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Sons of the Never Wrong Make It Right In Evanston

Robert Rodi | Posted 12.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Deborah Lader, Guns of the Navarone, Steve Goodman, Lynda Barry, Sons of the Never Wrong, They Might Be Giants, Leonard Cohen, Jane Shilling, Judy Raddue, Sue Demel, Joni Mitchell, Old Town School of Folk Music, Simon & Garfunkle, NoëL Coward, Bruce Roper, Claudia Schmidt, Chicago News

Sons in a nutshell: maddeningly coy, disarmingly clever, and many times smarter than you are. Which isn't to paint them as a novelty act.

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Never Been Gone: A Conversation With Carly Simon

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jay Landers, Sesame Street, The Village Voice, Van Morrison, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Winnie the Pooh, Sony Records, Piglet's Big Adventure, Harry Belafonte, Jim Hart, Ben Taylor, The Hi-Lo's, Carly Simon, Elton John, Hear Music, Sally Taylor, Robert Christgau, Columbia Records, Carole King, David Saw, Teese Gohl, Walkman, Richard Perry, Entertainment News, Starbucks, Benjamin Thomas, Arista Records, Joni Mitchell, Clive Davis, Lucy Simon, James Taylor, L.A. Reid, Heffalump, Piglet, Entertainment News

In this interview, Carly talks candidly about her new "unplugged" album Never Been Gone, recent projects, her family, an Elton John non-adventure and much more.

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It Takes The Village: Interviews with Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Timmins, John Oates, Amos Lee, Rachael Yamagata, Steve Berlin, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Amos Lee, The Decemberists, Leftover Salmon, Mississippi John Hurt, Sonny Terry, Los Lobos, The Lovin' Spoonful, Eric Andersen, Joe Ely, John Sebastian, Chip Taylor, Pete Seeger, Matt Umanov, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hall & Oates, Brownie McGee, Greenwich Village, Woody Guthrie, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Fred Neil, Joan Baez, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Daryl Hall, Rachael Yamagata, The Duhks, Sixpence None the Richer, Judy Collins, Doc Watson, Marshall Crenshaw, Art Alexakis, Bleecker Street, Bruce Hornsby, Lucinda Williams, Cowboy Junkies, Jerry Garcia, Dave Van Ronk, Suze Rotolo, Drew Emmitt, Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley, This Mortal Coil, Shelby Lynne, Rhino Records, Steve Berlin, Entertainment News, Rocco DeLuca, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, John Oates, Richie Havens, 429 Records, Entertainment News

It's a little surprising that until now, no one has put together a tribute album to folk's fertile days in New York's Greenwich Village.

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How Sweet The Sound: An Interview With Joan Baez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

For most of the fifty years since she debuted at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has dedicated her life and music to fighting for equality and social justice, and for bringing about positive change in the world.

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HuffPost Reviews: Alice In Chains, Rosanne Cash, Kiss, and more, plus a Brandi Carlile Interview, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Black Orpheus, Sarah Cracknell, Linda Ronstadt, Bola Sete, Indigo Girls, Roxy Music, The Eagles, Andrew Gold, Neil Young, Sade, Stan Getz, Alice in Chains, Brandi Carlile, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, J.D. Souther, Peanuts, Dave Brubeck, Stephen Stills, Lisa Germano, Rosanne Cash, Elton John, Dan Fogelberg, Elvis Costello, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kiss, Joan Armatrading, Jaco Pastorius, Robert Fripp, Wal-Mart, Crosby Stills & Nash, Charles Schulz, Vince Guaraldi, Wilco, Mary Travers, Jeff Tweedy, Robbie Robertson, Erroll Garner, Charlie Brown, Astrid Gilberto, Charlie Mingus, Karla Bonoff, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Ray, Sam's Club, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

With Layne Staley's death, Alice In Chains was all but done. But fourteen years later, here we are with something that sounds a lot like what the group would have had they returned to the studio a couple years later.

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An Interview with Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

Tony Sachs | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Laura Nyro, Carmen McRae, Crosby Stills & Nash, Music Business, Nancy Wilson, Sergio Mendes, Barbra Streisand, Sam Cooke, Stan Getz, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Judy Garland, Herb Alpert, A & M Records, Miles Davis, Concord Records, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Cannonball Adderley, Irving Berlin, The Beatles, Michael Shapiro, June Christy, Hal Gaba, Joao Gilberto, Joni Mitchell, Ruth Olay, Frank Sinatra, Lani Hall, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jerry Moss, Entertainment News

Last Herb and Lani re-emerged, hitting the road for a series of low-key shows which were recorded for the newly-released Anything Goes -- the first time they've ever collaborated musically.

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Judy Collins Sings The Stuff Of Folklore, Perfectly

Katy Hall | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judy Collins Cafe Carlyle, '60s Pop Music, Cafe Carlyle, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Folk Music, Bob Dylan, Music, Joan Baez, Entertainment News

She drifted into a few lines of 'Suzanne,' the song Leonard Cohen wrote for her to sing but made him famous, stopping herself just as she got to those oranges that traveled halfway around the world in the summer of 1965.

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The Anti-Diva List

Shawn Amos | Posted 11.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Tracy Chapman, Janis Joplin, Heart, Joni Mitchell, Joan Jett, Patti Smith, Norah Jones, Ann Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Chrissie Hynde, Paula Abdul, Feist, Vh1, Diva, Style News

No Maybelline sponsorships. No sequins. No gowns. These anti-divas derive strength from the power of their musical prowess. They don't employ stylists -- just guitar techs.

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Field Notes from a Songwriter's Centennial -- Part II

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sonny & Cher, Brenda Lee, Frederic Chopin, George Martin, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Carl Sigman, Entertainment News

September 24th is the centennial birthday of my late father, the songwriter Carl Sigman (1909-2000), who wrote nearly a thousand songs.

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Nine Questions for Madeleine Peyroux

Michael Bialas | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Festival, Jazz, Music, Madeleine Peyroux, Concert, Folks Festival, Colorado, Billie Holiday, Steely Dan, Jazz Music, Bob Dylan, Patsy-Cline, Bessie-Smith, Joni Mitchell, Paris-France, Hank Williams, Entertainment News

Born in Athens, Georgia, Peyroux spent her teen years in Paris, where she developed a love for jazz. But there are no musical boundaries for Peyroux.

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Interviewing Jimi Hendrix

Sheila Weller | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Max Yasgur, Barack Obama, Cream, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell Woodstock, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Rolling Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Wavy Gravy, Entertainment News

In that very different but very catalytic era, 40 years ago, what Jimi Henrix accomplished and what he represented to young America helped bring us to the country and the leadership we have today.

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In Honor Of Woodstock, The Best Rock Documentaries and Concert Films By Farr

John Farr | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Emmylou Harris, Muddy Waters, Martin Scorsese, KD Lang, Neil Young, Concert Films, The Who, Best Movies by Farr, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, The Talking Heads, Otis Redding, Elvis-Costello, The Beatles, Monterey Pop Festival, The Grateful Dead, Janis-Joplin, Buddy Guy, Jonathan Demme, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News

I've found that if you're equipped with a decent home theatre and quality speakers, it's hard to go wrong with a rock concert film.

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WATCH: Pop Music Quiz - Singer-Songwriters

Shawn Amos | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Blunt, Singer-Songwriter, Pop Music, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Rhett Miller, Pop Culture, Neil Young, Elton John, Entertainment News

I met with Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller to test this guy's Pop Culture I.Q. Here's the test I gave him -- five questions about singer-songwriters.

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"The Jacksons:" The Ultimate Reality Show

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: LaToya Jackson, Michael Jackson, The Today Show, Al Sharpton, Celebrity Rehab, Matt Lauer, Survivor, Jesse Jackson, Debbie Rowe, Neverland, Jermaine Jackson, Diana Ross, The Bachelor, Larry King, Joe Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Gov. Mark Sanford, American Idol, Entertainment News

Let's face it, if you're into train wrecks, it doesn't get much better than this. In the age of reality television, this is the ultimate real-life family freak show.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente and Babatunde Olatunji

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Babatunde Olatunji, Eugene Wright, Carlos Santana, Legacy Edition, Gil Evans, Paul Desmond, Horace Parlan, Joan Baez, Miles Davis, Michael Cuscuna, Mickey Hart, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Carnegie Hall, Dannie Richmond, Ornette Coleman, The King of Mambo, Manuel De Falla, Tito Puente, Sony, Jazz, Entertainment News, Duke Ellington, El Rey, JoaquíN Rodrigo, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Joe Morello, Entertainment News

Mostly celebrating jazz's 1959 frontier, six classic albums have been re-imagined as Legacy Editions, expanding each of the originals by adding an extra disc.

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New Tunes On Monday: Woodstock, Woodstock Two, The Woodstock Experience, Woodstock the DVD, Woodstock the Website...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Wikipedia, Adam Block, Santana, Johnny Winter, Max Yasgur, Cotillion Records, Macy's, Martin Scorsese, Yasgur's Farm, Janis Joplin, Ang Lee, Holly George-Warren, Sony Music, Rhino Records, Sly & the Family Stone, Woodstock, Legacy Recordings, Joni Mitchell, Robert Altman, American Idol, Michael Madleigh, Michael Shrieve, Hugh Hefner, Michael Lang, Jefferson Airplane, Edgar Winter, Pavlov, Bethel, Entertainment News

Well, it's that time again: Woodstock Fever has arrived (beads and headbands optional) to remind us there actually was music made before American Idol.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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HuffPost Review: Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963 - 1972)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Record Companies, Music Business, Blu-Ray, Cd, Neil Young, Grammy, Miles Davis, 5.1 DTS, Dvd, The Beatles, Crazy Horse, Buffalo Springfield, Compact Disc, Stephen Stills, Tony Stark, Major Labels, Graham Nash, The Squires, The Rolling Stones, David Crosby, Journey Through the Past, Nirvana, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Bob Dylan, The Stray Gators, Iron Man, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Filmore East, Dvd-A, Woodstok, Sacd, Winnipeg, Entertainment News

In the world of box sets, it would be impossible to find something better than Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963 - 1972).

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New Tunes On Monday: Green Day, Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Tori Amos, Kate Voegele, and Mat Kearney

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tori Amos, Ginger Baker, Hilarie Burton, Scrubs, Chad Michael Murray, Eminem, Squeeze, Bono, Sting, Willie Weeks, Counting Crows, Chris Stainton, Billie Joe Armstrong, The Who, One Tree Hill, J.J. Cale, Adam Duritz, John M, Grey’s Anatomy, Bruce Hornsby, Traffic, South Park, Rich Grech, Five for Fighting, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, Friday Night Lights, CHris Lord-Alge, The Police, Blind Faith, Punk, John Lennon, Bones, U2, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, The Hollies, Ray Charles, American Idol, Eric Clapton, Tré Cool, Miley Cyrus, Mat Kearney, Jason Mraz, The Mamas and the Papas, Quadrophenia, Queen, Kyle XY, Ray Davies, Madison Square Garden, The Kinks, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Disney, Scott McKenzie, Kate Voegele, Jonas Brothers, Green Day, John Ondrasik, Butch Vig, Mad Max, Matt Nathanson, Robert Johnson, Belinda Carlisle, Ian Thomas, Pete Townsend, Mike Dirnt, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Chris Dugan, John Phillips, Escher, Entertainment News

Though Tori Amos' career may have suffered from being overly prolific and recording some questionable cover songs, every new album is a bouquet of interesting, intelligent songs for her loyal fans.

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Rewind: Looking Back in Harsh Economic Times

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, David Foster Wallace, Legal Aid, Peace Train, Economy, Seven Ages of Rock, Hippies, Bob Dylan, Reaganomics, Recession, Peace Corps, Unemployment, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Kahlil Gibran, Aclu, Jetblue, Kahlil Gibran the Prophet, Living News

What did my generation do? I see all this anger and sorrow in the neighborhood. I can't help but stare.

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HuffPost Reviews: Leonard Cohen - Live In London / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! / Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Linda Ronstadt, Dino Soldo, Richard Thomspon, John Paul Jones, The Chieftains, Jimmie Rogers, Tim O'Brien, Cylon, Capitol Records, Dave Rawlings, Battlestar Galactica, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Robbie Robertson, Bela Fleck, The McGarrigle Sisters, Sean Watkins, New Wave, Sara Watkins, Benmont Tench, Punk, Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, U2, Warner Bros Records, Bow Wow Wow, Entertainment News, Rickie Lee Jones, Bill Adama, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Bob Metzger, Pop, O2 Arena, The Webb Sisters, Chrissie Hynde, Adidas, The Strokes, Kate Voegle, Bob Wills, Paul Simon, Chris Eldridge, Sharon Robinson, Edie Brickell, Rock, Nickel Creek, Nick Zinner, Rafael Bernardo Gayol, Steve Lillywhite, Rayna Gellert, Ronnie McCoury, The Louvin Brothers, Jon Mark, White Stripes, Alex Woodard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elektra Records, Bob Marley, Dan Wilson, Chris Thile, Javier Mas, Avenue C, Karen O, Laura Roslin, Roscoe Beck, Alternative, Bob Dylan, New York City, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Rea, Ben Lee, Jon Brion, Annabella, Svengali, I-Threes, Entertainment News

Leonard's voice really has grown better over the years, Yeah Yeah's new album is 42 minutes of electronically retro-licious pop, and Sara Watkins is as a serious lyricist with a mission.

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Reflections on Graham Nash's Reflections Box Set

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Lindley, Bonnie Raitt, Air America, Bono, Madison Square Garden, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Whales, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Nicolette Larson, Rhino Entertainment, Rita Coolidge, Atlantic Records, ABC Records, Allan Clarke, Chaka Khan, Stephen Stills, Carly Simon, The Rachel Maddow Show, John Hall, Congreeman John Hall, Dan Fogelberg, The Byrds, Nuclear Power, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, David Crosby, Gil Scott-Heron, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jerry Garcia, Entertainment, Crosby Stills & Nash, Alternative Energy, Rhino, Carole King, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Crosby & Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Muse, Tom Petty, Dave Mason, Ry Cooder, New York City, New York, The Mamas & the Papas, The Grateful Dead, Rhino Records, U2, Rachel Maddow, The Doobie Brothers, Environment, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Socially-Conscious, The Hollies, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Jessie Colin Young, Csny, Raydio, Csn, Poco, Traffic, Entertainment News

Nash's trademark high harmony vocals and impressive writing talents fluidly traverse the box set's newly-mastered, 64 tracks with career highlights... and remixes galore.

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The 10 Least Appropriate Moments in Christmas Music History

Jason Notte | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment

These 10 [songs] show just how much of a jerk you can be around the holidays without anyone giving you hell for it.

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Paul Simon's Lyrics & The Case Of The Vanishing Compact Disc

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Sony Legacy, The Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Clive Davis, John Mayer, High School Musical 3, Verve Records, Axl Rose, One Tree Hill, Joss Stone, Michael J. Fox, Compact Discs, Cds, Emo, David Archuleta, Philly International, Barack Obama, Barnes & Noble, Ricky Martin, Chuck Close, Taylor Swift, Napster, Led Zepplin, Coldplay, Borders, High School Musical 2, Superman, Joni Mitchell, Circuit City, American Idol, David Remnick, Graceland, Phillip Glass, Britney Spears, Lps, Paul Simon, Broadway, Neil Young, Random House, Singer Sowing Center, Jazz Music, Grammy, Classical Music, Concord Records, John Legend, David Cook, John McCain, Simon & Garfunkel, 45s, Vinyl, Beyonce, High School Musical, Starbuck's, Genesis, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Best Buy, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Emi, R.E.M., Itunes, Guns N' Roses, Matrix, Ume, Rhino, Entertainment News

The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.

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Folkin' Around with Benjamin Taylor, His Dad James, Dar Williams and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Simon Draper, Keith Urban, Kate Markowitz, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Landau, Cd, Hudson River, Grey Zeien, Glen Campbell, Mark Erelli, Joan Baez, Kathy Feighery, Daryl Hall, Coal Miners, Matthew Kinney, Aidan Draper, Livingston Taylor, John Mayer, Bill Mumy, The Temptations, Naras, Folk, Val Clark, Carly Simon, Stephen Robinson, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, John Anderson, Kung Fu, Sally Taylor, Grammy Awards, David Lasley, Folk-Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, Entertainment, RIchard Bruce, Suzanne Vega, Jamie Cullum, David Saw, Lou Marini, New York, Benjamin Taylor, Digipak, Christopher Albert, Barry Mann, Greg Leisz, Leonard Cohen, Muscle Shoals, Musician Magazine, Marnie Hillsley, The Dixie Chicks, Joni Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Arnold McCuller, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mississippi River, Entertainment News

"Buzzer" is the album's most complex and surreal recording. It is an edgy piece crafted around her character's life choices and their results.

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