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ALBUM REVIEW: At 17, Nora Brown Taps Into Past Generations With Her Banjo

ALBUM REVIEW: At 17, Nora Brown Taps Into Past Generations With Her Banjo

From the instruments Nora Brown plays and company she keeps, to the research and knowledge enabling her to fully occupy the music she interprets, it’s evident the bloodlines of banjo lore run thick in this young prodigy’s veins. Just 15 when she recorded Long Time to Be Gone,

ALBUM REVIEW: Valerie June Gives Her Imagination Full Rein on ‘Under Cover’

ALBUM REVIEW: Valerie June Gives Her Imagination Full Rein on ‘Under Cover’

ALBUM REVIEW: Anna Tivel Merges Nature and Human Nature on ‘Outsiders’

ALBUM REVIEW: Anna Tivel Merges Nature and Human Nature on ‘Outsiders’

ALBUM REVIEW: Early James Gets Straight to the Point on ‘Strange Time To Be Alive’

ALBUM REVIEW: Early James Gets Straight to the Point on ‘Strange Time To Be Alive’

ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Combs Goes Back to Basics on ‘Sundays’

ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Combs Goes Back to Basics on ‘Sundays’

ALBUM REVIEW: Loudon Wainwright III Stares Down Age on ‘Lifetime Achievement’

ALBUM REVIEW: Loudon Wainwright III Stares Down Age on ‘Lifetime Achievement’

ALBUM REVIEW: Shemekia Copeland Goes Full Blast on ‘Done Come Too Far’

ALBUM REVIEW: Shemekia Copeland Goes Full Blast on ‘Done Come Too Far’