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Grant Alden

Patty Griffin - Living With Ghosts

Patty Griffins debut is in most ways a simple affair, 10 songs presented with only her voice and guitar for company. Her voice, however, travels an uncertain road, with stops to visit Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman. Left to her own, Griffin has a strong, sometimes

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Long Way Home

Gatemouth Brown is 72 years of lean American history. His music remains vital, despite his age, and spans an enormous repertoire of styles. Legend has it he picked up T-Bone Walker's ax during a break at Houston's Golden Peacock in 1947, and made $600 (and

Johnny Cash / Mark Lanegan - Rose Gardens (Portland, OR)

Rosy-fingered dusk tripped slowly down green terrace steps, folding chairs, sculpted roses, and halfway through Mark Lanegan's second solo show settled an indirect glow across the stage. All in the time it took Lanegan to work through a half-dozen songs from his two solo albums and

Tarnation - Gentle Creatures / Paula Frazer - The Hand (7-inch)

Paula Frazer's voice swoops like a barn swallow on the last day of fall, riding hot currents for the pleasure of swooping and dipping, and not altogether concerned with destination. Hers is a beautiful voice, pure and limber. Gentle Creatures is the second offering from the San Francisco

Southern Culture on the Skids - Dirt Track Date

At first blush, the presence of these ersatz white-trash exponents on a major label, even after a slew of indie releases, defies reason. Then you hear David Hartman's cowbell clear as, well, a bell on "Voodoo Cadillac", and Rick Miller's chooglin' guitar