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Music Review - "Car Crash Life" by Shoebox Letters (lz)
13 March 2023
Having made slow but steady progress towards gaining wider recognition, the Portland Oregon-based band known as Shoebox Letters has arrived
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Music Review - "Stranger in My Town" by Nick Justice (lz)
18 August 2023
Nick Justice is one of those artists whose name may not be widely known but whose music seems like its been in the ether forever. Best
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Music Review - "Rhododendron Highway" by Brook Dixon (lz)
28 August 2023
Brook Dixon’s debut solo album, Rhododendron Highway, is the culmination of a burgeoning ten year career that found him first taking
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (lz)
May 5 2023
One would be hard-pressed to find a more affable or good-natured artist and entertainer than Patterson Barrett. Always a reliable support
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Music Review - "Sparrow" by Jeff Talmadge (lz)
January 26 2024
A seasoned singer/songwriter with seven previous albums to his credit, Jeff Talmadge has more or less remained below the radar as far as a
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Music Review - "Swim a While" by ThorNton Creek (lz)
March 5 2024
ThorNton Creek is the nom de plume of Thornton Bowman, an unassuming singer/songwriter who hails from Abingdon Virginia but currently
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Music Review - "Marfa Lights- Marfa Lights (lz)
August 26 2024
Marfa Light, an Americana band that hails from Fort Worth, Texas, takes a fanciful approach to their eponymous debut album. It
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Music Review - "The Rough and the Wild"- Tornado Sky (lz)
October 9 2024
Granted, when it comes to truth in advertising, an album title often sets the standard. Yet while the handle of the band itself and, for that
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Saturday, December 21, 2024
“Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will.” ― Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism