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ALBUM REVIEW: Traveling through 'Here and Nowhere' with the Autumn Defense

ALBUM REVIEW: Traveling through 'Here and Nowhere' with the Autumn Defense

When this side-project first surfaced around the time of Wilco’s game-changing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot a quarter-century ago, I recall some folks looking at me sideways when I told them that I liked the Autumn Defense’s new album more. It probably sounded like a contrarian pose,

ALBUM REVIEW: Bernie Leadon Right on Time with ‘Too Late to be Cool’

ALBUM REVIEW: Bernie Leadon Right on Time with ‘Too Late to be Cool’

ALBUM REVIEW: Live-Room Warmth Cushions Modern Spiritual Exhaustion on Josh Fortenbery’s 'Tidy Memorial'

ALBUM REVIEW: Live-Room Warmth Cushions Modern Spiritual Exhaustion on Josh Fortenbery’s 'Tidy Memorial'

ALBUM REVIEW: Madi Diaz Mines Her Grief on 'Fatal Optimist'

ALBUM REVIEW: Madi Diaz Mines Her Grief on 'Fatal Optimist'

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Plant Climbs a Stairway of Heavenly Harmony on Latest Release 'Saving Grace'

ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Plant Climbs a Stairway of Heavenly Harmony on Latest Release 'Saving Grace'

ALBUM REVIEW: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's 'Hard Road' Explore Past and Present With Equal Fluidity

ALBUM REVIEW: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram's 'Hard Road' Explore Past and Present With Equal Fluidity

ALBUM REVIEW: With 'Finer Things,' Clover County Blends Humility and Talent

ALBUM REVIEW: With 'Finer Things,' Clover County Blends Humility and Talent