consumer-driven country music suggests that individuals (or, at most, duos) are the way to go – less risk, fewer ego conflicts, and more reward for the all-too-fleeting buck. Memphis Kee – both the individual and the band – don’t subscribe one bit to that theory. Kee himself is the lead […]
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Jonathan Bernstein What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome Fathers and sons. It’s always fathers and sons. But in What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, his carefully researched and sensitively written biography of Justin Townes Earle, author Jonathan Bernstein is careful not to make Justin’s lineage the whole story. Bernstein acknowledges inheritance without letting […]
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Some of the most critically-acclaimed artists of the era are struggling financially. All these issues feel especially exacerbated when certain performers can simply pay their way to the front of the line.
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He says it was worth it. A Ford employee’s interaction with President Donald Trump earlier today has gone viral – and resulted in the employee being suspended. Trump was visiting a Ford F-150 plant in Dearborn, Michigan, an appearance meant to promote his economic agenda. But during his appearance, one employee who clearly isn’t a Trump fan and shouted at him from down below. Rather than ignore the taunt, as most elected officials would, President Trump did what pretty much […]
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