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ALBUM REVIEW: Vivid Characters Make for Memorable Songs on Rod Picott’s ‘Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows’

ALBUM REVIEW: Vivid Characters Make for Memorable Songs on Rod Picott’s ‘Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows’

Rod Picott is one of our too-little-known songwriting treasures. Like Hemingway, he peers into the jangly tentativeness of the relationships between men and women. Like Harry Crews, he captures the spectral gothic shadows that haunt rural settings. Like Townes Van Zandt, Picott tells riveting tales about memorable characters — the moonshiner,

ALBUM REVIEW: American Aquarium Throws Out a Lifeline on ‘Chicamacomico’

ALBUM REVIEW: American Aquarium Throws Out a Lifeline on ‘Chicamacomico’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Oh to Be That Free,’ Michaela Anne Confronts Love, Loss and Letting Go

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Oh to Be That Free,’ Michaela Anne Confronts Love, Loss and Letting Go

ALBUM REVIEW: Patty Griffin Mines Gems From Her Private Collection via ‘TAPE’

ALBUM REVIEW: Patty Griffin Mines Gems From Her Private Collection via ‘TAPE’

ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Bird Turns Worries Into Tunes on ‘Inside Problems’

ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Bird Turns Worries Into Tunes on ‘Inside Problems’

ALBUM REVIEW: After 16-Year Break, Blue Dogs Regain Their Bite With ‘Big Dreamers’

ALBUM REVIEW: After 16-Year Break, Blue Dogs Regain Their Bite With ‘Big Dreamers’

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Musselwhite Reaffirms His Roots on ‘Mississippi Son’

ALBUM REVIEW: Charlie Musselwhite Reaffirms His Roots on ‘Mississippi Son’