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Jim Shahen

‘An Emotional Lightning Rod’: Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ at 25

‘An Emotional Lightning Rod’: Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ at 25

Grace is 25 years old. Jeff Buckley’s debut is gorgeous and heartbreaking, ambitious, daring and eclectic, and, as the sole studio album released during his short life, the only fully realized vision of the artistic brilliance he possessed. With the expectation that his first LP was the starting point
Jim Shahen 22 Aug 2019
Ryan Bingham Sings of Himself and His Country

Ryan Bingham Sings of Himself and His Country

It feels like Ryan Bingham is a touch underappreciated. Yes, that’s kind of a crazy thing to say about someone who’s won a Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for one of his songs (“The Weary Kind,” in the motion picture Crazy Heart) and who was named the
Jim Shahen 14 Feb 2019
Mavis Staples Delivers a Live Album That's Right in Time

Mavis Staples Delivers a Live Album That's Right in Time

Mavis Staples takes the live album seriously. In a nearly 70-year recording career, she’s only released a few, and each one has meaning to it. Freedom Highway, the 1965 Staple Singers live release, is a vital documentation of the civil rights movement and the Staples family’s role in
Jim Shahen 07 Feb 2019
The War and Treaty Rises with 'Healing Tide'

The War and Treaty Rises with 'Healing Tide'

The War and Treaty, husband-and-wife team Michael and Tanya Trotter’s onstage nom de plume, made their entrée into the music scene last year with their Down to the River EP. The seven tracks of Southern blues-folk moved the couple away from the ’90s-inspired R&B of their 2016
Jim Shahen 09 Aug 2018

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